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A40 Horwitz Defense
1d4e62Qd3d53Bf4Nf64b4Bxb4+5Kd1Ng46Na3Bxa37f3h58fxg4hxg49Qxa3Nc610Qd3g511Rb1gxf412e4dxe413Qxe4b514Qxc6+Bd715Qe4Qb816Qxf4f517Qe5Rf818Bxb5Bxb519Rxb5c620Rxb8+Rxb821Qxb8+Kf722Qxa7+Kg823Qb6Rf624Qxc6e525Qxf6Kh726Qxe5f427Qxf4Kg628Qxg4+Kh629Ne2Kh730Rf1Kh831Rf3Kh732Rh3#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Blitz game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/RWzZDbaq"] [Date "2022.08.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.08.23"] [UTCTime "12:43:18"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. b4 Bxb4+ 5. Kd1 Ng4 6. Na3 Bxa3 7. f3 h5 8. fxg4 hxg4 9. Qxa3 Nc6 10. Qd3 g5 11. Rb1 gxf4 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 b5 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qe4 Qb8 16. Qxf4 f5 17. Qe5 Rf8 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 c6 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Qxb8+ Kf7 22. Qxa7+ Kg8 23. Qb6 Rf6 24. Qxc6 e5 25. Qxf6 Kh7 26. Qxe5 f4 27. Qxf4 Kg6 28. Qxg4+ Kh6 29. Ne2 Kh7 30. Rf1 Kh8 31. Rf3 Kh7 32. Rh3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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