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C45 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation
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1-0
Black resigned, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/od5IfWyq"] [Date "2021.03.23"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidRusu"] [Black "CornelCoslet"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.03.23"] [UTCTime "18:06:33"] [WhiteElo "1645"] [BlackElo "1607"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 { C45 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation } 5. Bg5 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e5 Qe6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bxd5 Bc5 11. Qxc5 Qxe5+ 12. Kd1 Bg4+ 13. f3 Rd8 14. Re1 Rxd5+ 15. Qxd5 Qxe1+ 16. Kxe1 O-O 17. fxg4 Re8+ 18. Kd1 g5 19. Qd7 Rf8 20. Qxc7 Re8 21. Qxb7 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Re8+ 23. Kd1 Kf8 24. Qxa7 Rd8+ 25. Nd2 Re8 26. b4 { Black resigns. } 1-0