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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense
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1-0
Three checks, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Three-check Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xY282vBh"] [Date "2020.12.23"] [Round "-"] [White "France_Defence"] [Black "Marius"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.23"] [UTCTime "14:44:42"] [WhiteElo "1889"] [BlackElo "1910"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+28"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Qf3 Nd4 3. Qc3 Nxc2+ 4. Qxc2 e6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nf6 10. h3 d5 11. e5 c6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bd2 Qf5 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qxa8+ Ke7 16. Bb4+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN