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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Yx9cWq2x"] [Date "2026.01.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "kmi_26"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.16"] [UTCTime "09:00:46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1576"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. Qe2 Bc5 4. a4 O-O 5. Nh3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Ng5 h6 9. Ne4 Nd4 10. Qh5 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Bg4+ 14. f3 Bf5 15. Nf6+ Nxf6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nf1 Bxd3 18. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Ke1 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Ne3+ 22. Kc1 Qxd2+ 23. Kb1 Rd3 24. h4 Rb3 25. Rh3 Qxb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1