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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Grupa 8 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/hvddmrGy"] [Date "2021.10.02"] [Round "-"] [White "lion26"] [Black "EricPopescu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.10.02"] [UTCTime "12:06:17"] [WhiteElo "1599"] [BlackElo "1866"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+47"] [BlackRatingDiff "-178"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Bg5 Qf5 8. Bd3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. O-O Qxb2 11. a4 Qb6 12. a5 Qc6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6+ Qd7 18. Qxa8 Ba3 19. h3 Bb2 20. Rab1 Bxd4 21. Rb8 a6 22. Rxc8+ Qd8 23. Rxd8+ Ke7 24. Bb4+ Bc5 25. Bxc5+ Kf6 26. Rxh8 h5 27. Qf3+ Kg5 28. Rxh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
        01010½01½110lion266
        10101½10½001EricPopescu6
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN