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C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation
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½-½
Stalemate
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZgFHtmxV"] [Date "2025.04.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Alex_Serbinov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2025.04.19"] [UTCTime "07:33:49"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C61"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 { C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation } 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. h3 h6 9. d4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Rxe4 d5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Be3 h5 18. Rc1 c5 19. Rxc5 Qxa2 20. Rxh5 Qxb2 21. Rg5 f5 22. Rg4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Rf8 24. Qe2 Qb6 25. d5 Qd6 26. Qb2 Qxd5 27. f3 Rf7 28. Rc1 Qxf3 29. Rc3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qxg4 32. Qc2 Qxg3+ 33. Rxg3 Rf3 34. Rxf3 Bg4 35. Rg3 g5 36. Rxg4 b5 37. Qb3+ Kh7 38. Qxb5 Rb8 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qxa7 Rb7 41. Rf4 Rxa7 42. Kg2 gxf4 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. Ke2 f3+ 45. Ke3 f2 46. Kd3 f1=B+ 47. Kd2 Kf5 48. Ke1 Ra1+ 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Kd1 Ke4 52. Kc1 Ke3 53. Kd1 Be2+ 54. Kc1 Kd3 55. Kb1 Rb2+ 56. Kc1 Rd2 57. Kb1 Kc3 58. Ka1 Rb2 { Draw by stalemate. } 1/2-1/2
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