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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Academie Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0r0o9QJQ"] [Date "2023.12.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Academie"] [Black "Matei27"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.12"] [UTCTime "15:39:23"] [WhiteElo "1625"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Crazyhouse"] [TimeControl "360+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Ke7 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. Nxb5 a4 9. Bc4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qe2+ Kd7 12. Ne5+ Ke6 13. Ng4+ Ne4 14. Bd3 Na6 15. f3 f5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. b3 Nb4 18. bxa4 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bb4+ 20. Nc3 Bxc3+ 21. Bd2 Bxd4 22. dxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4+ Kf7 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Rc1 Rxa4 26. Rc6 Rxa2 27. N@f6+ Kf8 28. Nxh7+ Kg8 29. P@f7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0