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• Casual •
Corresp.
Anonymous
Matvei2016 (1500?)
Checkmate • Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3gg5FiXd"] [Date "2026.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.24"] [UTCTime "16:24:43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 Rg8 4. Qf3 Nd5 5. Qh5 g6 6. Qh3 f6 7. Ng4 Rh8 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bb5 c6 10. Bf1 Na6 11. b4 Naxb4 12. a3 Nxc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. a4 Nb3 15. Ba3 Na5 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Qh6 Bf8 18. Qh3 Nb3 19. Nc3 Nc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. f3 Nf2+ 22. Ke1 Nxh3 23. gxh3 Nb6 24. a5 Nc4 25. d3 Nxa5 26. f4 Nb3 27. e4 Qxf4 28. Bg2 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 a5 30. Bf3 a4 31. Bg4 a3 32. Kg2 a2 33. h4 Nc1 34. Rxc1 Qxc1 35. Bd1 a1=Q 36. Kg1 Qxd1+ 37. Kg2 Qa2+ 38. Kg3 Qxd3+ 39. Kf4 Qf1+ 40. Ke3 Qae2+ 41. Kd4 Qed1+ 42. Ke3 Qfe1+ 43. Kf4 Qed2+ 44. Kg3 Qd3+ 45. Kg2 Q1c2+ 46. Kg1 Qdd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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