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C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/l6TBisMq"] [Date "2024.12.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Bogdan013"] [Black "AlexandrG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.12.05"] [UTCTime "17:51:04"] [WhiteElo "1623"] [BlackElo "1296"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C61"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 { C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation } 4. Nc3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bg5 e4 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qg4 14. O-O-O Qxf3 15. gxf3 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Bc5 17. f4 O-O 18. f5 g6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Bxh6 Bb6 24. e5 Rd8 25. e6 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bc5 27. a3 a5 28. Kd2 b5 29. Kd3 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. c4 Kh7 32. Bg5 Kg7 33. e7 Kf7 34. h4 b3 35. Kc3 Bxe7 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Kxb3 Kd6 38. Kb4 Kc6 39. c5 g5 40. hxg5 Kb7 41. g6 Kc7 42. g7 Kc6 43. g8=Q Kb7 44. Qg7+ Ka8 45. Qd7 Kb8 46. c6 Ka8 47. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0