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C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aj979Wri"] [Date "2020.10.30"] [Round "-"] [White "damianganjea"] [Black "alexandruguzun"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.30"] [UTCTime "17:17:03"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "1168"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 { C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense } 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 b6 5. d3 a5 6. Bg5 Qxg5 7. Nxg5 Nh6 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. h3 Nf6 10. Ng5 h5 11. Nxf7 Rg8 12. Ng5 Rh8 13. O-O d6 14. b3 Nb4 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Qe2 c5 18. Nb5 Kc6 19. c4 Kb7 20. Nxd6+ Ka6 21. Ndf7 Rh7 22. Nxh7 Bd6 23. Nxd6 Rh8 24. Ng5 Rd8 25. Ndf7 Rd4 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. Nxd8 Nd7 28. a3 Nc2 29. Qxc2 Nf6 30. Nc6 Nd7 31. Ne6 b5 32. cxb5+ Kxb5 33. Na7+ Ka6 34. Nc8 Kb7 35. Qc4 Nf6 36. Qb5+ Kxc8 37. Qxa5 Kd7 38. Nxg7 h4 39. Qxc5 Kd8 40. Qxe5 Nd7 41. Qe8+ Kc7 42. a4 Nb8 43. Ne6+ Kb7 44. b4 Ka6 45. b5+ Ka7 46. a5 Ka8 47. b6 Kb7 48. Rac1 Ka6 49. Qxb8 Kxa5 50. Ra1+ Kb5 51. Rdb1+ Kc6 52. Qc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                  0½alexandruguzun½
                  1½damianganjea1½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN