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• Casual •
Corresp.
Anonymous
Petrica (1500?)
Checkmate • Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aaS480vv"] [Date "2026.06.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Petrica"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.26"] [UTCTime "16:13:30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 h5 4. e3 h4 5. g3 hxg3 6. hxg3 Rxh1 7. Ng5 Ng4 8. Nf3 Nh2 9. Nxh2 Rxh2 10. Ne4 f5 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. f4 Qh6 13. Qd2 Rxd2 14. Bxd2 Qh2 15. O-O-O Qxg3 16. Be1 Qg1 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bh5+ g6 19. Be2 Qxe3+ 20. Bd2 Qxe2 21. d5 exd5 22. a3 b5 23. b4 a5 24. Re1 Qe7 25. c4 bxc4 26. b5 Na7 27. a4 c6 28. b6 Nb5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Bc3 a4 31. Bf6 Qxe1+ 32. Kc2 Be7 33. Bc3 a3 34. Bxe1 a2 35. Bc3 b4 36. Ba1 b3+ 37. Kb2 d4 38. Kc1 c3 39. b7 Bxb7 40. Kd1 b2 41. Bxb2 cxb2 42. Kc2 a1=Q 43. Kb3 b1=Q+ 44. Kc4 Qd1 45. Kb5 Qdc1 46. Kb6 Qc6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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