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• Casual •
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Anonymous
Margarint20 (1500?)
Checkmate • White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YhIkfkLc"] [Date "2026.07.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Margarint20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.27"] [UTCTime "07:36:49"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nh3 Qf6 4. O-O Ne7 5. Qh5 O-O 6. Nf4 Nf5 7. Nd5 Qh4 8. Qxh4 Nxh4 9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 d6 11. Nxc7 Rb8 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 b5 15. a5 b4 16. Ra4 b3 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. a6 Rb4 20. Rxb4 Nxb4 21. Na3 Nxc2 22. Nxc2 bxc2 23. Re1 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Nxh2+ 25. Kg1 Rxf2 26. Rxe6 Rf1+ 27. Kxh2 Bg1+ 28. Kh1 d5 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Ra8 Kg6 31. Rxa7 Rxc1 32. Rd7 Rb1 33. a7 c1=R 34. Rxd5 Rc2 35. b4 Bxa7+ 36. Rd1 Kf7 37. Rxb1 h5 38. b5 h4 39. Ra1 g6 40. Rxa7+ Kg8 41. b6 h3 42. b7 h2 43. b8=Q+ Rc8 44. Qxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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