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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Academie2024 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Zqk3yl7u"] [Date "2024.10.29"] [Round "-"] [White "nicusor"] [Black "Vova"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.10.29"] [UTCTime "15:26:25"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation } 3. Bc4 e5 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 Nxe4 6. Qe1 Nc5 7. Bb2 f6 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bxe5 fxe5 10. Qe2 e4 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Qxe4+ Nxe4 13. Rxe4+ Be5 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Rh4 h6 16. Rh5 Rg8 17. Rxf5 g6 18. Rf3 a6 19. Bxg8 Kd7 20. Rg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg8 22. Re1 Nd4 23. Nd5 c6 24. Nb6+ Kc7 25. Nxa8+ Qxa8 26. Re7+ Kd6 27. Rh7 Qg8 28. Rxh6 Qg7 29. Rh4 Nxc2 30. Rc4 b5 31. Rxc2 c5 32. d4 cxd4 33. Rd2 b4 34. a3 bxa3 35. Rd1 a2 36. b4 d3 37. g4 a1=Q 38. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 39. Kf2 d2 40. g5 d1=Q 41. h3 Qf1+ 42. Ke3 Qae1+ 43. Kd4 Qxg2 44. h4 Qgd2+ 45. Kc4 Qec1+ 46. Kb3 Qdc3+ 47. Ka4 Q3a3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
00100001000000001001nicusor18½
11011110111111110110Vova51½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN