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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/uy2TfWcu"] [Date "2025.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Petru_S"] [Black "g_c"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.11"] [UTCTime "17:31:35"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nb5 a6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. b3 Bxc3+ 7. Qd2 Bxa1 8. Kd1 O-O 9. Qa5 Nxa5 10. a4 Bxd4 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. c4 Nxb3 13. Kc2 Na1+ 14. Kb1 Nb3 15. Ka2 Qxc4 16. Ka3 Bc5+ 17. Kb2 Nd2 18. e3 Qb3+ 19. Kc1 Nxf1 20. Ne2 Ba3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1