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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/heYlg2EB"] [Date "2024.11.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "M35"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.11.12"] [UTCTime "16:29:47"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1337"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation } 3. Be3 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. f3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Nxe5 7. Bxb4 c5 8. Qd5 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qg5 10. fxe4 cxb4 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Ke2 Qg4 13. Nd2 Nd4+ 14. Kd3 Nc6 15. Qf5 g6 16. Qxg4 d6 17. Nc4 Bxg4 18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. Nxb7 Rad8+ 20. Kc4 Rd4+ 21. Kc5 Kd7 22. Bb5 Rb8 23. Bxc6+ Kc7 24. Kxd4 Kxc6 25. Nc5 f6 26. h3 Rb6 27. hxg4 f5 28. gxf5 g5 29. f6 h5 30. f7 g4 31. f8=Q Kb5 32. e5 a6 33. e6 h4 34. e7 a5 35. e8=Q+ Rc6 36. Qxc6+ Kxc6 37. Qc8+ Kb6 38. Rhe1 Ka7 39. Re7+ Kb6 40. Rae1 Kb5 41. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0