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B00 Goldsmith Defense
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/u5U3RGWP"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Kursk"] [Black "CunitchiD"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.06"] [UTCTime "17:30:35"] [WhiteElo "2143"] [BlackElo "1033"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Goldsmith Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 h5 { B00 Goldsmith Defense } 2. Nf3 Rh6 3. d4 Re6 4. Nc3 Rxe4+ 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. d5 Nb4 7. c3 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 d6 9. Qxh5 Bf5 10. Qxf5 Rc8 11. Neg5 Ra8 12. Qxf7+ Kd7 13. Qe6+ Kc6 14. Nd4+ Kb6 15. a4 Nf6 16. a5+ Kc5 17. b4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0