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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/q7wIvmYo"] [Date "2026.05.13"] [Round "-"] [White "lichess AI level 1"] [Black "Valentin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.13"] [UTCTime "08:36:07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Bxc3+ 4. bxc3 Ke7 5. Qg4 Qf8 6. Qf4 f5 7. Bb5 Qf6 8. Qxc7 Kf8 9. Qxc8+ Kf7 10. Ba3 Nc6 11. Qxa8 Nge7 12. Qxh8 Qh6 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qxg7+ Kd6 16. O-O Qf4 17. exf4 h5 18. c4 Nxd4 19. Qe5+ Ke7 20. Nxd4 Ke8 21. Nxf5 Kd8 22. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0