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C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Rmbk9nH3"] [Date "2021.01.19"] [Round "-"] [White "France_Defence"] [Black "Josan_Dragos_14289"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.19"] [UTCTime "17:57:30"] [WhiteElo "2391"] [BlackElo "1558"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nd4 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 c5 9. dxc6 Qxc6 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Bc5 12. dxc6 Bxd4 13. cxb7 Rb8 14. cxd4 Rxb7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. b3 O-O 17. Be3 Re8 18. Kd2 Ne4+ 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Kd3 Rbe7 21. Rhc1 f5 22. Rc8+ Kf7 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. R1c7 Ree7 25. Bf4 Rd5 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Rc7+ Ke6 28. Be5 Ra5 29. a4 Rd5 30. Rc6+ Kf7 31. Kc4 Rd7 32. Rc7 Rxc7+ 33. Bxc7 Ke6 34. Be5 g5 35. g3 h5 36. f4 a5 37. d5+ Kf7 38. Kc5 Ke7 39. fxg5 Kd7 40. Bf6 Ke8 41. Kc6 Kf7 42. d6 Kg6 43. d7 Kf7 44. d8=Q Ke6 45. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0