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A40 Horwitz Defense
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½-½
Stalemate
FEN
[Event "Casual Blitz game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/L1dmu4h3"] [Date "2022.09.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2022.09.20"] [UTCTime "12:03:16"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1627"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Ng5 f6 5. Nxe6 Bxe6 6. g4 Nb4 7. Qc3 f5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qxg5 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. Nc3 fxg4 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Qg5 h6 15. Qg6+ Kd7 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. f3 Nf6 18. Na4 Nxd4 19. Kd1 b5 20. Kd2 bxa4 21. c3 Nb3+ 22. Kc2 Nxa1+ 23. Kb1 Nb3 24. Ka2 Qc5 25. Rg1 Qxg1 26. Kb1 Qxh2 27. Bh3 Qxe2 28. Bxe6+ Kxe6 29. Ka2 Nd7 30. Kb1 Qxf3 31. Ka2 Qe4 32. c4 dxc4 { Draw by stalemate. } 1/2-1/2