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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense
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1-0
Three checks, White is victorious
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[Event "Three-check Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z9foqdzG"] [Date "2022.08.24"] [Round "-"] [White "bngfdsbnvdfjsbvnhl"] [Black "Thabest"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.08.24"] [UTCTime "18:09:01"] [WhiteElo "800"] [BlackElo "1102"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+37"] [BlackRatingDiff "-94"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 Ng4 4. Qxg4 Ne5 5. Qg3 e6 6. Qxe5 Qf6 7. Qxf6 gxf6 8. Nf3 b5 9. Be2 b4 10. c4 b3 11. axb3 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Bb7 13. Nc3 f5 14. exf5 exf5 15. d4 c5 16. d5 O-O-O 17. Rxa7 Kb8 18. Ra4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Bf4+ Rc7 21. Bxc7+ Kxc7 22. d6+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN