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• Casual •
Corresp.
Anonymous
Vlad1234 (1500?)
Checkmate • White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vxte73V6"] [Date "2026.03.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.21"] [UTCTime "06:57:15"] [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 f6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 fxe5 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Na4 Bd6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. b3 e4 12. Nd4 Nf6 13. Bc3 h5 14. Be2 g6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qe1 Nbd7 17. Ne6 Qe8 18. Nxf8 Qxf8 19. a4 d4 20. Bxd4 Nd5 21. Bc3 a5 22. Qd1 Bb7 23. Qd4 N7f6 24. f3 exf3 25. Rxf3 g5 26. Rxf6 Qg7 27. Qd1 Nxf6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Bc4+ d5 30. Bb5 Ba6 31. Bd7 Ra7 32. Be8 Ra8 33. Bd7 Rd8 34. Ra3 h4 35. g4 Kf7 36. Qxd5+ Kg6 37. Qd3+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. c4 Rxd7 40. Kg2 Rd3 41. e4 Rh3 42. Kxh3 Qf4 43. Kg2 Qxg4+ 44. Kf2 Qxe4 45. Kf1 Qxc4+ 46. bxc4 Bxc4+ 47. Kg2 Bd3 48. Rxd3 g4 49. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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