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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Turneul Săptămînei Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/T1ALQadf"] [Date "2020.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "CovganetIlinca_13883"] [Black "CostelStina"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.01.05"] [UTCTime "14:57:22"] [WhiteElo "1657"] [BlackElo "1608"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Nc3 Bb6 4. Na4 Qe7 5. Nxb6 cxb6 6. b3 d5 7. Ba3 Qxa3 8. exd5 exd5 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Qa3+ 13. Kb1 Ke7 14. Re1 Qd6 15. c4 d4 16. g4 Nc6 17. Bh3 Nb4 18. g5 Kd8 19. f4 d3 20. Qe3 Nc2 21. Qxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Na3+ 23. Kb2 Nc2 24. Bf1 Nb4 25. a3 Kd7 26. Re3 Nc6 27. Rxd3+ Kc7 28. Bh3 a5 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Rd7+ Kc8 31. Rf7+ Kd8 32. Rxf8+ Kc7 33. Ree8 Kd6 34. Rxg8 Rxg8 35. Rxg8 Nd4 36. Rxg7 b5 37. cxb5 Nxb5 38. Rxh7 Nd4 39. Rxb7 Ne2 40. Rf7 Kd5 41. Rf5+ Ke4 42. Re5+ Kxf4 43. Rxe2 Kxg5 44. d4 Kh4 45. d5 Kxh3 46. d6 Kg4 47. d7 Kf3 48. Rd2 Ke3 49. Rd6 Kf3 50. d8=Q Kg2 51. Qg8+ Kxh2 52. Rh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0