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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Junior Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BRcqDSIo"] [Date "2021.01.13"] [Round "-"] [White "Macar_Lisnic"] [Black "TibiMat"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.13"] [UTCTime "17:02:46"] [WhiteElo "1265"] [BlackElo "1429"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+4"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c3 Qf6 3. Nh3 c5 4. a4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Ra3 Bxa3 7. bxa3 Nxd4 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. a5 Nxa5 11. Qa4 Qf5 12. Qh4 f6 13. f4 g5 14. Nb1 Nb3 15. Bb2 gxh4 16. Bd4 Qxb1+ 17. Ke2 Qc2+ 18. Kf3 Qd1+ 19. Ke4 f5+ 20. Ke5 Nf7+ 21. Kf6 Rg8 22. Ng1 Rg6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
            10101011TibiMat5
            01010100Macar_Lisnic3
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