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7+2 • Rated •
CHESS960
mihai9 (1500?)
+231
Matei2018 (1662?)
−165
Checkmate • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
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Ariadna Arena
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[Event "Ariadna Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/76RYXDxj"] [Date "2025.05.12"] [Round "-"] [White "mihai9"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.12"] [UTCTime "12:40:43"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1662"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+231"] [BlackRatingDiff "-165"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "brkbrnnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBRNNQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. c4 c6 2. Ne3 Ba5 3. b4 Bb6 4. c5 Bc7 5. g4 g6 6. Qe4 Nf6 7. Qc4 Ne6 8. Qb5 cxb5 9. Bb3 Ng5 10. f4 Ne6 11. g5 Qg8 12. gxf6 exf6 13. Nd5 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Nxf4 15. e3 Nd3+ 16. Kc2 Nxb4+ 17. Kd1 Nxa2 18. Bxf6 Nb4 19. Rf1 Re4 20. Bd5 Rd4 21. Bxf7 Qxf7 22. Bxd4 Nd5 23. Rxf7 O-O-O 24. Rxb5 Nc7 25. Rb4 Re8 26. Nf3 Nd5 27. Rb5 a5 28. Rxa5 Kb8 29. Ne5 b6 30. Rb5 Bb7 31. Nxd7+ Kc8 32. Nxb6+ Nxb6 33. Rxb6 Bf3+ 34. Ke1 Bh5 35. Ra6 g5 36. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Matei2018
22½
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mihai9
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