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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HBu0CvVS"] [Date "2021.05.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Rose1"] [Black "LucaP"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.05.27"] [UTCTime "13:05:33"] [WhiteElo "1104"] [BlackElo "1315"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+8"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nh6 4. Nf3 Qf6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. e4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. f3 Qh4 11. Qe1 Qxh2+ 12. Kf2 Qg3+ 13. Ke3 Bf4+ 14. Kd3 Qg5 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qe3 a5 17. Qxf4 Ba6+ 18. Ke3 Bxf1 19. Qxc7 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bh3 21. Rxg7 Nf5+ 22. exf5 Rc8 23. Qxc8+ Ke7 24. Qxh8 Bg2 25. Ne4 Bf1 26. Qg8 h6 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Nd6 Kc7 29. Qxd7+ Kb6 30. Qb7+ Kc5 31. Ne4+ Kc4 32. b3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN