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C00 French Defense: Normal Variation
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2GorIxyR"] [Date "2025.03.22"] [Round "-"] [White "ANDREI20120309"] [Black "david781"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.22"] [UTCTime "08:23:29"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bb4+ 3. c3 Ba5 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Na3 Bd7 7. Be2 Qe7 8. h4 Bb6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Nc4 Qg6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Nd4 b5 15. f4 f5 16. Rh3 h5 17. Re3+ Kf7 18. Re7+ Nxe7 19. Qd3 Nxd5 20. Qxf5+ Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxb5 Ne3 23. Be2 Nxg2+ 24. Kf2 Nxf4 25. Bxh5+ g6 26. Bd1 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nxg5 28. hxg5 Qxg5+ 29. Kf2 Qf5+ 30. Bf3 Rae8 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Qxf3 33. Kd2 g5 34. c4 g4 35. c5 dxc5 36. Ke1 g3 37. Kd2 g2 38. Kc2 g1=Q 39. b3 Nxb3 40. Kb2 Rh2+ 41. Ka3 Na5+ 42. Ka4 c4 43. Kb5 c3 44. Kxa5 c2 45. Kb5 c1=Q 46. Ka5 Qb1 47. Ka4 Qgg4+ 48. Ka5 Rh6 49. a4 Qff5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1