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C42 Petrov's Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Academie2024 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/D9wPzuwt"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "-"] [White "IoanaP"] [Black "TeoBossnr_1"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.01.14"] [UTCTime "16:17:45"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { C42 Petrov's Defense } 3. Bb5 Nxe4 4. O-O f6 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Re3 Be7 7. Nh4 Nxb5 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 O-O 10. Rg3 Rf7 11. Rxg6+ hxg6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. dxc3 g5 14. Ng6 Nc6 15. Bxg5 fxg5 16. Qe2 d5 17. Qf3 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Bf5 19. Re1 Bxg6 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 gxf4 22. h4 Bxh4 23. c4 Nxc4 24. b3 Nb2 25. b4 Qe8 26. b5 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Be4+ 28. Kh3 Bf5+ 29. Kg2 Re8 30. Kh2 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1