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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vIfvgt6W"] [Date "2020.07.22"] [Round "-"] [White "balamutovski8"] [Black "DurducLSL"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.07.22"] [UTCTime "11:31:56"] [WhiteElo "1517"] [BlackElo "1191"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Bc4 Ne5 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qxe5 d6 5. Qxh8 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ne2 a5 9. O-O Ra6 10. Nd4 Rb6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Na4 Re6 13. Nc5 Re5 14. Nxd7 Rh5 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Qxf6 g5 17. Qh8 h6 18. Nb5 Rh4 19. Nxc7+ Ke7 20. Nxd5+ Kd6 21. Qxf8+ Ke6 22. Qe8+ Kd6 23. Qxf7 Rxe4 24. Qxb7 Kc5 25. Ne7 Rb4 26. Qxb4+ Kxb4 27. Nc6+ Kb5 28. Nd4+ Kc5 29. Nf5 Kd5 30. Nxh6 Ke4 31. Nf7 Kf5 32. Nxg5 Kxg5 33. a4 Kf5 34. Ra3 Ke5 35. Re1+ Kd5 36. Ree3 Kc5 37. Rh3 Kb4 38. Rh4+ Kc5 39. Rg3 Kd5 40. Rg5+ Ke6 41. Rh6+ Kf7 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Rgxa5 Kf7 44. Rb6 Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kd8 46. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
     ½000½0001½0101½DurducLSL5
     ½111½1110½1010½balamutovski810
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