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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "UltraBullet Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VIW9k9Od"] [Date "2023.12.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Sara"] [Black "Kristal"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.10"] [UTCTime "16:20:39"] [WhiteElo "1558"] [BlackElo "1375"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "15+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5 e5 3. d6 e4 4. Qd2 Be7 5. Qd3 Bf8 6. Qd4 Be7 7. Qd3 Bf8 8. Qxe4+ Be7 9. Qe5 c6 10. Qf5 c5 11. Qf4 Bf8 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Qg3 Bf8 14. Qg4 Be7 15. Qg5 Bf8 16. Qg6 Be7 17. Qf6 Bf8 18. Qxg7 Be7 19. Qxg8+ Bf8 20. Qxh8 f6 21. Qxh7 f5 22. Qh6 f4 23. Qh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
0110001111110½11½010Sara26
1001110000001½00½101Kristal31
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN