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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Blitz tournament https://lichess.org/tournament/fqwPlugc"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8WfSMi9P"] [Date "2024.12.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Damian18"] [Black "ciprianpatrichi01"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.12.27"] [UTCTime "15:53:51"] [WhiteElo "1533"] [BlackElo "1544"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-19"] [BlackRatingDiff "+20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bg5 Qxg5 3. e3 d5 4. Kd2 Bd7 5. Kc3 Bb5 6. Kb3 Bxf1 7. Qxf1 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Qb5+ c6 10. Qxb4 Bxb4 11. Na4 Qxg2 12. Ne2 Qxf2 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Raf1 Qxe3+ 15. Nc3 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qxf4 17. Re1 Qxh2 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Rg1 Qxe2 20. c4 dxc4+ 21. Kb4 Ng4 22. Kc5 Ne3 23. Kd6 Qxb2 24. Rxg7 Qxa2 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Kd7 Rad8+ 27. Kc7 Rxd4 28. Kxb7 a5 29. Kxc6 a4 30. Kc5 Qb3 31. Kxd4 a3 32. Ke4 a2 33. Kf3 a1=Q 34. Ke2 c3 35. Kxe3 c2+ 36. Kd2 c1=Q+ 37. Ke2 Qcc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
   001001½100½1½00½0Damian186
   110110½011½0½11½1ciprianpatrichi0111
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN