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C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation
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Three checks, Black is victorious
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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/EZc53mPy"] [Date "2025.03.13"] [Round "-"] [White "marccirlig"] [Black "Petru"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.13"] [UTCTime "14:31:36"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "240+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steiner Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. c4 { C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation } Qg5 3. f4 Qh4+ 4. g3 Qxg3+ 5. hxg3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1