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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Time out, White is victorious
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[Event "Abbot Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fG3Nfi5i"] [Date "2020.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "eduardherbeck"] [Black "Aurelian"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.06.04"] [UTCTime "16:59:38"] [WhiteElo "1272"] [BlackElo "1708"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+41"] [BlackRatingDiff "-22"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4 g6 5. Rg1 d5 6. g5 Nh5 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. e3 b6 9. Rg4 Ng7 10. b4 c6 11. Bd3 Nef5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 Bd7 16. Rb1 Ba5 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Ne4 Ke8 19. h4 h5 20. Rg1 c5 21. dxc5 Bb5+ 22. Rxb5 Rc8 23. Qc1 Rxc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd2+ 26. Nxd2 Nd4+ 27. Ke3 Nf5+ 28. Rxf5 exf5 29. c3 f6 30. gxf6 a6 31. Qc2 Bd8 32. Qa4+ { White wins on time. } 1-0
                  10eduardherbeck1
                  01Aurelian1
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