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C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/91Rc1Qqv"] [Date "2024.02.03"] [Round "-"] [White "andreijnjkb"] [Black "Academie"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.02.03"] [UTCTime "07:31:23"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1428"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C48"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bxc6 { C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation } bxc6 6. d4 Bd6 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. Nf3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bg5 Qf5 15. Re1 Be6 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. g3 c5 18. f4 Qd5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd2 h6 21. Red1 hxg5 22. fxg5 c4 23. Qd5 Qh3 24. Qxa8+ Kf7 25. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qxg3 27. Rd7+ Kf8 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
0½111101001010001110andreijnjkb13½
1½000010110101110001Academie20½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN