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C02 French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch System
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Evans Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HJcVWkcs"] [Date "2021.03.21"] [Round "-"] [White "CornelCoslet"] [Black "IN-babuIN"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.03.21"] [UTCTime "17:29:51"] [WhiteElo "1586"] [BlackElo "1972"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch System"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 { C02 French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch System } Nc6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Qxb2 9. Ne2 Nxe5 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Qf6 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nd3 h5 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxg8+ Nxg8 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Bb5+ Kf8 21. Bd7 b6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd7+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Kd8 25. Rc1 Nf5 26. Nxh5 Nxd4 27. Nxf4 Rxc2 28. Rd1 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nxh2+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Rxa2 32. Nd3 Rd2 33. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nf7+ Ke7 37. Nh6 a5 38. Kf3 a4 39. Ke3 a3 40. Kf3 a2 41. Ke3 a1=Q 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43. Ke3 Qf2+ 44. Kd3 Qd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1