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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mHjbXy2w"] [Date "2022.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "tabaranuelena"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2022.07.28"] [UTCTime "07:29:05"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 Qf6 5. f4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. Nh3 Qf5 8. Nd2 Nh6 9. Nb3 b6 10. g4 Nxg4 11. Rg1 Nxh2 12. Nf2 b5 13. Rg2 bxa4 14. Nxa5 Ng4 15. Rxg4 Ba6 16. e4 Qh5 17. Qxa4 Bb5 18. Qa3 dxe4 19. Rg2 Qe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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00011010111001111111cotomanmaria16
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN