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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Uq48hJRu"] [Date "2021.01.11"] [Round "-"] [White "GrigoreG"] [Black "nectarie"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.11"] [UTCTime "17:59:14"] [WhiteElo "1540"] [BlackElo "1296"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [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. d4 Bb6 4. Nc3 Bxd4 5. Nxd4 c5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. h4 b4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Nc4 bxc3 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 cxb2 13. Nxb2 a5 14. Nc4 a4 15. Bxc5 d6 16. Bb6 Qe7 17. Be3 d5 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Nxc8 a3 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Bxa6 g5 22. hxg5 d4 23. Rb1 f5 24. g6 hxg6 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bg5+ Kf7 27. Rxb8 Kg6 28. Rb6+ Kxg5 29. Qd2+ Kg4 30. f3+ Kg3 31. Qf2+ Kf4 32. g3+ Kg5 33. f4+ Kg4 34. Rh4+ Rxh4 35. gxh4 Kh3 36. Kf1 Kg4 37. Qg2+ Kxf4 38. Qf2+ Kg4 39. Rg6+ Kh5 40. Rxg8 e4 41. Qg2 f4 42. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                1½11GrigoreG3½
                0½00nectarie½
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