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Stockfish 9+wasm
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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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PGN
[Event "Monthly Classical Inc Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CpX2BC9l"] [Date "2020.05.29"] [Round "-"] [White "schifirnettudor"] [Black "poumpimdoupoum1234"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.05.29"] [UTCTime "14:09:15"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1862"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-66"] [BlackRatingDiff "+33"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1200+10"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5 exd5 3. Qxd5 Qf6 4. e4 Qd6 5. c4 Qxd5 6. cxd5 c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. a4 Nd4 9. a5 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Kd2 b6 12. Kd3 bxa5 13. Kc4 a4 14. Kb5 d6 15. Bf4 Bd7+ 16. Ka6 f6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Kb7 Bd6 20. Kxa8 Bc6+ 21. Kxa7 Kd7 22. g4 Kc7 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. Na5 Bc5+ 25. Ka6 Bb6 26. Nxc6 Kxc6 27. g5 Nb3 28. e5 Nc5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN