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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VktapYTy"] [Date "2020.11.02"] [Round "-"] [White "dragutraisa"] [Black "GrigoreG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.02"] [UTCTime "18:06:07"] [WhiteElo "1835"] [BlackElo "1422"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5 exd5 3. Qxd5 c6 4. Qd1 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 b6 7. hxg6 fxg6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Rxh7 c5 12. Nc3 Qf6 13. Nxb5 Rf8 14. Nh3 g5 15. f4 g4 16. Nf2 Bxg2 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 19. Nxg4 Qf5 20. Rxg7 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf2 Rh8 23. e4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rh2 25. Nxc5 Rh8 26. Nb7+ Kc8 27. Nd6+ Kc7 28. Nb5+ Kc6 29. Nxa7+ Kb7 30. Be3 Rh2 31. Rg1 Rh8 32. Bd4 Rh2 33. Nb5 Rh8 34. Nd6+ Kc6 35. Rg6 Rh2 36. Bg1 Rxc2 37. Rb1 Rc3 38. Ne4+ Kc7 39. Nxc3 Nc6 40. Nd5+ Kd8 41. Rg7 Ne5 42. fxe5 d6 43. exd6 Ke8 44. Rc1 Kf8 45. Ra7 Kg8 46. Rc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN