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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LirEebu1"] [Date "2025.03.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Contautomat2002"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.18"] [UTCTime "18:04:20"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 e5 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 e4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 exf3 10. Bxf3 Nb4 11. Bd2 Nxa2 12. Rxa2 g5 13. Nb5 c6 14. Na3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. c3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 g4 18. Kh1 f5 19. c4 c5 20. d5 Qf6 21. b3 Rd8 22. Ra1 Rd7 23. Rg1 Rc7 24. Rc1 Rg8 25. Bc3 Qe7 26. b4 Rg6 27. b5 Rh6 28. Rg2 Rxh3+ 29. Rh2 g3 30. fxg3 Rxg3 31. Be1 Rh3 32. Bf2 f4 33. exf4 Qg7 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. d6 Rf7 36. Qd2 e3 37. Bxe3 Rb3 38. Bxc5 Rb1+ 39. Bg1 Rxg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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