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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Time out, Black is victorious
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[Event "Soltis Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AhczlgWh"] [Date "2019.12.12"] [Round "-"] [White "CalinSandic"] [Black "SirbuEric"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2019.12.12"] [UTCTime "17:38:40"] [WhiteElo "1127"] [BlackElo "1717"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd2 Qh4 3. g3 Qg4 4. f3 Qg6 5. b3 c6 6. Ba3 Qf6 7. Bxf8 Kxf8 8. e4 h5 9. g4 hxg4 10. fxg4 Rh6 11. Nf3 Rh3 12. Bxh3 Qxf3 13. Rf1 Qxh3 14. Qf2 Qxg4 15. Qf6 gxf6 16. Rxf6 Qxe4+ { Black wins on time. } 0-1
               00100CalinSandic1
               11011SirbuEric4
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN