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Stockfish 9+wasm
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A40 Horwitz Defense
1d4e62Bg5Qxg53f4Bb4+4Kf2Qxf4+5Nf3Qxf3+
0-1
Three checks, Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Three-check game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/dJAcR2ZN"] [Date "2023.05.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Luisblajut"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.05.19"] [UTCTime "13:53:36"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "540+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bg5 Qxg5 3. f4 Bb4+ 4. Kf2 Qxf4+ 5. Nf3 Qxf3+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1
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