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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Vallejo Pons Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Cn0BwT4d"] [Date "2025.04.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.03"] [UTCTime "16:10:07"] [WhiteElo "1335"] [BlackElo "1400"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Qe2 Qe7 4. a3 Bb6 5. d4 Ba5+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. Bd2 Bxb2 8. Bb4 Qf6 9. e5 Qf4 10. g3 Qh6 11. Rb1 Bc3+ 12. Nd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qf6 14. f4 Qd8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Bc5 Nh6 17. O-O Ng4 18. h3 f6 19. hxg4 fxe5 20. dxe5 Rf8 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxf5 Rg8 23. Rbf1 g6 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rxg6 Rxg6 26. Bxg6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
011100½1110101100010Matei201713½
100011½0001010011101Vasile9½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN