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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "AnastasiaG Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gMhcj8QN"] [Date "2020.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "platonmihai"] [Black "FRoman"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.01.03"] [UTCTime "18:10:00"] [WhiteElo "1225"] [BlackElo "1578"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+27"] [BlackRatingDiff "-21"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nd2 c5 3. dxc5 Bxc5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. h3 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. g5 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Be7 15. h4 f6 16. gxf6 gxf6 17. Nf4 e5 18. Nd3 e4 19. Nf4 Rg8 20. Kf1 d6 21. Rg1 Bh3+ 22. Ng2 Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb6 25. Qd4 c5 26. Qxe4 Rc8 27. a3 Kd7 28. b4 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 cxb4 30. cxb4 Qb5+ 31. Ke1 Rg1+ 32. Kd2 d5 33. Qd3 Qa4 34. Qc2 Qb5 35. Qd3 Bxb4+ 36. axb4 Qxb4+ 37. Qc3 Qb7 38. Qb2 Qc7 39. Qc3 Qh2 40. Qc2 Qxf2+ 41. Kd3 Qf5+ 42. Kd2 Qf2+ 43. Kd3 Qf3 44. Rxa6 d4 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Ra6+ Kf5 47. Qc5+ Kg6 48. Qxd4 Rd1+ 49. Bd2 Qf1+ 50. Kc2 Qxa6 51. Qg4+ Kf7 52. Kxd1 Qa1+ 53. Ke2 Qa6+ 54. Kf3 Qc6+ 55. Qe4 Qc2 56. Qxc2 h6 57. Qc7+ Ke6 58. Qc4+ Kf5 59. Qe4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
       0000010000001platonmihai2
       1111101111110FRoman11
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN