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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense
1e4Nc62Qh5g63Qf3d54exd5Nb85Qe4e66Qe5Qxd57Qxh8Nf68Qxf6Bg79Qxg7Ke710b3Qe5+11Ne2Qxa112Ba3+Ke813Qf8+Kd714Qe7+Kc615Qd8Qxb1+16Bc1Qxc1+17Nxc1b518Qxc8Nd719Qxa8+Kb620Nd3e521Qd8Nf622Qxf6+Kb723Qxe5c524Qxc5b425Nxb4f526Qc6+Kb827Ba6f428Qc8#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/binAIFC5"] [Date "2021.03.25"] [Round "-"] [White "GAMPLAY"] [Black "Cosmin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.03.25"] [UTCTime "07:21:05"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+35"] [BlackRatingDiff "-106"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Qh5 g6 3. Qf3 d5 4. exd5 Nb8 5. Qe4 e6 6. Qe5 Qxd5 7. Qxh8 Nf6 8. Qxf6 Bg7 9. Qxg7 Ke7 10. b3 Qe5+ 11. Ne2 Qxa1 12. Ba3+ Ke8 13. Qf8+ Kd7 14. Qe7+ Kc6 15. Qd8 Qxb1+ 16. Bc1 Qxc1+ 17. Nxc1 b5 18. Qxc8 Nd7 19. Qxa8+ Kb6 20. Nd3 e5 21. Qd8 Nf6 22. Qxf6+ Kb7 23. Qxe5 c5 24. Qxc5 b4 25. Nxb4 f5 26. Qc6+ Kb8 27. Ba6 f4 28. Qc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
11110111110011111011GAMPLAY26½
00001000001100000100Cosmin5½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN