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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Academie Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/h7zvR0ou"] [Date "2023.08.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Academie"] [Black "ioanaj"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.25"] [UTCTime "16:07:11"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1430"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. e5 axb5 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Bh4 d5 10. O-O b4 11. Nb5 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bxd8 Nxd8 14. Nxc7+ Ke7 15. Nxa8 Nc6 16. Qxd5 Bd7 17. Nxe5 h5 18. Nxd7 Bh6 19. Rfe1+ Kd8 20. Qxf7 Nd4 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Qxh5 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Nxc2 24. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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