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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UA1xWLj2"] [Date "2021.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Shon4321Official"] [Black "IrinaR"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.03.06"] [UTCTime "18:38:55"] [WhiteElo "2157"] [BlackElo "1389"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4. e4 f5 5. e5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Nfd2 Rg8 9. Qh5+ Rg6 10. g4 fxg4 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Qxg6+ Kf8 13. Rg1 Bd6 14. Rxg4 Qe7 15. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                  00IrinaR0
                  11Shon4321Official2
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN