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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Carissa Yip Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/m1NyqnYa"] [Date "2020.08.21"] [Round "-"] [White "pascalepaul"] [Black "DavidSah"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.08.21"] [UTCTime "16:16:40"] [WhiteElo "1471"] [BlackElo "1649"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. Na3 Bxa3 6. bxa3 O-O 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qg3 Nxd3+ 11. Kd1 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Ne4 13. Qf3 Ndxf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Qxh1 Nxc3+ 16. Kd3 Nb5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 18. Ke2 Nxa3 19. Rb1 Nxb1 20. Ba3 Nxa3 21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Kg3 Rxe3+ 23. Kf2 Rxh3 24. Ke2 Rxh2+ 25. Ke3 Rh4 26. Kf2 Qd3 27. Kg2 Rc4 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 Qd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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