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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HYcxhZ4U"] [Date "2026.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir-Gh"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.18"] [UTCTime "16:12:29"] [WhiteElo "1529"] [BlackElo "1326"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-72"] [BlackRatingDiff "+18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 f6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 e5 7. c3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Qxd4 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Bb5+ Qxb5 13. Rb1 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qxa2 15. Bb4 Bxe4 16. Ra1 Bxb4+ 17. Kf1 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Rb1 Bc4+ 20. Kg1 Bc3 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Rb1 Bd3 23. Rc1 Ba6 24. Rb1 Nh6 25. f3 Rd7 26. Kf2 Be5 27. Rhd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Kf7 29. Rd7+ Ke6 30. Rxg7 Rd8 31. Rxh7 Nf5 32. Rh5 Bd4+ 33. Ke1 Bc3+ 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Ke1 Ne3 36. Rc5 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rf1+ 38. Kxe3 Be1 39. g4 Bf2+ 40. Kf4 Bxc5 41. g5 fxg5+ 42. Kg4 Be2 43. Kxg5 Bxf3 44. h4 Rh1 45. Kf4 Rxh4+ 46. Kxf3 Bf2 47. Kxf2 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 Rc2 49. Kd4 a5 50. Kd3 Rc1 51. Kd2 Rc6 52. Kd1 a4 53. Kd2 a3 54. Kd3 a2 55. Kd4 a1=R 56. Ke3 Rc4 57. Kf3 Rd4 58. Ke3 Rad1 59. Kf3 Re1 60. Kg3 Rf1 61. Kh3 Rg1 62. Kh2 Rdg4 63. Kh3 b5 64. Kh2 b4 65. Kh3 b3 66. Kh2 b2 67. Kh3 b1=R 68. Kh2 c5 69. Kh3 c4 70. Kh2 c3 71. Kh3 c2 72. Kh2 c1=R 73. Kh3 Rb3+ 74. Kh2 Rc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1