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C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Tricolici Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YSaCfA7o"] [Date "2025.03.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "DavidGavrilas"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.04"] [UTCTime "16:34:54"] [WhiteElo "1503"] [BlackElo "1616"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+45"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "240+2"] [ECO "C48"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 { C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation } dxc6 6. b4 c5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Ne2 Qxa1 12. Nc3 Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qa1+ 14. Bc1 Qxc1+ 15. Ke2 Qxh1 16. e5 Qxh2 17. exf6 gxf6 18. g3 Bg4+ 19. Kf1 Rd8 20. f3 Bh3+ 21. Ke1 Qd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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          0110000000Vasile2
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