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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4Uh74jwE"] [Date "2022.09.09"] [Round "-"] [White "cotomanmaria"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.09.09"] [UTCTime "10:29:01"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. d3 Ne5 3. d4 Nc4 4. Bxc4 b5 5. Bxb5 e6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Ne5 a6 9. Ba4 a5 10. Nb5 Ra6 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa6 Bxa6 13. Nxd7 Qe7 14. Nb6 Nf6 15. e5 Ne4 16. f3 Ng5 17. f4 Ne4 18. c4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 h5 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Qc2 h4 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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