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A40 Horwitz Defense
1d4e62Qd3f63Qh3Bb4+4Kd1Nc65Qb3Qe76Qc3Bxc37bxc3e58dxe5fxe59Bd2Qd610c4b611a4Ba612Ra3O-O-O13Rb3Bxc414Rxb6axb615Nc3Rf816e4Rxf217Ke1Rxf1#
0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8UbgaaM2"] [Date "2020.11.05"] [Round "-"] [White "MateiC12"] [Black "Nichita"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.11.05"] [UTCTime "13:44:38"] [WhiteElo "1245"] [BlackElo "1573"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-26"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 f6 3. Qh3 Bb4+ 4. Kd1 Nc6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Qc3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. dxe5 fxe5 9. Bd2 Qd6 10. c4 b6 11. a4 Ba6 12. Ra3 O-O-O 13. Rb3 Bxc4 14. Rxb6 axb6 15. Nc3 Rf8 16. e4 Rxf2 17. Ke1 Rxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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      00000000000000MateiC120
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN