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C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Bullet game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jC2Zg34A"] [Date "2023.03.04"] [Round "-"] [White "caissa-x"] [Black "TATA"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.03.04"] [UTCTime "10:44:32"] [WhiteElo "1988"] [BlackElo "1775"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+40"] [BlackRatingDiff "-28"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+1"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 Be6 9. a3 a5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Qa8 13. Qxa8 Rxa8 14. b5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 c6 16. Nc7 Rc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 h6 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rd1 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. exd5 c4 25. Nd2 c3 26. Nb3 c2 27. Rc1 g5 28. Na1 g4 29. Nxc2 h5 30. g3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. h3 gxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Kg5 35. f4+ Kf5 36. Ne3+ Ke4 37. Ng2 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Kxd5 39. g4 Bd4 40. gxh5 Bh8 41. h6 Ke6 42. Kg4 Kf7 43. Kg5 Kg8 44. Kg6 Kf8 45. f5 Kg8 46. f6 Kf8 47. f7 Be5 48. h7 Ke7 49. Ne3 Bd4 50. Ng4 Ba1 51. Ne5 Ke6 52. f8=Q Kxe5 53. Qe8+ Kd5 54. Kf5 Kd6 55. Qe6+ Kc7 56. Qh6 Kc8 57. h8=Q+ Bxh8 58. Qxh8+ Kd7 59. Qf6 Ke8 60. Ke5 Kd7 61. Qd6+ Ke8 62. Kf5 Kf7 63. Qf6+ Kg8 64. Kg5 Kh7 65. Qg6+ Kh8 66. Qa6 Kg7 67. Qb7+ Kf8 68. Kf6 Kg8 69. Ke6 Kh8 70. Kf6 Kg8 71. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                 000TATA0
                 111caissa-x3
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