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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Anul 1 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LaZIZcZv"] [Date "2020.04.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Mihai"] [Black "Damian"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.04.09"] [UTCTime "15:18:57"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1492"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-179"] [BlackRatingDiff "+34"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Ne5 Nxe5 4. Bf4 Nd3+ 5. Qxd3 Qf6 6. e4 e5 7. b3 exf4 8. h4 a5 9. b4 axb4 10. c4 Ra6 11. e5 Qh6 12. h5 Be7 13. a4 Rg6 14. Qxg6 Qxg6 15. Bd3 Qxd3 16. Nd2 Qc3 17. Rc1 Qxc1+ 18. Ke2 Qxh1 19. g3 Nh6 20. Ne4 d5 21. Nc5 dxc4 22. d5 Bxc5 23. a5 Bd4 24. Kd2 c3+ 25. Kc2 c5 26. f3 fxg3 27. f4 g2 28. e6 O-O 29. a6 c4 30. f5 g1=Q 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. f6 Qhh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                  00Mihai0
                  11Damian2
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN