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C41 Philidor Defense #2
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/N1LaOYgi"] [Date "2021.06.17"] [Round "-"] [White "UzunKirill"] [Black "BogdanCraciun"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.06.17"] [UTCTime "13:45:53"] [WhiteElo "1720"] [BlackElo "1608"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be6 5. d3 Qf6 6. Bg5 Qg6 7. Qe2 h6 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. O-O-O Nb4 10. a3 Na2+ 11. Nxa2 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Qxe4 13. Rhe1 d5 14. cxd5 Rxd5 15. Nc3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qf5 17. Nh4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 g6 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
11½1111½100110111111UzunKirill39
00½0000½011001000000BogdanCraciun14
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