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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Turneul zilei ANȘ Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/clRibpXl"] [Date "2019.12.06"] [Round "-"] [White "RoscaDavidd"] [Black "Cezar"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2019.12.06"] [UTCTime "17:30:24"] [WhiteElo "1260"] [BlackElo "1397"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nh3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bb4+ 4. c3 Ba5 5. b4 Bb6 6. Na3 O-O 7. Qb3 d5 8. O-O-O e5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. exf6 d4 11. cxd4 Bxb3 12. Rd3 Be6 13. Nf4 h6 14. Bh4 gxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nh5 Qg5+ 17. f4 Qxh5 18. Rh3 Qg6 19. e3 Bxa2 20. e4 Bb3 21. f5 Qg5+ 22. Re3 Qxe3+ 23. Kb2 Qxd4+ 24. Kxb3 Qxe4 25. Rg1 Nc6 26. g4 Nd4+ 27. Kc4 Ne2+ 28. Kb3 Nxg1 29. Nc2 Rad8 30. Ka4 Qe8+ 31. b5 Rd5 32. Nb4 Qxb5+ 33. Kb3 Qxf1 34. Nxd5 Qf3+ 35. Nc3 Rd8 36. Ka2 Rd1 37. Kb3 Rd3 38. Kc2 Ne2 39. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 40. Kb1 Rd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
        01½000001000RoscaDavidd2½
        10½111110111Cezar9½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN