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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Șah Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aL0nBuHQ"] [Date "2020.04.07"] [Round "-"] [White "Damian"] [Black "CostelStina"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.04.07"] [UTCTime "15:57:25"] [WhiteElo "1525"] [BlackElo "1749"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-40"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 c5 3. Qe4 cxd4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. e3 Bf6 7. Bb5 a6 8. O-O axb5 9. Rd1 d5 10. Rd3 dxe4 11. Rxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bd2 Bxb2 13. Ba5+ Rxa5 14. Nc3 Bxa1 15. Nxe4 Rxa2 16. f4 Bf6 17. Nxf6 Nxf6 18. e4 Nxe4 19. g4 Rxc2 20. h4 Ng3 21. h5 Ke7 22. g5 Rd8 23. h6 Rd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                 000Damian0
                 111CostelStina3
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