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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7ZuF2alI"] [Date "2020.11.06"] [Round "-"] [White "CovganetIlinca_13883"] [Black "GrigoreG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.06"] [UTCTime "17:16:22"] [WhiteElo "1712"] [BlackElo "1438"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Qe2 b6 7. O-O-O Ba6 8. Qe1 Bxf1 9. Qxf1 Nc6 10. e5 Nh5 11. g4 Nf4 12. Qc4 d5 13. Qxc6 Ne2+ 14. Nxe2 Qg5 15. h3 Qh6 16. Nfd4 Rfe8 17. Nb5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rad8 19. Nxc7 Qg5 20. Nxe8 Qxe5 21. c3 Qxe2 22. Rhe1 Qf3 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. f4 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Kg7 30. Rg1+ Kh6 31. h4 Rd6 32. h5 Re6 33. Rxd5 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Kg7 35. Rf1 Kf8 36. Re5 f6 37. Rxf6+ Kg7 38. Rc6 Kf7 39. d4 b5 40. Rxb5 Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kd8 42. Rxa7 h6 43. Rxh6 Ke8 44. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
       00½0000001100GrigoreG2½
       11½1111110011CovganetIlinca_1388310½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN