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C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Kushnir Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MfBNimMb"] [Date "2025.02.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "Damian18"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.02.27"] [UTCTime "17:47:14"] [WhiteElo "1318"] [BlackElo "1275"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+23"] [BlackRatingDiff "-50"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation } 4. d3 d6 5. dxe4 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5+ Ke8 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nc3 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. g3 Nb3 15. axb3 f6 16. Bd2 Kf7 17. c5 b6 18. c4 b5 19. cxb5 a6 20. bxa6 g5 21. b4 h5 22. c6 h4 23. b5 hxg3 24. fxg3 Ke6 25. O-O f5 26. exf5+ Kd5 27. Bxg5 Kd6 28. Bf6 Rhf8 29. Bg7 Rg8 30. Bh6 Ke7 31. f6+ Kf7 32. b6 Rh8 33. bxc7 Rxh6 34. Rad1 Rhh8 35. Rd8 Raxd8 36. cxd8=Q Rxd8 37. Ra1 Rh8 38. a7 Kf8 39. a8=Q+ Kf7 40. Qxh8 Kg6 41. Ra5 Kg5 42. Rxe5+ Kg4 43. Qh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0