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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fMWlajLC"] [Date "2026.08.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.04"] [UTCTime "15:12:42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Bc4 Qe7 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qg4 f5 5. Qf3 f4 6. Qe4 c5 7. Qd3 b6 8. Qb3 a5 9. g4 g5 10. Nf3 fxe3 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bf7+ Kd8 13. Qxb6+ Ke7 14. O-O Kxf7 15. Re1 exd2 16. Rxe5 c4 17. Rf5+ Nf6 18. Bxd2 a4 19. Bxg5 Rg8 20. Qxf6+ Ke8 21. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0