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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fxiij0b0"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "16:30:27"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [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 } e6 2. Na3 Nf6 3. Nh3 Nh5 4. Bc4 b6 5. Nb5 Bb7 6. Qxh5 Qf6 7. Qg4 Qg6 8. f3 h5 9. Qf4 f6 10. Nxc7+ Ke7 11. Nxa8 Nc6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 Nb4 14. Bd2 Nxc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. Bb4+ d6 17. Bxd6+ Ke8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qd6+ Kg8 20. Qxe6+ Kh7 21. Nf4 Qc2+ 22. Ke1 Qc1+ 23. Kf2 Qxh1 24. Qf5+ g6 25. Qxg6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0