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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Turneul,,Corona,, Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aDQzfmhX"] [Date "2020.05.21"] [Round "-"] [White "eduardherbeck"] [Black "ALEX"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.05.21"] [UTCTime "16:55:14"] [WhiteElo "1392"] [BlackElo "1322"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-36"] [BlackRatingDiff "+15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. a3 Bxc3+ 4. bxc3 Nf6 5. Qd3 Nd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. g3 f5 8. Bh3 Nf6 9. g4 Ng8 10. gxf5 exf5 11. Bxf5 g6 12. Bg4 h5 13. Bh3 Rh6 14. Bxh6 Nxh6 15. Qxg6+ Nf7 16. Qxh5 Ne7 17. Qh8+ Nxh8 18. Ng5 Nhg6 19. Nh7 Nf8 20. Nf6+ Kf7 21. Nh7 Nxh7 22. Bg4 Nf6 23. Bh5+ Nxh5 24. Rb1 Nf4 25. Rb5 c6 26. Rh5 Nxh5 27. f3 Qb6 28. O-O Nf4 29. e3 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Kf2 Nxc3 32. Ke1 Ncd5 33. Rg1 Nxe3 34. Rg5 Nxc2+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Ke3 Nc2+ 37. Kd2 Nd4 38. Ke3 Ne6 39. Rg1 Qb6+ 40. Ke2 Qxg1 41. Kd2 Qxh2+ 42. Ke3 Ng5 43. Kd3 d5 44. Kc3 Bh3 45. Kb3 Rh8 46. Kb4 Rh4+ 47. Kc5 Qc2+ 48. Kd6 Qg6+ 49. Kc7 Rh8 50. Kxb7 Qg8 51. Kxa7 Qa8+ 52. Kb6 Qb8+ 53. Ka6 Qb4 54. axb4 Ra8+ 55. Kb7 Ra1 56. f4 d4 57. fxg5 d3 58. Kc7 d2 59. Kb6 d1=Q 60. Kc5 Qc1+ 61. Kd4 Qd2+ 62. Ke4 Qe2+ 63. Kf4 Rf1+ 64. Kg3 Bc8 65. Kh4 Qg2 66. Kh5 Rh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1