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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Junior Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Yid04pRh"] [Date "2021.02.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Macar_Lisnic"] [Black "Marius_Bot"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.02.03"] [UTCTime "16:44:07"] [WhiteElo "1322"] [BlackElo "1361"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-19"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+4"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 c5 3. Be2 e5 4. dxe5 c4 5. Bh5 g6 6. Bg4 Bc5 7. h3 f6 8. g3 fxe5 9. h4 d5 10. a3 d4 11. c3 dxe3 12. fxe3 Qf6 13. a4 Ne7 14. Nf3 Nd5 15. Qxd5 Bb6 16. Qxc4 e4 17. Qxc8+ Kf7 18. b4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Rh3 Rxc8 21. Bb2 Bxe3 22. Nd2 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. g4 Qxe4 25. h5 Qg2 26. Rf3+ Qxf3 27. Bc1 Qf2+ 28. Kd1 Qf1+ 29. Kc2 Qe1 30. Bxe3 Rxc3+ 31. Kb2 Qxe3 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. g5 Rb3+ 34. Ka2 Qd2+ 35. Kxb3 Nc6 36. Rb1 Nd4+ 37. Ka3 Qc3+ 38. Ka2 Qc2+ 39. Rb2 Qxa4+ 40. Kb1 Rf8 41. b5 Rf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                0111Marius_Bot3
                1000Macar_Lisnic1
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN