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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bDlZWfPM"] [Date "2021.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Rose1"] [Black "olarudaria"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.06.02"] [UTCTime "13:06:51"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1186"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. Ng5 a4 9. Nxb5 axb3 10. cxb3 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Ba6 12. a4 Ne7 13. f4 c6 14. Rf1 cxb5 15. axb5 Bxb5+ 16. Kf2 Rxa1 17. Bd2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Qa5 20. Rc2 Qa1 21. Nf3 Qf1+ 22. Kg3 Nh5+ 23. Kg4 Qxg2+ 24. Kxh5 g6+ 25. Kh6 Qh3+ 26. Kg5 Qf5+ 27. Kh4 g5+ 28. Kg3 Qxc2 29. Nxg5 Bf1 30. Nf3 Nf5+ 31. Kg4 Qg2+ 32. Kh5 Qh3+ 33. Kg5 Rg8+ 34. Kf6 Rg6+ 35. Ke5 Qxf3 36. d5 Qxe3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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                  11olarudaria2
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN