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C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Parham Maghsoodloo Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/I0S8v7Jh"] [Date "2020.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Kristian"] [Black "BogdanConisescu"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:15:23"] [WhiteElo "1703"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+241"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. O-O Be7 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. Bxc6 dxc3 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 cxb2 11. Bxb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c4 Re8 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb3 a5 18. Nd4 h6 19. Qf3 Qxd4 20. Qxf5 Re1+ 21. Kh2 Qe5+ 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. f4 Re4 24. c5 dxc5 25. Rf3 Rd4 26. g4 Rxd5 27. Re3 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 Rxa2 29. Re7 c4 30. Rxc7 b5 31. Rb7 b4 32. Rc7 c3 33. g5 c2 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. h4 b3 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 c1=Q 38. Rxb3 Qg1+ 39. Kf3 Qf2+ 40. Ke4 Ra4+ 41. Kd3 Qg3+ 42. Kc2 Rc4+ 43. Kb2 Qf2+ 44. Ka3 Qc5+ 45. Kb2 a4 46. Ka2 axb3+ 47. Kxb3 Qb4+ 48. Ka2 Rc2+ 49. Ka1 Qb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1