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A02 Bird Opening
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Korchnoi Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8fl0FY8R"] [Date "2025.03.18"] [Round "-"] [White "dnielbostn"] [Black "cezar8"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.18"] [UTCTime "17:38:20"] [WhiteElo "1145"] [BlackElo "1015"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+24"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f4 { A02 Bird Opening } Na6 2. Nc3 Nb4 3. a3 Nc6 4. Nh3 h5 5. Ne4 Rh6 6. g4 hxg4 7. Nhg5 Rh3 8. Bxh3 gxh3 9. e3 Nh6 10. d4 Ng4 11. Qxg4 g6 12. Nxh3 Bh6 13. b4 f6 14. Qxg6+ Kf8 15. Qxh6+ Kf7 16. O-O Kg8 17. Rf3 Qe8 18. Rg3+ Qg6 19. Rxg6+ Kf7 20. Qg7+ Ke6 21. Nc5+ Kd5 22. Rg5+ Kc4 23. Qf7+ Kb5 24. Nxd7+ Ka4 25. Nc5+ Kb5 26. a4+ Kxb4 27. Rb1+ Kc3 28. Qb3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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