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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FQflxJtQ"] [Date "2020.11.30"] [Round "-"] [White "GrigoreG"] [Black "France_Defence"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.11.30"] [UTCTime "17:43:20"] [WhiteElo "1544"] [BlackElo "2271"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. d4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qd3 Nb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Qf5 Bxd4 18. Bc2 g6 19. Qe4 Bxb2 20. h4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Rae8 22. Qd4 Ne2+ 23. Kf1 Nxd4 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Re1 Qh2 26. Rxe8 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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