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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Turneul Academiei Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oXuxrkYp"] [Date "2019.11.13"] [Round "-"] [White "LeancaNicolai"] [Black "CostelStina"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2019.11.13"] [UTCTime "17:32:06"] [WhiteElo "1685"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-104"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Qd2 Bb4 5. O-O-O O-O 6. e3 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 Bb6 9. b5 Ba5 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Nf3 Qc8 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e4 e5 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 c5 19. Qh6 Bxc3 20. Bd3 Bxd5 21. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
             0100010LeancaNicolai2
             1011101CostelStina5
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