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C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Academie2024 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Lk5V4HBn"] [Date "2025.01.24"] [Round "-"] [White "negruelena17"] [Black "Damian18"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.01.24"] [UTCTime "15:38:51"] [WhiteElo "1313"] [BlackElo "1440"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } Nxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Nc3 d4 6. Ne2 e4 7. Nfxd4 Bc5 8. Nf3 exf3 9. gxf3 b6 10. Nc3 Qh4 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. Ne4 Ke7 13. Qc4 b5 14. Qxb5 Bb6 15. Qb4+ Kd8 16. d3 Re8 17. Bg5+ f6 18. Bxh4 Bb7 19. Bg2 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 a5 22. Qd4+ Nd7 23. Bh3 g5 24. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0