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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Alina1303 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PTB2RWr0"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "-"] [White "janel"] [Black "Hesse06"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.05.13"] [UTCTime "15:23:47"] [WhiteElo "1778"] [BlackElo "1936"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+107"] [BlackRatingDiff "-82"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Bxc3 5. Bxc3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. c3 O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 a6 14. Ng5 Bb5 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0