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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Three checks, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Three-check game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NAu7Lm8m"] [Date "2022.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "andreiballa"] [Black "lion26"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.01.08"] [UTCTime "09:45:03"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1505"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5 exd5 3. Qxd5 Be7 4. Qe5 Kf8 5. Qxe7+ Qxe7 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Bh6 Ke8 8. Bxg7 d5 9. Bxh8 Nb4 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. f4 h5 12. O-O-O a5 13. Ngf3 Bg4 14. Nd4 Kd8 15. Nc6+ bxc6 16. Nb3 Kc8 17. Nxa5 Rxa5 18. b3 Qf8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Ba6+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0
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