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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gmXYN3pM"] [Date "2026.10.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Ionela9"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.01"] [UTCTime "15:35:05"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8. Ng5 O-O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Re3 Nb4 12. c3 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 Bc5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Na3 d4 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Rb1 Ng4 21. h3 Qxa2 22. Qxg4+ Rd7 23. g3 Bc5 24. Qf5 Rd8 25. Qxc5+ Rc7 26. Qf5+ Kb8 27. Rxd8+ Rc8 28. Qxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0