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• Casual •
Corresp.
EdChiriac (1500?)
Markits (1332?)
Checkmate • Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wtgJB1v3"] [Date "2026.05.12"] [Round "-"] [White "EdChiriac"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.12"] [UTCTime "15:55:41"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1332"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nh3 Nc6 3. Ng5 Qxg5 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Rf1 Qh4 6. b3 Qxh2 7. g3 e5 8. Ba3 Ne4 9. Bxf8 d6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Bxc6+ Kf8 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Nd5 Bg4 15. Nxf6 Bxe2 16. Nd7+ Ke7 17. Kxe2 Rac8 18. Bxb7 Rc7 19. Bxa6 Rxd7 20. Bb5 Rb7 21. c4 Qg2 22. Ke1 f5 23. d4 exd4 24. exd4 f4 25. gxf4 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Kf6 27. d5 Re7 28. Bc6 Qe2+ 29. Kc1 Qxf1+ 30. Kb2 Qe2+ 31. Kb1 Qd2 32. c5 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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EdChiriac
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Markits
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