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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Black resigned, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "LG Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Rcn2Rvcv"] [Date "2020.11.02"] [Round "-"] [White "dragutraisa"] [Black "AmeliaRusu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.02"] [UTCTime "18:17:08"] [WhiteElo "1795"] [BlackElo "1405"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5 e5 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxf4 Bc5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bxd8 Kxd8 8. Qd3 f5 9. Nc3 Nf2 10. Qxf5 Nxh1 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Nf7+ Ke8 13. Nxh8 Na6 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Nf7+ Ke8 16. d6 Bf6 17. dxc7 Nb4 18. Nbd6+ Ke7 19. Qe4+ Kf8 20. Qxb4 Be7 21. Qd4 Bxd6 22. Qxd6+ Kxf7 23. Qd4 Kg6 24. Qg1 b6 25. Qxh1 Rb8 26. cxb8=Q d5 { Black resigns. } 1-0