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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VFzyVNK1"] [Date "2021.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "villette"] [Black "olarudaria"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.27"] [UTCTime "14:08:52"] [WhiteElo "1312"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Ng5 h6 7. Nf3 h5 8. h3 Rh6 9. d5 Na5 10. b4 Nxc4 11. Nd4 Rg6 12. Qd3 Ne5 13. f4 Nxd3+ 14. Ke2 Nc5 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxg4 17. Rh8+ Bf8 18. f5 exf5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bg5 Rxg5 21. bxc5 Nxd5 22. c4 Nf4+ 23. Ke3 Ng2+ 24. Kf2 Rxc5 25. Nc3 Rxc4 26. Ncb5 Rxd4 27. Kxg2 Rd2+ 28. Kf1 e3 29. Re1 e2+ 30. Kf2 Rxa2 31. Ke3 Ra3+ 32. Kxe2 Ra5 33. Kd2+ Qe7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Nxc7 Rb8 36. Ke1 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 b5 38. Ke3 Rb6 39. Kd4 Rd6+ 40. Ke5 Re6+ 41. Kf5 Rf6+ 42. Ke5 Re6+ 43. Kf5 Rf6+ 44. Ke5 d6+ 45. Kd5 Bb7+ 46. Kd4 Rf4+ 47. Kd3 Rf2 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rf3+ 50. Ke2 Rff1 51. Ke3 d5 52. Kd4 Kf5 53. Kc3 Ba3 54. Kd2 d4 55. Kd3 Ke5 56. Kd2 Rf2+ 57. Kd3 Be4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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