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C42 Petrov's Defense #2
1e4e52Nf3Nf63Nxe5Qe74f4Qb45c3Qxe4+6Qe2Qxf47g3Qg58h4Qxg3+9Qf2d610Qxg3Ne411Qe3d512d4Bg413Nxg4f514Ne5g615Bg2Nd716Nxd7Kxd717Bxe4fxe418Rf1b619Rf7+Ke620Qf4Re821Qf6#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zRY6teft"] [Date "2025.01.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "M35"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.01.02"] [UTCTime "16:33:37"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1337"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 { C42 Petrov's Defense #2 } Qe7 4. f4 Qb4 5. c3 Qxe4+ 6. Qe2 Qxf4 7. g3 Qg5 8. h4 Qxg3+ 9. Qf2 d6 10. Qxg3 Ne4 11. Qe3 d5 12. d4 Bg4 13. Nxg4 f5 14. Ne5 g6 15. Bg2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rf1 b6 19. Rf7+ Ke6 20. Qf4 Re8 21. Qf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
111½111½10½01100101½Vasile31
000½000½01½10011010½M3521
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