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C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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PGN
[Event "Turneul Academiei Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/a785YZDb"] [Date "2020.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "FRoman"] [Black "EliseiDubcovetchi"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:48:34"] [WhiteElo "1757"] [BlackElo "1726"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+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. Qe2 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Qe3 Ng4 10. Qc5 b6 11. Qc4 b5 12. Qc5 h6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Qxe5 Bb7 15. d3 c5 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Qf5 c4 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. e5 Nh7 20. O-O Qxh4 21. Rae1 cxd3 22. cxd3 c5 23. e6 f6 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
           0½0100101FRoman3½
           1½1011010EliseiDubcovetchi5½
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