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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mQ3NEyTw"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "maneastefan"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.09"] [UTCTime "16:50:29"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1606"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Qd2 Ne4 5. Qd3 d5 6. f3 dxc4 7. Qxe4 Bd6 8. f4 f5 9. Qxe6+ Bxe6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Be3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qxf4 13. Nh3 Qc1+ 14. Ke2 Bg4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1