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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AUSpktEA"] [Date "2020.12.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei22995"] [Black "AlexandraNiculae"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.18"] [UTCTime "17:39:38"] [WhiteElo "1341"] [BlackElo "1309"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-13"] [BlackRatingDiff "+15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nxd4 4. Be3 Bc5 5. Bxd4 Bxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. O-O-O O-O 8. Qc5 d6 9. Qa3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 e5 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Rxd6 Qg5+ 13. e3 Bf5 14. Nf3 Qg6 15. Nxe5 Qh5 16. Rd5 Rac8 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Nd3 Qc8 21. Nc5 b6 22. Nd3 b5 23. Qxa7 Rxd3 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qa5 Qxa5 27. a3 Qe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
              001010AlexandraNiculae2
              110101Matei229954
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN