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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Stela Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Qen6KMv7"] [Date "2020.09.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Stelian"] [Black "chitanumatei"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.09.16"] [UTCTime "17:02:42"] [WhiteElo "1268"] [BlackElo "1641"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 c5 3. Bb5 cxd4 4. exd4 a6 5. Bc4 Qf6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Rg8 12. Rxg2 Rxg2 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 Nc6 15. Nh4 Rg4 16. Nf3 e5 17. dxe5 Nb4 18. Rc1 Rf4 19. Nd2 Rg4 20. a3 Rg1+ 21. Ke2 Rxc1 22. axb4 Rg1 23. Bd5 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 Bxb4 26. Bxb5 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxb5 28. c4 Rxe5+ 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Ke4 Rgg5 31. Nb3 Re5+ 32. Kf4 Rgf5+ 33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kh4 Rf4+ 35. Kh3 d5 36. cxd5 Rxd5 37. Kg3 Rdf5 38. c3 Rf3+ 39. Kh4 Rxc3 40. Nd4 Rc4 41. Kg3 Rxd4 42. Kh3 Rxf2 43. Kg3 Ra2 44. Kf3 Rb4 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Rb2+ 47. Kg1 Ra1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
01000½00001000½10100Stelian8½
10111½11110111½01011chitanumatei36½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN