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C23 Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/C9H5U8sC"] [Date "2024.12.03"] [Round "-"] [White "TUDOR11"] [Black "M35"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.12.03"] [UTCTime "12:18:36"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1337"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 { C23 Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack } 3. Qf3 Nh6 4. Nh3 b6 5. Ng1 a6 6. Ne2 b5 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Bh5 c5 9. Ng3 c4 10. Nf5+ Ke6 11. Nxh6 Bb7 12. Nf7 Qe7 13. Nxh8 Qb4 14. c3 Qc5 15. d4 Qb6 16. d5+ Bxd5 17. exd5+ Kd6 18. Bg5 a5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bf4 a4 21. Bxe5+ Kxe5 22. Qe3+ Kxd5 23. Qf3+ Kd6 24. Qxf8+ Kc6 25. Qf3+ Kb6 26. Qe3+ Ka5 27. b4+ Ka6 28. Na3 Nc6 29. Nxc4 Rxh8 30. Rd1 g6 31. Qh3 gxh5 32. Rd3 bxc4 33. f4 a3 34. Rf3 Qd6 35. f5 Ne5 36. Rff1 Rc8 37. f6 Nd3+ 38. Kd1 Re8 39. f7 Nxb4+ 40. Kc1 Qd5 41. fxe8=Q Nxa2+ 42. Kb1 Nxc3+ 43. Kc2 a2 44. Qc8+ Kb6 45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Rf6+ Kb7 47. Qhxd7+ Qxd7 48. Qxd7+ Kb8 49. Rf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0