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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
1e4e62Nf3Qf63Nc3Bc54d4Bf85Bg5Qg66e5d67Bd3Qh58Rg1Bd79g4Qh310Ne2Qxf311Nf4Qc612Qe2Ne713Bxe7Bxe714Be4Qb615d5Qxb216dxe6Qxa1+17Qd1Qxe518exd7+Nxd719Nd3Qxe4+20Qe2Qc421Kd1Qxa222Re1Qa1+23Kd2Qa5+24c3Nb625Qxe7#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Rapid tournament https://lichess.org/tournament/3FKjKKgZ"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MpIxmz9W"] [Date "2021.01.11"] [Round "-"] [White "GrigoreG"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.11"] [UTCTime "17:08:04"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1363"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Qf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d4 Bf8 5. Bg5 Qg6 6. e5 d6 7. Bd3 Qh5 8. Rg1 Bd7 9. g4 Qh3 10. Ne2 Qxf3 11. Nf4 Qc6 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Be4 Qb6 15. d5 Qxb2 16. dxe6 Qxa1+ 17. Qd1 Qxe5 18. exd7+ Nxd7 19. Nd3 Qxe4+ 20. Qe2 Qc4 21. Kd1 Qxa2 22. Re1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24. c3 Nb6 25. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
   1010111½011110101GrigoreG11½
   0101000½100001010Nicolas95½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN