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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense
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Three checks, Black is victorious
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[Event "Grupa 687 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vsyV7TW2"] [Date "2025.03.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Damian18"] [Black "nicusor"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.04"] [UTCTime "15:29:50"] [WhiteElo "1399"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "240+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Nc3 Nd4 3. Nd5 Nxc2+ 4. Qxc2 e5 5. Nxc7+ Qxc7 6. Qd3 Bb4 7. Qxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ke2 Qxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 10. Bxb4 Bg4+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1