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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Academie Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KLmHR6Iu"] [Date "2023.11.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Academie"] [Black "agapehoria"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.11.17"] [UTCTime "17:21:47"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [BlackElo "1361"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "360+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } b5 3. Nc3 Na6 4. d4 Nf6 5. b3 Bb7 6. a4 bxa4 7. bxa4 Bc6 8. e5 Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Bc5 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 Nf7 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Bxd8 Nxd8 17. Qxg8+ Ke7 18. Bxa6 Ne6 19. Qxa8 Nf4 20. O-O-O Ne2+ 21. Kd2 Nf4 22. Rde1+ Kd6 23. Qf8+ Kc6 24. Qxf4 d5 25. Re6+ Kd7 26. Qf7+ Kd8 27. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0