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C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VWw66eEW"] [Date "2021.03.13"] [Round "-"] [White "vepex__fan"] [Black "CornelCoslet"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.03.13"] [UTCTime "17:23:26"] [WhiteElo "1765"] [BlackElo "1556"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+45"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C48"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 { C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation } dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Kh1 Qh4 13. f4 Bxh3 14. Qe1 Rh5 15. Qxh4 Rxh4 16. gxh3 Rxh3+ 17. Kg2 Rh6 18. f5 g6 19. Bxh6 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Re8 21. Rxc5 b6 22. Rg5+ Kh8 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Bf6+ Kf8 25. Rh1 Re6 26. e5 Rxf6 27. exf6 Ke8 28. Rxh7 Kd7 29. Rh8 Ke6 30. Rg7 Kxf6 31. Rhg8 Ke7 32. Ne4 c5 33. Rc8 Kd7 34. Ra8 Kc6 35. Ra7 b5 36. Rxf7 Kb6 37. Rfxc7 Ka5 38. Rab7 Kb4 39. c3+ Ka4 40. Rb6 Ka5 41. Rcc6 b4 42. Rxa6+ Kb5 43. c4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                  11vepex__fan2
                  00CornelCoslet0
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN