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C00 Rat Defense: Small Center Defense
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BXQxjJF4"] [Date "2021.03.29"] [Round "-"] [White "luchi"] [Black "Alexandru16"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.03.29"] [UTCTime "14:22:28"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "1428"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "Rat Defense: Small Center Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d6 { C00 Rat Defense: Small Center Defense } 3. Nf3 f6 4. Bd3 Nh6 5. Be3 Nf5 6. exf5 exf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. Bxf5 Bxf5 10. Nxf5 g5 11. Qh5 Rf7 12. Nh6+ Kg7 13. Nxf7 Nc6 14. Nxd8 Bxd8 15. f4 Nb4 16. Nc3 Nxc2 17. Rac1 Nxe3 18. Rfe1 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 c6 20. fxg5 b6 21. g6 Kf8 22. gxh7 Kg7 23. h8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0