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Stockfish 9+wasm
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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/83zxBBaa"] [Date "2020.10.27"] [Round "-"] [White "alexandruguzun"] [Black "Tabacarum"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.10.27"] [UTCTime "17:20:12"] [WhiteElo "1128"] [BlackElo "1614"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [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. Bf4 g5 3. Bxg5 Qxg5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qf5 7. Ng3 Qg6 8. f3 Bd6 9. e3 Bxg3+ 10. hxg3 Qxg3+ 11. Kd2 Qf2+ 12. Kc1 Qg3 13. c4 Nf6 14. b3 Na6 15. Rh6 Qg5 16. Rh3 Qxe3+ 17. Kb1 Qxg1 18. Qd2 Qxf1+ 19. Kc2 Qxa1 20. Rh6 Qxa2+ 21. Kc1 Qxb3 22. Rxf6 Qxc4+ 23. Kd1 Ke7 24. Rf4 Nb4 25. Qe1 Qd3+ 26. Kc1 Qc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN