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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eRbdCVx9"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Fiodor2016"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "18:43:34"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Bb5 c6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Ne5 Nh6 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qxh6 a4 9. Qg7 Rf8 10. Qxh7 Qf6 11. Ng4 Qf5 12. exf5 exf5 13. Nf6+ Ke7 14. Ng8+ Ke8 15. O-O Na6 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Bxf7 Nb4 18. Nc3 Nxc2 19. d4 Nxa1 20. dxc5 Nc2 21. Bg5+ Kc7 22. Bf4+ Kb7 23. Re6 dxe6 24. Bxe6+ Bd7 25. Qxd7+ Ka6 26. Qxc6+ Ka5 27. Qxb5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0