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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Junior Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/iC7Hj3YF"] [Date "2020.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "DragosCeban"] [Black "Marius_Bot"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.11.18"] [UTCTime "16:25:17"] [WhiteElo "1388"] [BlackElo "1372"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-112"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [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. Nc3 Bd6 4. e3 Qf6 5. Bb5 c6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nb5 cxb5 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Qh6 11. h4 Qf6 12. Rh3 e5 13. Rg3 exd4 14. Rg4 Bxg4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nf5 Bxe2 17. Ba5 Qxa5 18. Rd8+ Kxd8 19. h5 Qxa2 20. h6 gxh6 21. Kd2 Nc6 22. e4 Kc7 23. e5 Rd8+ 24. Kc1 Qa1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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