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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eAK9nGgt"] [Date "2020.10.23"] [Round "-"] [White "GrigoreG"] [Black "CovganetIlinca_13883"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.10.23"] [UTCTime "16:41:58"] [WhiteElo "1338"] [BlackElo "1761"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e5 Nxe5 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 c6 8. Na4 b5 9. Nc5 d6 10. Nd3 Bb7 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nh3 O-O 13. Ng5 Ng4 14. Qxg4 h6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. O-O Qxd2 18. Rae1 Qxc2 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rff8 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Qd4 Rxe1+ 23. Bf1 Qb1 24. Kg2 c5+ 25. Kh3 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxf1 27. Bxa7 Qf5+ 28. Kh4 Qh5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
       00½0000001100GrigoreG2½
       11½1111110011CovganetIlinca_1388310½
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