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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5j50HA2r"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "IrinaR"] [Black "Arsenie2010"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.09"] [UTCTime "17:27:45"] [WhiteElo "1364"] [BlackElo "1526"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-20"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd2 Be7 3. Nc3 Bg5 4. Qd3 b6 5. Nf3 Ba6 6. Qe4 Bxc1 7. Rxc1 c6 8. Qe5 f6 9. Qd6 Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Nxe7 11. e4 f5 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Rxd4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Rd8 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Rf4+ Kg8 19. Ndf7 Rf8 20. Nxd7 Rxf7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Ne5+ Kf6 23. Ng4+ Kf5 24. Ne3+ Ke4 25. Nc4 Nb4 26. Nd2+ Kd4 27. Nf3+ Kc4 28. Nd2+ Kd4 29. c3+ Kc5 30. Ne4+ Kc4 31. Nd2+ Kd3 32. cxb4 Rf8 33. f3 Nd5 34. a3 Kc2 35. Nc4 Kb3 36. Nd2+ Kxb2 37. Ke2 Kxa3 38. Rb1 Nc3+ 39. Kd3 Nxb1 40. Nxb1+ Kxb4 41. Kd4 Rd8+ 42. Ke3 Rd1 43. Nd2 Kc3 44. Ne4+ Kc2 45. Nf2 Rd2 46. Ne4 Rxg2 47. f4 Rxh2 48. Kd4 Rd2+ 49. Ke3 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 a5 51. Ng5 a4 52. Nxe6 a3 53. f5 a2 54. Nxg7 a1=Q 55. f6 Qxf6 56. Nh5 Qe5+ 57. Kf2 Qe2+ 58. Kxe2 b5 59. Nf6 b4 60. Nxh7 b3 61. Nf6 b2 62. Ne4 b1=Q 63. Nf2 Rd2+ 64. Kf3 Qf1 65. Kg3 Qxf2+ 66. Kg4 Rd3 67. Kg5 Qc5+ 68. Kf4 Qc4+ 69. Ke5 Rd5+ 70. Ke6 Qc6+ 71. Ke7 Rd7+ 72. Ke8 Qc8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                 011Arsenie20102
                 100IrinaR1
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN