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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Turneul Academiei Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aGXMicPM"] [Date "2020.02.21"] [Round "-"] [White "CostelStina"] [Black "CovganetIlinca_13883"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.02.21"] [UTCTime "17:06:44"] [WhiteElo "1708"] [BlackElo "1658"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Qe2 a5 7. Na4 Ba6 8. Qe3 g6 9. Qc3 Bg7 10. Qxc6+ Ke7 11. d3 Qd7 12. Qc3 Nxe4 13. Qxg7 Rhg8 14. Qd4 Nf6 15. Bg5 e5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5+ Kf8 18. Bxf6 Qxa4 19. Qc5+ Ke8 20. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0