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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Turneul Academiei Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/dh2IO7FQ"] [Date "2019.12.19"] [Round "-"] [White "AnastasiaG"] [Black "CalinSandic"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2019.12.19"] [UTCTime "17:32:57"] [WhiteElo "1714"] [BlackElo "1429"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bf8 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 Bh4 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe1 Bf8 8. Bb4 Qf6 9. e4 h5 10. e5 Qh6 11. Bd2 h4 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Ng5 Rg6 14. Qd2 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nec3 h3 18. Bh5 Nf6 19. Bxg6+ Kd8 20. Qg5 Be7 21. Qh6 Bf8 22. Qxf8+ Ne8 23. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                  11AnastasiaG2
                  00CalinSandic0
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