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C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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PGN
[Event "Schlechter Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MNjmossy"] [Date "2025.04.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "Damian18"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.17"] [UTCTime "16:50:52"] [WhiteElo "1368"] [BlackElo "1353"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 { C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense } 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Qe2 Nh6 5. a3 Nc6 6. b4 Bxb4 7. axb4 Nxb4 8. Ra4 Nxc2+ 9. Kd1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Qb6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Rxd4 O-O 14. g4 Re8 15. Bg2 g6 16. e5 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Bd5+ Nf7 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Bxf7 Rf8 21. Rg8+ Rxg8 22. Bxg8 Kxg8 23. Qe3 a5 24. Qg3+ Kf7 25. Rf4 d5 26. Rxf5+ Ke6 27. Rf6+ Ke7 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Rf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
              000100Damian181
              111011Vasile5
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