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C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9mFF2rH5"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Luciancartira"] [Black "CiugureanuNadejda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.07.10"] [UTCTime "09:38:30"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. Ng5 Qxg5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Bxg5 Bxd1 9. Rxd1 h6 10. O-O d5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Na4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bb4 14. Rd3 O-O 15. Rb3 Bd6 16. Nc3 c5 17. Nd5 Kg7 18. Rg3+ Kh7 19. Re1 Rg8 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 21. Nxg8 Rxg8 22. Ree3 c4 23. Rg4 Bc5 24. Reg3 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 Bd4 26. c3 Bc5 27. Rh4 Be7 28. Rxh6+ Kg7 29. Ra6 Bc5 30. Rc6 Bd6 31. Rxc4 Kf6 32. Ra4 Bc5 33. Ra5 Bb6 34. Ra4 Kg5 35. Rc4 Kf4 36. g3+ Kf3 37. h3 Ke2 38. Kh2 Kd2 39. h4 Kc2 40. Kh3 Kxb2 41. Rb4+ Kxc3 42. Ra4 Kb2 43. h5 Bxf2 44. Kh4 Be3 45. Rb4+ Kxa2 46. Rc4 Kb3 47. Rxc7 Kb4 48. Rxf7 Kc4 49. g4 Kd4 50. g5 Kxe4 51. h6 Bxg5+ 52. Kxg5 Kd5 53. h7 Ke6 54. Rxa7 Kd6 55. h8=Q Kd5 56. Ra4 Ke6 57. Ra5 Kd6 58. Qh6+ Kd7 59. Ra7+ Kc8 60. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                 ½½0CiugureanuNadejda1
                 ½½1Luciancartira2
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN