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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cqFfbn1j"] [Date "2026.10.16"] [Round "-"] [White "BenjaminVrabie"] [Black "marindragutan"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.16"] [UTCTime "11:36:47"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 d5 3. Be2 dxe4 4. Bg4 f5 5. Bf3 exf3 6. gxf3 Bc5 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Nxh7 Kxh7 11. Re1 Ne4 12. fxe4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Ne7 14. Rxe6 Bxe6 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxc5 b6 17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Qxf5 Ne7 21. Qd3 Qc8 22. a4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Nd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh7 25. Qd3+ Re4 26. Qd5 c6 27. Qxc6 b5 28. Ra3 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Qxa8 Ra1 31. Na3 Rxc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1