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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YZqeEY1H"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Alexandru_10"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.10"] [UTCTime "16:41:12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c4 Be7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O b6 8. Bd2 Ba6 9. a3 b5 10. cxb5 Bc8 11. bxc6 dxc6 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. b4 Rb6 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Bxa6 Qb8 17. Rxc6 Bd8 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Rc1 Re7 20. Rc8 Re8 21. Rxb8 Re7 22. Rxd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0