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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KBHT4Zff"] [Date "2021.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "DragosG"] [Black "cosmac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.04"] [UTCTime "09:51:42"] [WhiteElo "1112"] [BlackElo "1240"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+27"] [BlackRatingDiff "-18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "480+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c3 Qh4 3. Qa4 b5 4. Qxb5 c6 5. Qe5 f6 6. Qe3 Ba6 7. Qh3 Qg5 8. Bxg5 fxg5 9. e4 Bc8 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nf3 h5 13. Nxg5 Kd8 14. Bg6 Kc7 15. Nf7 Rh6 16. Nxh6 Nf4 17. Qh4 Nxg6 18. Qxh5 Nf4 19. Qf7 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nxb2 21. Qxf8 Kb7 22. Nf5 Ka6 23. Nxg7 Kb5 24. Qxc8 Kb6 25. Ne8 a5 26. Nc7 Nc4 27. Nxa8+ Ka7 28. Nc7 Kb6 29. Nd2 Ka7 30. Rab1 Nb6 31. Qa6+ Nxa6 32. Nxa6 Kxa6 33. Rhc1 Na4 34. f4 Nb6 35. Rc2 Nc8 36. Rcb2 Ne7 37. Rb6+ Ka7 38. R1b5 Nc8 39. Rxa5+ Kxb6 40. Ra3 Ne7 41. Rb3+ Kc7 42. Nc4 Ng6 43. h3 Nxf4+ 44. Kf3 Nxh3 45. gxh3 c5 46. dxc5 Kc6 47. h4 Kxc5 48. Nd2 Kc6 49. Kg4 Kc7 50. h5 Kd8 51. Kg5 Ke8 52. h6 Kf8 53. Kg6 Kg8 54. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
        001000001½11DragosG4½
        110111110½00cosmac7½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN