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C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nTUla9GA"] [Date "2021.06.07"] [Round "-"] [White "iulian333"] [Black "AlexandraNiculae"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.06.07"] [UTCTime "16:42:15"] [WhiteElo "1502"] [BlackElo "1358"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C48"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 { C48 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation } dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. a3 Bc5 10. d4 Ba7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. d6 cxd6 14. Qxd6 Bc5 15. Qxc5 b6 16. Qxf8+ Qxf8 17. Re1 Qe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Na4 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1