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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Three checks, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/M4f6lCZL"] [Date "2022.06.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Natasha_Romanoff"] [Black "kirill_okorokov202"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.06.17"] [UTCTime "07:38:56"] [WhiteElo "1290"] [BlackElo "1583"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+183"] [BlackRatingDiff "-34"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bd2 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. f3 Nd5 5. e3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qf6 7. Bg2 h5 8. Nc3 Nde7 9. Qe2 h4 10. O-O-O hxg3 11. h3 a6 12. f4 b5 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nxg3 Nd5 17. N1e2 Bxa3 18. bxa3 e5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qa2 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. e6+ Kg6 24. Qg4+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0
           110000010Natasha_Romanoff3
           001111101kirill_okorokov2026
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN