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C00 French Defense: Normal Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "GAMPLAY Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/giAp0tty"] [Date "2021.03.25"] [Round "-"] [White "France_Defence"] [Black "GAMPLAY"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.03.25"] [UTCTime "10:47:00"] [WhiteElo "1986"] [BlackElo "1853"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "King of the Hill"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qe7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 Ng4 6. h3 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O Qd8 10. Qe2 Ke7 11. Qe4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 f6 13. Rae1 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Kd6 15. Nc4+ Kc5 16. Na4+ Kb5 17. Ncb6+ Ka5 18. c3 Qf6 19. b4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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