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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/qdeewSLW"] [Date "2020.12.21"] [Round "-"] [White "herisanualbertmihai"] [Black "Marius"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.21"] [UTCTime "17:45:39"] [WhiteElo "1285"] [BlackElo "1582"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5 Bc5 3. dxe6 dxe6 4. Qd3 Qg5 5. e3 b6 6. Qd1 Nf6 7. Qd2 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nh3 Qxg2 10. Rf1 Qxh3 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Qe2 Bxc3+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Qxh2 15. Rfb1 Qd6+ 16. Ke1 Nb4 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Rd1 Qh2 19. Kf1 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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