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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/liKs5SbZ"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "lion26"] [Black "HorgaTudor"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.06.09"] [UTCTime "15:49:15"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+4"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Bc4 f5 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Qxf5 Nb4 5. Bb3 Nxc2+ 6. Bxc2 b5 7. e5 d5 8. Qg6+ Kd7 9. Qf5+ Ke8 10. Qf3 d4 11. Qxa8 c5 12. exf6 Qa5 13. b4 Qb6 14. bxc5 Qxf6 15. Qxc8+ Kf7 16. Bb3+ Kg6 17. Qg4+ Kh6 18. d3+ Qg5 19. Qxg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN