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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0Gig6uhI"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Stelian"] [Black "France_Defence"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.12"] [UTCTime "16:24:10"] [WhiteElo "1506"] [BlackElo "2266"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ng5 Be7 4. e4 h6 5. Nf3 Nxe4 6. Bd3 d5 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Ne5 Bf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. h4 Qf5 13. g3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. f4 exf3 16. Rxf3 Qd5 17. c4 Qd6 18. b3 Bc6 19. c5 Qd5 20. Rf2 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1