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C00 French Defense: Knight Variation
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Tricolici Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zVpYlCZY"] [Date "2025.04.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.01"] [UTCTime "15:45:55"] [WhiteElo "1355"] [BlackElo "1495"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Qe2 Qe7 4. a3 Bb6 5. Nc3 Qc5 6. d4 Qe7 7. Be3 Qd6 8. e5 Qd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. g4 Nh6 11. g5 Ng4 12. Qd2 Kd8 13. Bh3 f5 14. Rg1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Re8 17. Bxf5 g6 18. Bd3 d4 19. exd4 c6 20. O-O-O b5 21. b4 Na6 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nc7 24. Bf7 Re7 25. Bc4 Rb8 26. Rge1 Ne8 27. e6 dxe6 28. Ne5 Rb6 29. a4 Rb8 30. Nxc6+ Kc7 31. Nxe7 Rxb4 32. Qxb4 Kd7 33. Nxc8 Kxc8 34. Bxe6+ Kc7 35. Bf7 Kd7 36. Bxe8+ Kc7 37. Rd3 Kc8 38. Rc3+ Kd8 39. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
01001110100111001001Vasile14½
10110001011000110110Matei201719½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN