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C41 Philidor Defense #2
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7COoebB4"] [Date "2020.10.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Tabacarum"] [Black "Trifan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.16"] [UTCTime "16:36:09"] [WhiteElo "1743"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bc4 f6 5. Nh4 Nh6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Na6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Na3 Nxc2 11. Nxc2 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. g4 f5 14. gxh5 Qxh4 15. exf5 Qxh5 16. fxg6 Qxg6+ 17. Kf2 c5 18. Qxb5+ Ke7 19. Bd5 a6 20. Qb7+ Kf6 21. Qxa8 Bg7 22. Qxa6 Qf5 23. Qxd6+ Qe6 24. Qxe6+ Kg5 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Rg1+ Kf4 27. Rxg7 Rxd5 28. Nxd5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
11111010111111011111Tabacarum33½
00000101000000100000Trifan15½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN