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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YSYNT0Ou"] [Date "2026.05.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.19"] [UTCTime "15:37:47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Crab Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 e5 2. a4 { A00 Crab Opening } b6 3. Ra3 g6 4. Rhh3 c6 5. Rhe3 e4 6. Rxe4+ Qe7 7. Rae3 c5 8. Rxe7+ Kd8 9. Re8+ Kc7 10. a5 bxa5 11. R3e6 Nh6 12. Rc6+ Kb7 13. Rcxc8 Ka6 14. Rxb8 a4 15. Rxa8 Nf5 16. Reb8 Ka5 17. Rxa7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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