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C42 Petrov's Defense #4
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Michell Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CRYtwrT1"] [Date "2025.03.11"] [Round "-"] [White "HEDO"] [Black "Vasile"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.11"] [UTCTime "17:30:25"] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1341"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+57"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense #4"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 { C42 Petrov's Defense #4 } b5 5. Bxb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 c6 8. dxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. b3 Qd5 12. Ba3+ Qd6 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6 14. d4 Nc6 15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5+ Kxe5 17. Rg1 Bd5 18. Rg5+ Kd6 19. Qe3 Bxf7 20. Qe5+ Kc6 21. Qb5+ Kd6 22. Nc3 Be8 23. O-O-O+ Ke7 24. Qb7+ Ke6 25. Qc7 h6 26. Re5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0