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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9qgD8WvP"] [Date "2026.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Dan169"] [Black "Petrica"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:46:45"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [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. Bc4 d5 3. Bxd5 exd5 4. f4 Qh4+ 5. g3 Qd8 6. f5 { Black resigns. } 1-0
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