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C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation
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Three checks, Black is victorious
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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jPjsXgvK"] [Date "2025.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "ciprianpatrichi01"] [Black "AndreeaWOW"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.19"] [UTCTime "16:12:48"] [WhiteElo "1431"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "240+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Bb5 { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } Qh4 3. Bxd7+ Bxd7 4. g3 Qxe4+ 5. Qe2 Qxe2+ 6. Nxe2 Bb4 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nd4 Nf6 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Rxe6+ Bxe6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Kg2 Rf8 14. Kh3 Rd8 15. Nc3 Rf3 16. Kg2 Rxf2+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1