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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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0-1
Time out, Black is victorious
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PGN
[Event "Tricolici Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TtpxaCC6"] [Date "2025.04.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.04.03"] [UTCTime "15:54:30"] [WhiteElo "1418"] [BlackElo "1451"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. a3 Nh6 5. b4 Rf8 6. bxc5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 b6 8. g4 Ng8 9. cxb6 cxb6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Ndxb5 Rxb5 15. Nxb5 Qa8 16. Rxa7 Qb7 17. Rxb7 Ke7 18. Nc7 Nf6 19. Bxf6+ Kxf6 20. Qc4 Re8 21. Nxe8+ Kg6 22. Rg1 Kg5 23. h4+ Kxh4 24. Rh1+ Kxg4 25. e5+ Kf5 26. Qh4 Kxe5 27. Rg1 Kd5 { Black wins on time. } 0-1
011100½1110101100010Matei201713½
100011½0001010011101Vasile9½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN