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C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Korchnoi Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ybjweKnD"] [Date "2025.03.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "ioan2014"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.18"] [UTCTime "17:36:23"] [WhiteElo "1411"] [BlackElo "1583"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } 3. Qe2 d6 4. Nc3 Nh6 5. a3 Bg4 6. b4 Bb6 7. h3 O-O 8. hxg4 Nxg4 9. Rh4 Bxf2+ 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Qxf2 Ng4 12. Rxg4 h5 13. Rg5 g6 14. Nh4 Qxg5 15. Qe2 Qxh4 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Nxc7 Rac8 18. Nb5 Rfe8 19. Nxd6 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qf4 21. Nxe8 Rd8 22. c3 b5 23. Bb2 Rxe8 24. cxd4 Rd8 25. Qxb5 Rd5 26. exd5 Qg4+ 27. Be2 Qxg2 28. d6 Qg1+ 29. Kc2 Qg5 30. dxe5 h4 31. d7 h3 32. d8=Q+ Qxd8 33. Bf1 h2 34. Bh3 Qc7+ 35. Bc3 a6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Rh1 f5 38. Rxh2 f4 39. e6+ Kh7 40. Qd7+ Qxd7 41. exd7 g5 42. d8=Q Kg6 43. Qd6+ Kh5 44. Rg2 f3 45. Bg4+ Kh4 46. Bxf3 g4 47. Bxg4 Kg5 48. Qxa6 Kf4 49. Rf2+ Kxg4 50. Rf8 Kg3 51. Qg6+ Kh2 52. Rg8 Kh3 53. Qh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0