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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Time out, White is victorious
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[Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KJ66fO1s"] [Date "2021.03.29"] [Round "-"] [White "stefanos12"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.03.29"] [UTCTime "06:56:31"] [WhiteElo "1513"] [BlackElo "1216"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+3"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nb4 4. e3 Qf6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qg6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 d6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Bd3 f5 11. g4 Na5 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Nh4 Qxg4+ 14. Ng2 Qg5 15. e4 Qg4 16. exf5 Nc4 17. Qxg4 Ne5 18. Qe4 { White wins on time. } 1-0
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