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B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "lion26 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zRK37VFa"] [Date "2022.08.25"] [Round "-"] [White "lion26"] [Black "Viky"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.08.25"] [UTCTime "18:07:22"] [WhiteElo "1673"] [BlackElo "1337"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-48"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+1"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g5 5. Bxg5 h6 6. Bh4 Rg8 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd8 Kxd8 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qe2 c5 12. h3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 f6 15. Qe2 e5 16. Nf5 Rg5 17. g4 a5 18. O-O-O a4 19. Qc4 Ba6 20. Qf7 Bb4 21. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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