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A40 Horwitz Defense
1d4e62Qd3a53Qf3Na64Qf4a45Qh4b56Qh5Ra77Nf3Nb88Ng5Na69e4c610Be2Nb811Qh4Bb712Bh5Na613Nxf7Nb414Nd6#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/DsrVUQT3"] [Date "2023.02.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Davidd"] [Black "SaraH"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.02.09"] [UTCTime "13:35:03"] [WhiteElo "1477"] [BlackElo "1289"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 a5 3. Qf3 Na6 4. Qf4 a4 5. Qh4 b5 6. Qh5 Ra7 7. Nf3 Nb8 8. Ng5 Na6 9. e4 c6 10. Be2 Nb8 11. Qh4 Bb7 12. Bh5 Na6 13. Nxf7 Nb4 14. Nd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
½½10011111½111011101Davidd17½
½½01100000½000100010SaraH7½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN