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A40 Horwitz Defense
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King in the center, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "M35 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MLZOvw5F"] [Date "2024.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Damian18"] [Black "lozan_david"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.12.09"] [UTCTime "15:47:17"] [WhiteElo "1454"] [BlackElo "1340"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+22"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "King of the Hill"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Bd6 3. Nf3 Ke7 4. Qd3 Kf6 5. Qe4 Be5 6. Qxe5+ Ke7 7. d5 d6 8. Qd4 Kd7 9. Kd2 Qf6 10. Ke3 Ke7 11. Ke4# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0