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A20 English Opening: King's English Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2Qk5A9fp"] [Date "2020.06.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Maria_N"] [Black "Andrei_N"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.06.15"] [UTCTime "15:06:42"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A20"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. c4 e5 { A20 English Opening: King's English Variation } 2. Qc2 Bb4 3. Nf3 f6 4. Nh4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Ng1 Bf5 7. Qxf5 Nh6 8. Qh5+ Ke7 9. a3 Bc5 10. e4 g6 11. Qh3 Rg8 12. b4 Bd4 13. Ra2 Na6 14. Nf3 Bb6 15. c5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Qxh6 Kf7 18. Be2 Ke8 19. a4 Nb4 20. Ra1 Nc2+ 21. Kf1 Nxa1 22. Qxh7 Kf8 23. Qh3 Nc2 24. Bd3 Qxd3+ 25. Kg1 Qxe4 26. Nc3 Qe1+ 27. Nxe1 Nxe1 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Qxd3 Rc8 30. Qc4 Rd8 31. Qxc5+ Kg7 32. Qxa7 Ra8 33. Qxb7 Rgd8 34. Qxc7+ Kg8 35. Qe7 Re8 36. Qxf6 Ra5 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. d4 Raa8 40. dxe5 Kh7 41. e6 Kg8 42. e7 Rxe7 43. Qxe7 Rc8 44. h4 Rxc3 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Rh3 Rxc1+ 47. Ke2 Rc2+ 48. Kd3 Rc1 49. Re3 Rh1 50. Re7+ Kh6 51. h5 Rxh5 52. Re6+ Kg5 53. Re5+ Kh4 54. a5 Rxe5 55. Qxe5 Kg4 56. Qg7+ Kf4 57. g3+ Kf3 58. Qf6+ Kg2 59. a6 Kh3 60. Qh6+ Kg2 61. Qf6 Kh3 62. a7 Kg2 63. a8=Q+ Kf1 64. Qaa1+ Kg2 65. Qf4 Kh3 66. Qh1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                   0Andrei_N0
                   1Maria_N1
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN