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C00 French Defense: Normal Variation
1e4e62d4Qh43d5Bc54Nh3Qxe4+5Qe2Bb4+6c3Qh47cxb4Qxb4+8Nd2Qh49dxe6dxe610b3Qf611Rb1Nc612Bb2Qh613g3e514Bg2Nb415Qxe5+Ne716Qxg7Qe6+17Ne4Rg818Qxh7Nc2+19Kd1Qc620Nf6+Kf821Nxg8Nxg822Qg7+Ke723Re1+Nxe124Kxe1Qxg225Qxg8Qxh326Qg5+f627Qxf6+Ke828Rd1Qxh229Rd8#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ii4fMsLE"] [Date "2021.06.17"] [Round "-"] [White "lion26"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.06.17"] [UTCTime "12:31:59"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "1478"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+4"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qh4 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nh3 Qxe4+ 5. Qe2 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qh4 7. cxb4 Qxb4+ 8. Nd2 Qh4 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. b3 Qf6 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qh6 13. g3 e5 14. Bg2 Nb4 15. Qxe5+ Ne7 16. Qxg7 Qe6+ 17. Ne4 Rg8 18. Qxh7 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 Qc6 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nxg8 Nxg8 22. Qg7+ Ke7 23. Re1+ Nxe1 24. Kxe1 Qxg2 25. Qxg8 Qxh3 26. Qg5+ f6 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Rd1 Qxh2 29. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
      10½0½100000000lion263
      01½1½011111111Nicolas911
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN