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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Blitz tournament https://lichess.org/tournament/qIVCznWP"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/u5w4ChNf"] [Date "2025.04.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.01"] [UTCTime "16:03:42"] [WhiteElo "1390"] [BlackElo "1462"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Qe2 Qe7 4. a3 Bb6 5. d4 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Bxd4 8. Nxd4 Qd6 9. c3 Qe5 10. f3 Qg5 11. h4 Qh6 12. Nd2 Na6 13. g4 Nc5 14. Qc4 Nb3 15. Qxb3 Qe3+ 16. Be2 Qh6 17. Nb5 Kd8 18. Qc4 Nf6 19. Qc7+ Ke7 20. Qc5+ Ke8 21. e5 Ng8 22. g5 Qh5 23. f4 Ne7 24. Bxh5 g6 25. Nc4 gxh5 26. Ncd6+ Kd8 27. Nxc8 Nxc8 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 Rc8 30. Rd1 a6 31. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
½1110101100010110001Matei201716½
½0001010011101001110Vasile12½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN