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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Alekhine Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jfcqtCn0"] [Date "2025.02.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Daniil_Fadeev"] [Black "Voitovici"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.02.18"] [UTCTime "17:44:59"] [WhiteElo "1416"] [BlackElo "1395"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. c3 Nf6 4. b3 Ng8 5. Bd2 Nh6 6. c4 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. dxe6 Qxe6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. e4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 g5 14. Nxg5 Rg8 15. Nxh7 Rg5 16. Nxg5 a5 17. Nh7 Nf5 18. Bd3 Nfd4 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Bg5 Ke6 21. Ne8 Ra6 22. Nd2 Rb6 23. Rb1 Ra6 24. a3 Bxa3 25. Ne4 Bb4+ 26. Nd2 Na7 27. h4 Rd6 28. h5 Rd5 29. cxd5+ Kxd5 30. h6 Be7 31. h7 Bxg5 32. h8=Q Kc5 33. Nxc7 Kc6 34. Qxc8 Nxc8 35. g4 b5 36. Bxb5+ Nxb5 37. Rc1+ Kb7 38. O-O Nxc7 39. f4 Bh4 40. Rf3 a4 41. bxa4 Nd5 42. g5 Nde7 43. Rfc3 Nd5 44. Rc7+ Nxc7 45. g6 Ne7 46. gxf7 Ne6 47. a5 Ka6 48. Ra1 d5 49. Nf3 d4 50. Nxd4 Ng6 51. Nxe6 Ka7 52. a6 Ka8 53. a7 Be7 54. f5 Ne5 55. f8=Q+ Bxf8 56. Nxf8 Nf7 57. Nd7 Nd6 58. Nb6+ Kb7 59. a8=Q+ Kxb6 60. Ra6+ Kc5 61. Ra5+ Kb6 62. Qa6+ Kc7 63. Qa8 Kd7 64. Ra6 Ke7 65. Qa7+ Kf6 66. Rxd6+ Kxf5 67. Qa5+ Kf4 68. Rd4+ Kf3 69. Qa3+ Ke2 70. Rb4 Ke1 71. Rb2 Kd1 72. Qa1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                 101Daniil_Fadeev2
                 010Voitovici1
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN