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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SA3vIvlT"] [Date "2023.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Academie"] [Black "andreijnjkb"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.09"] [UTCTime "07:38:10"] [WhiteElo "1428"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Nc3 Nd4 3. Nf3 Nxc2+ 4. Qxc2 b5 5. d4 Rb8 6. Nxb5 Rxb5 7. Bxb5 c6 8. Bc4 a5 9. O-O e6 10. Ng5 Qxg5 11. Bxg5 Nh6 12. f4 Bb4 13. a3 Ng4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Ra8 O-O 16. h3 Nh2 17. Re1 Ng4 18. hxg4 Bb7 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Rxb7 Rf8 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 d6 24. f5 g6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bh6 Re8 27. g5 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Re4 29. g3 Re1 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. g4 Re8 32. Bxe8 Kg8 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0