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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Time out, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Blitz game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VHRmSd38"] [Date "2022.09.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.09.06"] [UTCTime "12:14:15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1627"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd2 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h4 Ne4 5. Qe3 Nc6 6. Na3 Nb4 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nb5 a6 9. Nd6+ cxd6 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Ng5 f6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Rh3 g5 14. hxg5 fxg5 15. Qxg5 Be7 16. Qh5+ Bf7 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Rh6 Bf8 19. Qh3 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bg4 21. Qxd6 Rd8 22. Qf6 Rf8 23. Qh4 Bf5 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qf4 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 c3 27. Qxc3 Bg4 28. O-O-O Nxd4 29. Qxa5 Rxf2 30. Qg5 Nxe2+ 31. Kc2 { White wins on time. } 1-0
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