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C00 French Defense: Normal Variation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Tricolici Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2HfngSa9"] [Date "2025.03.13"] [Round "-"] [White "Robert2015"] [Black "Maxim1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.13"] [UTCTime "16:34:17"] [WhiteElo "1281"] [BlackElo "1390"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-86"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "240+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qf6 3. Bc4 Nh6 4. Nh3 Ng4 5. Qxg4 h5 6. Qf3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e5 9. dxe5 Qxe5 10. Qxf7+ Kd8 11. Bg5+ Qxg5 12. Nxg5 d5 13. Qxg7 Re8 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Ne6+ Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rd1+ Ke8 18. Rd4 Nc6 19. Rd7 Rxe4+ 20. Kd2 Rd8 21. Qh8+ Kxd7 22. f3 Ke7+ 23. Kc1 Rc4 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. Qh7+ Kd6 26. Re3 Rd7 27. Qxh5 Rc5 28. Qg4 Ne5 29. Qd4+ Ke6 30. Qxc5 b6 31. Qb4 c5 32. Qe4 Kf7 33. Qxe5 Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kf6 35. Qxd7 Kg5 36. Qd5+ Kg6 37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kh8 39. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0