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C41 Philidor Defense
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WQnXiKc0"] [Date "2020.07.19"] [Round "-"] [White "dragutraisa"] [Black "RusuInga"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.07.19"] [UTCTime "18:00:27"] [WhiteElo "1681"] [BlackElo "1340"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 { C41 Philidor Defense } c5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Nxf7+ Ke7 8. Nxh8 h5 9. Ng6+ Kf6 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 g5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nc3 Be6 14. h4 Nh6 15. hxg5+ Kxg5 16. g3 Ng4 17. f4+ Kh6 18. Be2 Nf6 19. e5 Nh7 20. Rxh5+ Kg7 21. O-O-O Nf8 22. Rg5+ Kh6 23. Rh1+ Bh3 24. Rxh3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0