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B25 Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation, Traditional
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SOpZBIFK"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "muntean_victor"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.06"] [UTCTime "17:50:49"] [WhiteElo "1359"] [BlackElo "1986"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B25"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B25 Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation, Traditional } 3. b4 cxb4 4. Nd5 e6 5. Bb5 exd5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bb2 Qxg2 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Qf1 Qxh1 11. a4 Qe4+ 12. Ne2 Qxc2 13. Rc1 Qxb2 14. Kd1 O-O-O 15. Nf4 Qxd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1