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A40 Horwitz Defense
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White resigned, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/GUUyvKl0"] [Date "2021.01.14"] [Round "-"] [White "cotomanmaria"] [Black "andreiradulescu"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.14"] [UTCTime "12:12:18"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2400+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 a5 4. Bd2 a4 5. Nxa4 Rxa4 6. c4 Ra5 7. Bxb4 c5 8. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 9. Ke2 d6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf5 exf5 12. Nh4 g5 13. Nxf5 cxd4 14. Nxd6+ Kf8 15. Nxc8 Ne7 16. Nd6 Nd7 17. Nxb7 Qa8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Qxd4 Qc8 20. Qxh8+ Ng8 21. Qxh7 Ne6 22. Qh3 Qxc4+ 23. Kd1 Qa4+ 24. Ke1 Kf7 25. Qh8 Ne7 26. Rd1 Nd4 27. b3 Qxa2 28. Qxd4 Nf5 29. Qd7+ Ne7 30. Qb7 g4 31. Rd4 Qb2 32. Rxg4 Qa3 33. Bc4+ Ke8 34. Rg7 Qa5+ 35. Kf1 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qa2+ 37. Kf3 Qa5 38. Rxe7+ Kd8 39. Re2 Qf5+ 40. Ke3 Ke8 41. Qb4 Kd7 42. Qb7+ Kd6 43. Kd2 Kc5 44. Re7 Kd4 { White resigns. } 0-1