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• Casual •
Corresp.
Anonymous
russuana (1500?)
Checkmate • White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fuW4DR2e"] [Date "2026.09.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.26"] [UTCTime "09:35:43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d6 3. f4 e5 4. g3 exf4 5. gxf4 c6 6. c3 g5 7. b4 gxf4 8. exf4 d5 9. a4 Nd7 10. Bh3 Qh4+ 11. Kf1 Ngf6 12. Qe2+ Ne5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. f5 c5 15. e6 fxe6 16. f6 cxb4 17. f7+ Kxf7 18. cxb4 Bg7 19. a5 b6 20. Ra4 bxa5 21. bxa5 Nc3 22. Ra1 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 Bd7 24. Nf3 Qa4 25. Ng5+ Kf6 26. Qf3+ Kg6 27. Qf4 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 Qc5+ 29. Kf1 Rhf8 30. Ba3 Qxa5 31. Bxf8 Bxf8 32. Qf7+ Kh6 33. Qxd7 Qa6+ 34. Kg1 Bc5+ 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Qxd5 Rc6 37. Qd1 Rd6 38. Ne4 Rc6 39. Qd2+ Kh5 40. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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