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C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Humpy Koneru Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/RsSNutzc"] [Date "2020.08.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_10"] [Black "BogdanConisescu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.08.03"] [UTCTime "17:02:53"] [WhiteElo "1833"] [BlackElo "1948"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-27"] [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. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 Be7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 Qd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. d4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qg3 Bf6 17. Nxf7 Qe6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qh6 20. Bxc7 e3 21. fxe3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Bd6 Re8 25. c4 h6 26. c5 Bc6 27. Rd1 Re2 28. Rb1 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Be4 30. Re1 Bd5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rd8 Rxb2 33. Be5 Bc4+ 34. Ke1 Re2+ 35. Kd1 Rxa2 36. Rd7 Bb3+ 37. Ke1 Ba4 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg2+ Kh7 40. Rxa2 Bb5 41. Ra5 Bc4 42. c6 Bb5 43. c7 Bd7 44. Rxa6 Bc8 45. Ra8 Bb7 46. d5 Bxa8 47. c8=Q Bxd5 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Qxd5 Kg5 50. Kf2 Kf5 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Kf4 Kh5 53. Bc7+ Kg6 54. Qa5 h5 55. h4 Kf6 56. Qa6+ Ke7 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. Qf6+ Ke8 59. Qg6+ Kd7 60. Qf6 Ke8 61. Bh2 Kd7 62. Qg6 Ke7 63. Qh6 Kd7 64. Qxh5 Ke7 65. Qh6 Kd7 66. Ke5 Kc7 67. Kd5+ Kd7 68. Qh7+ Kc8 69. Kd6 Kb8 70. Kc6+ Ka8 71. Qh8+ Ka7 72. Qb8+ Ka6 73. Qb6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
            10101001Paul_104
            01010110BogdanConisescu4
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