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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oWnvGETc"] [Date "2020.12.27"] [Round "-"] [White "badeaion"] [Black "IrinaR"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.27"] [UTCTime "17:39:55"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1312"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+27"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 Nxe4 6. h4 O-O 7. Ng5 Nxg5 8. hxg5 f5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bh5 g6 11. Bf3 b5 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Qd3 a6 14. Qh3 Kf7 15. Qxh7+ Ke8 16. Qg7 Qd7 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qh6 e5 19. g6 Qe7 20. g7 Rg8 21. Qg6+ Qf7 22. Qg3 Rxg7 23. Qf3 e4 24. Qh3 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kd6 28. Bf4+ Kd7 29. Qh3 Qd5 30. f3 Re7 31. Bg5 Re5 32. fxe4 Rxe4+ 33. Kf1 Qd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
             1110½10badeaion4½
             0001½01IrinaR2½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN