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C41 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vADxD6qU"] [Date "2022.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "cotomanmaria"] [Black "tabaranuelena"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.05.26"] [UTCTime "07:37:46"] [WhiteElo "1169"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+5"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 { C41 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation } dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. f3 Ng5 7. f4 f6 8. fxg5 fxe5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qf3 e4 11. Qxe4+ Be7 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Ba4 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 b5 15. Bb3 b4 16. Na4 c5 17. Bd5 Rf8 18. Bxa8 Nc6 19. Qxc6+ Bd7 20. Qb7 Qxa4 21. Be3 Qxc2 22. Qb8+ Kf7 23. Qxa7 Ba4 24. Rc1 Qxb2 25. Qxa4 Qxg2 26. Rf1+ Qf3 27. Rxf3+ Kg7 28. Bd4+ Rf6 29. Bxf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxc5 b3 31. axb3 h5 32. Qa7+ Be7 33. Qxe7+ Kg8 34. Rc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0