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C41 Philidor Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Yz1uoMrq"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "-"] [White "ALEXANDRU2016"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2022.08.03"] [UTCTime "13:46:13"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 { C41 Philidor Defense } Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Be3 b6 7. h4 Nb4 8. a3 Nc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g3 g6 11. Qb1 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Nc4 b5 16. Nxb5 Be7 17. c3 Nc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ncd6+ cxd6 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Na3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Bc2 Nxc3 24. Qb2 Qa5 25. Bb6 Qc5 26. Bxc5 Nb5 27. Qxb5 Ra1+ 28. Bd1 Rxd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
         00100101½11ALEXANDRU20165½
         11011010½00cotomanmaria5½
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