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A40 Englund Gambit
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/pPXB2lDk"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "muntean_victor"] [Black "Vasile"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.06"] [UTCTime "17:29:46"] [WhiteElo "1976"] [BlackElo "1351"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Englund Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e5 { A40 Englund Gambit } 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 Bc5 5. b4 Bb6 6. a4 f6 7. a5 Bxa5 8. exf6 gxf6 9. bxa5 b6 10. axb6 cxb6 11. e4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Ba3+ d6 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0