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C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense
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Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Chernev Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SMwWepCD"] [Date "2025.03.27"] [Round "-"] [White "David7777"] [Black "Dragos-012"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.27"] [UTCTime "17:21:30"] [WhiteElo "1519"] [BlackElo "1352"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+22"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. Qf3 g5 4. h4 gxh4 5. Rxh4 h6 6. Rh5 Bc5 7. Rf5 Nh7 8. Rg5 Qxg5 9. Qxf7+ Kd8 10. d4 exd4 11. Bxg5+ Nxg5 12. f4 Nxe4 13. Nf3 h5 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Ne5 d6 16. Nf7+ Kd7 17. Qxf8 Ng3 18. Ng5 c6 19. Be6+ Kc7 20. Qe7+ Kb6 21. Bc4 d5 22. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0