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C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Turneul,Pionul Nazdravan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/dwQ334aK"] [Date "2020.05.19"] [Round "-"] [White "StefanP"] [Black "ALEX"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.05.19"] [UTCTime "16:55:26"] [WhiteElo "1404"] [BlackElo "1326"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Bb5 { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } c6 3. Bd3 b5 4. Nh3 a5 5. Qf3 Ra6 6. Ng5 f6 7. Qh5+ Ke7 8. Nf3 g6 9. Qh4 g5 10. Qh5 Nh6 11. Nxg5 Nf7 12. Nxf7 Rg8 13. Qxh7 Rxg2 14. Nxd8+ Kxd8 15. Qh8 Ke8 16. e5 fxe5 17. Bg6+ Ke7 18. Qh4+ Kd6 19. Qh3 Rxg6 20. b3 a4 21. Ba3+ Kc7 22. Bxf8 Rf6 23. Bg7 Rf7 24. Bh6 Rf6 25. Qh4 Rf7 26. Bg5 b4 27. Qh8 Rf5 28. Qd8+ Kd6 29. Qe7+ Kd5 30. Qh7 Ra5 31. c4+ Kd4 32. Qh4+ Rf4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxf4+ Kd3 35. Qf3+ Kc2 36. Na3+ Kb2 37. Qd1 Kxa3 38. Qc1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0