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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eERA2RmO"] [Date "2026.06.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Dan169"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.19"] [UTCTime "16:17:53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 Bg4 6. exf6 gxf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 c5 9. Bb5+ Ke7 10. e4 a6 11. Ba4 c4 12. Nxd5+ Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nd7 14. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0