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C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/u8GZH7dd"] [Date "2022.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "raresapostol"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2022.04.18"] [UTCTime "11:06:44"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. Nh3 Nxe4 4. f3 Nd6 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. Ke2 b5 7. Bg5 Qh5 8. Bb3 h6 9. g4 Qg6 10. Be3 h5 11. gxh5 Qxh5 12. Bd5 c6 13. Bxf7+ Nxf7 14. Nf2 Qf5 15. h3 d5 16. Rg1 d4 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Ng4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 c5 20. g5 Qf5 21. Rh1 Nxg5 22. Rxh8 Qxf3+ 23. Ke1 Qf5 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qh1 Nf7 26. Qxa8 Nxh8 27. Qxb8+ Ke7 28. Na3 b4 29. Qxa7+ Qd7 30. Qxc5+ Ke8 31. Nb5 Bxc5 32. a3 Qxb5 33. axb4 Bxb4 34. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 35. Kd1 Qxb2 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Rxh8 Qa1+ 38. Kd2 Kf6 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Rf2 Kh6 41. Rh2+ Kg7 42. Re2 g5 43. Rxe5 Kf6 44. Re4 Kf5 45. Rxd4 Qxd4 46. c3 Qf2+ 47. Kc1 g4 48. Kd1 g3 49. Kc1 g2 50. Kd1 g1=R# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
00010101½1½011110010cotomanmaria10
11101010½0½100001101raresapostol10
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN