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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nU1BgEsK"] [Date "2020.10.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Josan_Dragos_14289"] [Black "GrigoreG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.22"] [UTCTime "16:39:53"] [WhiteElo "1597"] [BlackElo "1327"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Qh4 3. Nf3 Qe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Nf6+ Nxf6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qe2 e5 8. g3 Bg4 9. Qb5+ Bd7 10. Qxd5 f5 11. Qxe5+ Be7 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Qxg7 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Nxg5 15. Bc4 f4 16. exf4 Ne4 17. O-O Bh3 18. Rd1 Bf1 19. Rxf1 Rf5 20. d5 Nc6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. g4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Nc5 24. Rfe1+ Kd7 25. Bg5 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Re1+ Kd7 28. Re7+ Kd6 29. Re6+ Kd7 30. Rh6 Ne6 31. Bxe6+ Kd6 32. Bc4+ Kc5 33. b3 a5 34. Rxh7 Kd4 35. Rd7+ Kc3 36. Rd3+ Kxc2 37. Rd2+ Kc3 38. Rd3+ Kb4 39. a3+ Kxa3 40. b4+ Kxb4 41. Be6 a4 42. Bd2+ Kc5 43. Ra3 Kb5 44. Bf5 c5 45. Bd3+ Kc6 46. Rxa4 Kd5 47. Be4+ Ke5 48. Bc3+ Kf4 49. Bf5+ Kf3 50. Rc4 Ke2 51. Rxc5 Kd1 52. Rxc7 Ke2 53. Re7+ Kf3 54. Be4+ Kf4 55. f3 Ke3 56. Ba5 Kf4 57. Rf7+ Kg5 58. f4+ Kxg4 59. Rg7+ Kxf4 60. Re7 Ke3 61. h4 Kf4 62. h5 Kg5 63. Bf3 Kf4 64. Rf7+ Kg5 65. Bd2+ Kh4 66. h6 Kg3 67. h7 Kh4 68. h8=Q+ Kg3 69. Rg7+ Kxf3 70. Qf8+ Ke2 71. Re7+ Kxd2 72. Qd8+ Kc2 73. Rc7+ Kb2 74. Qb8+ Ka1 75. Ra7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
           0000½0111GrigoreG3½
           1111½1000Josan_Dragos_142895½
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