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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation
1e4Nc62Nf3e63Bc4Bc54O-ONf65e5O-O6exf6gxf67Bd3Bxf2+8Rxf2e59Nh4f510Nxf5d611Nh4Qxh412g3Qh313Qe1b614Qe4Re815Rf6Bb716Nc3Bc817Bf1Qh418Qxh4d519Bd3Bb720Qxh7+Kf821Rxf7#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/qz6LIMIO"] [Date "2025.03.25"] [Round "-"] [White "nicusor"] [Black "Miss_Ava"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.25"] [UTCTime "15:28:28"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. e5 O-O 6. exf6 gxf6 7. Bd3 Bxf2+ 8. Rxf2 e5 9. Nh4 f5 10. Nxf5 d6 11. Nh4 Qxh4 12. g3 Qh3 13. Qe1 b6 14. Qe4 Re8 15. Rf6 Bb7 16. Nc3 Bc8 17. Bf1 Qh4 18. Qxh4 d5 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Rxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
11110011101100000000Miss_Ava32½
00001100010011111111nicusor27½
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