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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Black resigned, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FrPLpI2A"] [Date "2022.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "adrianlipcan"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.05.17"] [UTCTime "12:39:46"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. Qd3 e5 5. Qe3 d6 6. Qc3 exd4 7. Qa3 d5 8. Qa4 g5 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nh3 g4 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. Ng6 hxg6 14. h4 Bc5 15. Na3 b6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Na3 { Black resigns. } 1-0
              10½00½adrianlipcan2
              01½11½cotomanmaria4
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN