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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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PGN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mif8LLen"] [Date "2021.04.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Rose1"] [Black "LucaP"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.04.05"] [UTCTime "06:07:28"] [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. Nf3 h6 3. Nc3 g5 4. e3 g4 5. Ne5 c5 6. Nb5 cxd4 7. exd4 Qf6 8. Qxg4 Na6 9. Bd3 d6 10. Nf3 h5 11. Qg5 Qxg5 12. Nxg5 Bd7 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. O-O b5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 d5 17. Bd3 f6 18. Nf3 a5 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Re3 O-O-O 21. Nh4 Nh6 22. Ng6 Rhg8 23. Nh4 Ng4 24. Rg3 e5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. a3 Bd6 27. b4 e4 28. Bc2 Bxg3 29. hxg3 axb4 30. axb4 d4 31. Bb3 Rge8 32. Bf7 Re7 33. Bxh5 Nf6 34. Bg6 d3 35. Bg5 Bf5 36. Nxf5 Red7 37. Bxf6 Rf8 38. Ne7+ Kd8 39. Ng8+ Kc8 40. Bh7 Rxh7 41. Rc1 Rxg8 42. Be5 Rgg7 43. f3 Re7 44. Bf4 e3 45. Bg5 d2 46. Rb1 Re5 47. Kf1 e2+ 48. Kf2 d1=Q 49. Rxd1 exd1=Q 50. f4 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Re3 52. Bf6 Rxg3 53. Bc3 Qxg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN