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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6nMsQ14k"] [Date "2021.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "EDI"] [Black "IrinaR"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.11.22"] [UTCTime "15:49:57"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 Bd6 3. c3 e5 4. f4 exf4 5. exf4 Qf6 6. d5 Bxf4 7. g3 Bxc1 8. Qxc1 Qe5+ 9. Kf2 Qxd5 10. b3 Qxh1 11. Nh3 Qxh2+ 12. Bg2 d5 13. Nd2 Bxh3 14. Qe1+ Ne7 15. Rd1 Qxg2+ 16. Ke3 O-O 17. Qg1 Qxg1+ 18. Rxg1 Nf5+ 19. Kf4 Nd6 20. Kg5 Re8 21. Kh4 Bf5 22. Rf1 c5 23. c4 dxc4 24. bxc4 Nc6 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Kg5 Bd3 27. Kf4 Ne4 28. a4 Nxd2 29. Kg4 Nxc4 30. Kh3 Rh1+ 31. Kg2 Rf1 32. Kh3 Re8 33. g4 Re3+ 34. Kh4 g6 35. Kg5 N4e5 36. Kh6 Rh3+ 37. Kg5 Nxg4 38. Kxg4 Rh2 39. Kg3 Rhf2 40. Kg4 Ne5+ 41. Kg5 Rg2+ 42. Kh6 Rff2 43. a5 Rf3 44. a6 Rfg3 45. axb7 Rh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1