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Stockfish 9+wasm
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B00 Barnes Defense
1e4f62Bc4g53Qh5#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Classical Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ABRdFoAc"] [Date "2023.05.12"] [Round "-"] [White "veleyr"] [Black "master1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.05.12"] [UTCTime "16:49:01"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1337"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+116"] [BlackRatingDiff "-88"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1200+10"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Barnes Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 f6 { B00 Barnes Defense } 2. Bc4 g5 3. Qh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN