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Corresp.
Anonymous
russuana (1500?)
Checkmate • Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kVOYOhKi"] [Date "2026.08.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.08.27"] [UTCTime "14:36:20"] [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 } e6 2. d3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Be2 f6 6. O-O e5 7. e4 d4 8. Nb1 Qd6 9. c4 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 O-O-O 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. a3 Qd6 15. Nbd2 Nf6 16. c5 Qxc5 17. Qb1 b6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. a4 e4 20. Nh4 Ng4 21. Nxf5 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Ba3 23. Rc2 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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