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C00 French Defense #2
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Alexandra Kosteniuk Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NXE5wt0A"] [Date "2020.08.05"] [Round "-"] [White "ManescuRoxana"] [Black "mihaiplostinaru"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.08.05"] [UTCTime "16:35:53"] [WhiteElo "1529"] [BlackElo "1335"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+23"] [BlackRatingDiff "-37"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Nh3 Ke7 3. Ng5 Nh6 4. b3 Ng4 5. Qxg4 f6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Ba3+ Kf7 8. e5 fxe5 9. Nxe5+ Kf6 10. Nf3 e5 11. Bd3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 d6 13. Qg3 g5 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Ne4+ Ke6 16. Qg4+ Kd5 17. Nc3+ Kc6 18. Bb5+ Kc5 19. Qc4+ Kb6 20. Na4+ Ka5 21. b4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
               11½10ManescuRoxana3½
               00½01mihaiplostinaru1½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN