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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WddxDoyK"] [Date "2022.09.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2022.09.09"] [UTCTime "10:10:00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qd3 Ne4 6. Qe2 Qf6 7. g4 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Bd2 h5 10. gxh5 Rxh5 11. Qxh5 Qxf2+ 12. Kd1 Qf1+ 13. Kc2 b5 14. Bb3 e5 15. Qh8+ Kd7 16. Qxg7 Na6 17. h4 exd4 18. h5 dxc3 19. bxc3 b4 20. h6 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Qxa1 23. h7 Nb4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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