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C41 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/505iPdBp"] [Date "2020.12.11"] [Round "-"] [White "OtiCoolUwU"] [Black "France_Defence"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.11"] [UTCTime "16:29:16"] [WhiteElo "1468"] [BlackElo "1883"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 { C41 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation } exd4 5. Ng5 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Nxe6 Qe7 8. Nxd4 Qxe4+ 9. Ne2 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 11. Qd4 Nc6 12. Qe3+ Qe5 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. Rg5 Qe4 15. Qc3 Re8 16. Qh3+ Kb8 17. Rg3 Qxe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN