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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Xl67FjgG"] [Date "2026.10.26"] [Round "-"] [White "ANS"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.26"] [UTCTime "14:01:10"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. c4 Qa3 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. e4 O-O 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qh5 h6 15. O-O Nf4 16. Qf3 g5 17. Qe4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 f5 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qb2 21. d4 c5 22. g3 cxd4 23. Qb3+ Qxb3 24. axb3 a5 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Ra6 27. Kh1 b6 28. Rg1+ Kh7 29. Rac1 b5 30. Rc7+ Kh8 31. b4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Ra4 33. Bc5 b4 34. Bxb4 Rxb4 35. Rgg7 Rg8 36. Rh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0