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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xsSMs9e8"] [Date "2026.07.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad1234"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.21"] [UTCTime "15:15:40"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steiner Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. c4 { C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation } Bb4 3. Qe2 Bc5 4. d4 Bxd4 5. Be3 Be5 6. g4 Qh4 7. Nf3 Qd8 8. Bg5 Bf6 9. e5 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Qe7 11. Nxe6 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 a5 13. Nxg7+ Kd8 14. Nf5 Ra6 15. c5 Rb6 16. e6 Rb5 17. c6 dxc6 18. exf7 Nh6 19. f8=Q+ Qxf8 20. Nxh6 Qb4 21. b3 Qc3 22. Qxb5 Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 cxb5 24. g5 Re8+ 25. Kf3 Rf8+ 26. Kg2 Qd4 27. Nf3 Qd3 28. Ne5 Rf4 29. g6 Qd1 30. Rg1 Rd4 31. f3 Rd2+ 32. Kh1 Qxf3+ 33. Rg2 Qd3 34. Rg4 Qc2 35. Nc6+ Kd7 36. Nxa5 Qd1 37. Rb4 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1