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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xPWIr9yM"] [Date "2025.10.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Contautomat2002"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.25"] [UTCTime "10:41:17"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. g3 b6 7. b3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Qe7 9. a3 b5 10. Bxb5 Bc5 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. b4 Bd6 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 a5 15. b5 c5 16. d3 c6 17. bxc6 Rae8 18. Be3 g6 19. h4 c4 20. dxc4 h5 21. f4 a4 22. Nxa4 g5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Bc5 Qf6 25. gxf6 Re7 26. fxe7 f6 27. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 28. Nd7 Kh7 29. Qd3+ Ng6 30. f5 Ne7 31. fxe6+ Kh8 32. Bxe7 Kg7 33. Rxf6 Kh8 34. Rf7 Kg8 35. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0