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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kbsMWbMA"] [Date "2026.10.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.02"] [UTCTime "17:46:20"] [WhiteElo "?"] [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. Be2 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Ne5 Nfd7 7. Nc4 Qh4 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Re1 b6 11. Re2 a6 12. Qe1 g5 13. Rxe5+ Kd8 14. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0