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B20 Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oIUiC6ev"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "muntean_victor"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.06"] [UTCTime "17:24:26"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "1970"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 { B20 Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack } e6 3. Qh5 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Qh3 Nxe4 6. Qh5 Nd4 7. f5 Nxc2+ 8. Kd1 Nxa1 9. fxe6 dxe6 10. Nf3 Nf2+ 11. Ke1 Nxh1 12. Nh4 Qd4 13. Nf5 Qxc4 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. d3 Qxc1+ 16. Ke2 Qxb1 17. Qf3 Nc2 18. Qe4 Qe1+ 19. Kf3 Qf2+ 20. Kg4 h5+ 21. Kg5 Be7# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1