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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Time out, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Blitz game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mCeGwsC6"] [Date "2022.09.13"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.09.13"] [UTCTime "12:20:27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1627"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 d5 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Qg4 Ne4 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qxe6+ Be7 8. Qxd5 f5 9. Qxf5 Rf8 10. Qxe4 Nc6 11. Qxh7 Rf7 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Rh3 Rxh7 14. Rd3 Bf6 15. Rf3 Rxh4 16. Kd2 Nxf3+ 17. Ke3 Nxg1 18. Nc3 c5 19. Nd5 b6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. g3 Rh1 22. g4 Bxg4 23. f3 Bh5 24. f4 a5 25. Ke4 Nh3 26. f5 Qf7 27. Ke5 Bxe2 28. f6 Bxf1 29. Kf5 Rd8 30. c3 Rd5+ 31. Ke4 Rd6 32. Ke5 Rxf6 33. Ke4 Re6+ 34. Kd5 { White wins on time. } 1-0
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