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B40 Sicilian Defense: French Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gbGsSZ1R"] [Date "2023.04.22"] [Round "-"] [White "andreijnjkb"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.04.22"] [UTCTime "09:25:34"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: French Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 { B40 Sicilian Defense: French Variation } 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 a6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 c4 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 Be6 10. bxc4 dxc4 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nf6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Qb1 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg5 19. Qb3 Bf4 20. g3 Be5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rfd8 25. g4 g6 26. g5 Bg7 27. Qf3 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rd7 29. Bxa6 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxc2 31. Bd3 Qxa2 32. Qe4 Qe6 33. Rb4 Qxe4+ 34. Bxe4 Be3 35. Rb1 Bxf4 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. h4 Bxb8 38. Kg1 Rd4 39. Bc2 Rxh4 40. Kg2 Rd4 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Ke3 Rf4 43. Be4 Rxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Bf4 45. Kxf4 h6 46. gxh6 g5+ 47. Kxg5 Ke7 48. h7 f6+ 49. Kg6 Kd6 50. h8=R Ke5 51. Rf8 f5 52. Rxf5+ Ke4 53. Kf6 Kd4 54. Ke6 Ke4 55. Re5+ Kd4 56. Kd6 Kc4 57. Rd5 Kc3 58. Kc5 Kb3 59. Rd3+ Kb2 60. Kc4 Kc2 61. Kd4 Kb2 62. Kc4 Kc2 63. Kd4 Kb2 64. Rh3 Kc2 65. Kc4 Kd2 66. Kb3 Ke2 67. Kc2 Kf2 68. Kd2 Kg2 69. Rh8 Kf3 70. Re8 Kf4 71. Kd3 Kf5 72. Kd4 Kf6 73. Kd5 Kf7 74. Rd8 Ke7 75. Rd6 Kf7 76. Ke5 Ke7 77. Kd5 Kf7 78. Kc6 Ke7 79. Kc7 Kf7 80. Kd7 Kg7 81. Ke7 Kg8 82. Rg6+ Kh7 83. Kf7 Kh8 84. Rg1 Kh7 85. Rh1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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