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A20 English Opening: King's English Variation, Nimzowitsch-Flohr Variation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Tricolici Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/87HNTeaE"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Kursk"] [Black "Vasile"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.06"] [UTCTime "17:00:50"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1646"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "60+2"] [ECO "A20"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Nimzowitsch-Flohr Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nf3 e5 2. c4 e4 { A20 English Opening: King's English Variation, Nimzowitsch-Flohr Variation } 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Qd4 7. Qxb4 c5 8. Qb5+ c6 9. Qa4 b5 10. cxb5 Rb8 11. bxc6 Ba6 12. c7+ Bb5 13. cxb8=Q+ Ke7 14. Qaxb5 Nf6 15. Q5b7+ Nd7 16. Qxh8 f5 17. Qxh7 e3 18. fxe3 Qg4 19. h3 Qc4 20. Qxg7+ Kd6 21. Qbxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0