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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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Black resigned, White is victorious
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[Event "Korchnoi Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lFpFMzv7"] [Date "2025.03.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "B144I"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.18"] [UTCTime "17:01:01"] [WhiteElo "1388"] [BlackElo "1479"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Qe2 b6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. a4 f6 7. g4 e5 8. dxe5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Bh4 10. Nf3 g5 11. Nxh4 gxh4 12. Be3 Qf6 13. Bd4 Qf4 14. Bxh8 Qc1+ 15. Qd1 Qxb2 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. Bc4 Nf6 18. O-O Bxe4 19. g5 h3 20. Re1 Nc6 21. Bxf6 { Black resigns. } 1-0