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C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jTfonPxs"] [Date "2021.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "rusudavidpetrisor"] [Black "Rose1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.04"] [UTCTime "17:22:11"] [WhiteElo "1497"] [BlackElo "1448"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-100"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } d6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. h4 d5 5. d4 Bb4 6. e5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f6 8. exf6 gxf6 9. g4 f5 10. g5 Nc6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. h5 h6 14. Ne5 hxg5 15. h6 Nxh6 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Nf7 Nxf7 18. Bxg5+ Nxg5 19. Qxg5+ Ke8 20. Rxh8+ Kd7 21. Rxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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