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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LDva3dXl"] [Date "2020.12.03"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidAndrei"] [Black "Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.03"] [UTCTime "17:38:29"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 Qd6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Ng5 h5 6. Nxe4 c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc5 9. Nxc5 b5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Bxb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ Ke7 13. Bg5+ Kd6 14. Ne4+ Kxc6 15. a4 Kb7 16. Nc5+ Kc6 17. Nxe6 Kd6 18. Nd4 Ke5 19. Ne6 Kxe6 20. c4 Bb7 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. c5 Kc7 23. Kc1 Bxg2 24. c6 Kxc6 25. Re6+ Kd5 26. Re1 Kd6 27. Bf4+ Kd7 28. Nc3 Rb8 29. Bxb8 Kc8 30. Bg3 Rh6 31. Bf4 Rc6 32. b4 Rxc3+ 33. Kd2 Rf3 34. Rac1+ Kb7 35. Be3 Rxf2+ 36. Bxf2 Be4 37. Rxe4 f5 38. Ree1 f4 39. b5 f3 40. bxa6+ Kxa6 41. Re8 Kb7 42. Rxg8 g5 43. Rg7+ Ka6 44. Rc6+ Ka5 45. Rc5+ Kxa4 46. Bd4 f2 47. Bxf2 Kb4 48. Rc8 Kb3 49. Rxg5 Kb2 50. Rg1 Ka2 51. Rc2+ Kb3 52. Rc8 Kb2 53. Rb8+ Ka2 54. Bd4 h4 55. Ra8+ Kb3 56. Rb1+ Kc4 57. Bf6 Kd5 58. Bxh4 Kc6 59. Ra6+ Kc7 60. Rc1+ Kb7 61. Ra3 Kb6 62. Bd8+ Kb5 63. Rb1+ Kc5 64. h4 Kc4 65. h5 Kd4 66. h6 Kc4 67. h7 Kd5 68. h8=Q Kc4 69. Qh5 Kd4 70. Qh4+ Ke5 71. Qg3+ Ke4 72. Rb4+ Kf5 73. Rb5+ Ke4 74. Ra4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
               10½½1DavidAndrei3
               01½½0Andrey2
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN