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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/g2bALHKC"] [Date "2021.03.21"] [Round "-"] [White "villette"] [Black "DragosCeban"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.03.21"] [UTCTime "09:32:57"] [WhiteElo "1277"] [BlackElo "1168"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe4 7. Ng5 Ng4 8. h3 h6 9. Ngxe4 Ngxe5 10. f4 Ng6 11. f5 Nge7 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nc5 h5 14. Bf4 Nxf5 15. Nb5 Bxc5 16. Bxc7+ Ke8 17. Bc4 Rh6 18. Rf1 Re6+ 19. Kd2 Rf6 20. Be5 Rb8 21. Nc7+ Kd7 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. Bd5 Nxe5 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Rxe5 Rb6 26. Rxh5 Be7 27. Rh8 a6 28. Ne8 Ra8 29. Nxg7 Ra7 30. Nf5 a5 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. Ng7 Raa6 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. Bc4 Ra7 35. b3 a4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Bxf7 Rxa2 38. Kc1 Rb5 39. Kd2 Rb1 40. Ke3 Ra3+ 41. Kf4 Rb4+ 42. Kg5 Rg3+ 43. Kh5 Rd3 44. g3 Rxg3 45. h4 Rbg4 46. Ng7 Rg5+ 47. Kh6 Rg6+ 48. Kh7 R3g5 49. Kh8 Bxg7+ 50. Kh7 Rh6+ 51. Kg8 Rgh5 52. c4 Rh8+ 53. Kxg7 R8h7+ 54. Kf8 Rh8+ 55. Kg7 Rxh4 56. Kg6 R4h6+ 57. Kf5 Rh5+ 58. Kf4 R8h6 59. Kf3 Rh4 60. Kf2 R4h5 61. Kg2 Rh4 62. Kg1 R6h5 63. Kf1 Rh1+ 64. Ke2 R5h3 65. Kd2 R1h2+ 66. Kc1 Rh1+ 67. Kb2 R3h2+ 68. Ka3 Rh3+ 69. Kb4 Rd3 70. Kb5 Rb1+ 71. Kc5 Rf3 72. Kd5 Rf5+ 73. Kd6 Rb6+ 74. Ke7 Rbf6 75. Kf8 Rxf7+ 76. Kg8 Re5 77. Kh8 Re8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
0½010½1½101½½0½½00½0villette17
1½101½0½010½½1½½11½1DragosCeban47
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN