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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Turneul Academiei Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ev6qgoGw"] [Date "2020.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "CostelStina"] [Black "CovganetIlinca_13883"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.02.21"] [UTCTime "17:35:51"] [WhiteElo "1738"] [BlackElo "1655"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Ne5 d6 7. Nxc6 Bb7 8. Nxd8 Rxd8 9. Ne2 d5 10. c3 dxe4 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Nf4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Nc5 14. Qb4 Nd3+ 15. Nxd3 Bxb4 16. Nxb4 O-O 17. Kf1 e5 18. d3 exd3 19. Nxd3 e4 20. Ne5 Rce8 21. Ng4 f5 22. Ne3 h5 23. b3 c5 24. Ba3 Re5 25. Nc4 Rd5 26. Nb6 Re5 27. Nd7 e3 28. Nxe5 Re8 29. Nd7 e2+ 30. Ke1 f4 31. f3 g5 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nxe8 Kxe8 34. Kxe2 g4 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Rae1 f3+ 37. Kf2+ Kf8 38. Bxc5+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. gxf3 Bxf3 41. h4 Bxh1 42. h5 Kg5 43. Rh7 Kh4 44. Be7+ Kh3 45. Bd6 a5 46. b4 a4 47. b5 a3 48. Bxa3 g3+ 49. Kg1 g2 50. Rg7 Kh4 51. h6 Kh3 52. h7 Kh4 53. h8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0