My first ever French Defense! Climbing Lichessladders, Game 8

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Lichessladders, Game 8
MoMamba (1885?) – hpy (2207?)
Rubinstein French

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qd5 9. Qf3 Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Ng5 Rd7 14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Nd4 Re8 18. b4 Qd5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. c4 Qh5 21. f3 Kd8 22. b5 Ke7 23. Kh1 cxb5 24. c5 a6 0-1

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