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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ER5HcofG"] [Date "2022.09.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.09.27"] [UTCTime "12:27:33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nb5 c6 5. Na3 b6 6. g4 h6 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. b4 Qd6 10. bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nc4 Nxg4 12. Nce5 a6 13. Nxg4 e5 14. Nfxe5 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 h5 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Nf3 a5 18. Nd4 f6 19. Rb1 Bd6 20. Rb7 Rb8 21. Ra7 g5 22. Rg7 Rf8 23. Rh7 Be5 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Nxc5 Rxh7 26. Qxh7 f5 27. Qc7 Rd8 28. Qxc6+ Rd7 29. Qe6+ Re7 30. Qxf5 Bd6 31. Nb3 Re5 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxd6+ Re7 34. Nxa5 Ke8 35. Qxd5 g4 36. Qxh5+ Kf8 37. Qxg4 Kf7 38. c4 Ra7 39. Nc6 Rxa2 40. c5 Ra1 41. Nd8+ Ke8 42. Ne6 Rxc1+ 43. Kd2 Ra1 44. c6 Ke7 45. Nd4 Kd8 46. Qe6 Kc7 47. Nb5+ Kd8 48. Qd6+ Kc8 49. c7 Ra4 50. Na7+ Kb7 51. Nc6 Kc8 52. Ne7+ Kb7 53. Qd7 Ka8 54. c8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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