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C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Academie Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BMlqYA7g"] [Date "2023.11.21"] [Round "-"] [White "cebotarosgabriel"] [Black "Academie"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.11.21"] [UTCTime "15:46:22"] [WhiteElo "1439"] [BlackElo "1656"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "360+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Bb5 { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } c6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qf3 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nh3 Nd4 9. Qe3 Bd6 10. c3 Nf5 11. f3 Nxe3 12. dxe3 O-O 13. O-O c4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. b3 Qc5 16. Nd2 Qe5 17. Rf2 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh1+ 19. Ke2 e5 20. f4 exf4 21. exf4 Re8+ 22. Kf3 Bg4+ 23. Kg3 Re3+ 24. Rf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rae8 26. Bb5 Ne4+ 27. Kg4 Nxd2 28. Rb1 Qg2+ 29. Kh4 Qxf3 30. Bxd2 Qg3+ 31. Kh5 Qxh3+ 32. Kg5 Rg3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1