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5+0 • Rated •
CHESS960
Tula (1919?)
+9
Shadows (1399?)
−5
Checkmate • White is victorious
Chess960 start position:
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Weekly Chess960 Arena
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[Event "Weekly Chess960 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fTvmFvCK"] [Date "2025.03.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Tula"] [Black "Shadows"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.17"] [UTCTime "19:15:24"] [WhiteElo "1919"] [BlackElo "1399"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "brnkqbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKQBRN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Ng3 Nd6 2. b3 Ng6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 b6 6. d4 a5 7. Nd3 c6 8. Ne5 Ne7 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qxa5+ Kc8 12. Qxc5+ Bc6 13. Qxd6 Ng6 14. Qd4 d5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5+ Kd7 20. Bxf5+ Ke8 21. Qxd5 Ke7 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Bd4 Rd8 25. Ke2 Re8 26. Bc5+ Re7 27. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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