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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bb8g1P1o"] [Date "2020.11.16"] [Round "-"] [White "LucianChiperi"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.16"] [UTCTime "14:25:11"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Qe2 b6 4. h4 a5 5. Ng5 Be7 6. Qh5 Bf8 7. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0