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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Junior Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5aAV5q3q"] [Date "2020.11.30"] [Round "-"] [White "DragosCeban"] [Black "TibiMat"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.11.30"] [UTCTime "16:27:04"] [WhiteElo "1214"] [BlackElo "1423"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-18"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Be3 Na6 4. Nfd2 Bb4 5. g3 Qe7 6. Bh3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Bxd4 c5 9. Bxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Nb4 11. N3d2 Qf6 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Nc3 Bd4 14. b3 Bxc3 15. Nb1 Bxa1 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Qxa1 Qf5 18. g4 Qd5 19. g5 Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1