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A40 Mikenas Defense: Cannstatter Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/uOl80GqW"] [Date "2021.02.25"] [Round "-"] [White "ttpitiq1"] [Black "LucaP"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.02.25"] [UTCTime "17:13:12"] [WhiteElo "1380"] [BlackElo "1237"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Mikenas Defense: Cannstatter Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. c4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. d5 Nd4 { A40 Mikenas Defense: Cannstatter Variation } 4. Nd2 c6 5. b4 cxd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. a3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 d6 11. Bc3 f6 12. e4 g5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Qd5 Rb8 15. Bc4 Bh6 16. Qc6 Bd7 17. Qd5 Qc8 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Qxd6+ Kf7 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Qxb8 Qxe4+ 22. Ne2 Qxg2 23. Qxa7+ Kg6 24. Ng3 f5 25. Qa6+ Nf6 26. Bxf6 f4 27. Bxh8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Kg8 29. Qa8+ Bf8 30. Be5 fxg3 31. Qxg2 h5 32. Qxg3 h4 33. Qxg5+ Bg7 34. Bd6 Kh8 35. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0