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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oPbQNa0U"] [Date "2023.02.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Davidd"] [Black "AndreiT"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.02.16"] [UTCTime "13:15:50"] [WhiteElo "1504"] [BlackElo "1514"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+33"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 f5 3. Bf4 Nh6 4. Nc3 Ng4 5. O-O-O c6 6. Qg3 Nxf2 7. Qxf2 Qa5 8. a4 Bb4 9. Nb5 Qxa4 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Qxa3+ 12. Kd2 Qb4+ 13. Ke3 d5 14. Qf3 b6 15. Rd3 Ba6 16. Rd2 Bd3 17. exd3 c5 18. Rd1 cxd4+ 19. Ke2 O-O 20. Nh3 g6 21. Bh6 Qb2 22. Bxf8 Qxc2+ 23. Rd2 Qa4 24. Ng5 Kxf8 25. Nxe6+ Ke7 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Ke1 Qe5+ 28. Re2 Kd6 29. Rxe5 Kxe5 30. Qe3+ Kf6 31. Qe8 a5 32. Kf2 a4 33. Be2 a3 34. Qb5 a2 35. Qb2+ Ke6 36. Ra1 Nc6 37. Rxa2 Rf8 38. Ra6 Ne5 39. Rxb6+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Qb6+ Kg5 42. Qe6 Ng4+ 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Kf3 Nxh2+ 45. Kf2 Ng4+ 46. Bxg4 Kh4 47. Bf5 Rxf5 48. Qxg6 hxg6 49. Rd7 Kg4 50. g3 fxg3+ 51. Ke3 g2 52. Ke2 g1=Q 53. Rxd5 Rxd5 54. Kd2 Qg2+ 55. Kc3 Rc5+ 56. Kd4 Ra5 57. Kc4 Ra4+ 58. Kc5 g5 59. Kb5 Kf4 60. Kxa4 g4 61. d4 Qa2+ 62. Kb4 g3 63. Kc3 g2 64. Kd3 g1=Q 65. Kc3 Qc1+ 66. Kd3 Qaa3+ 67. Ke2 Qa2+ 68. Kd3 Qca3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
11011111½011½1101100Davidd18
00100000½100½0010011AndreiT6
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN