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C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/GDDpquyD"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "muntean_victor"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.06"] [UTCTime "17:56:17"] [WhiteElo "1622"] [BlackElo "1987"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Bb5 { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } a6 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Qf3 Bd6 7. g4 Bxg4 8. Qe3+ Kd7 9. Ba4+ b5 10. Bb3 Re8 11. d4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne2 d4 14. Qf4 Rxe2+ 15. Kf1 Qe7 16. Bd2 Bh3+ 17. Kg1 Re1+ 18. Bxe1 Qxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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