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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Time out, White is victorious
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[Event "Academie Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rZIm28nF"] [Date "2023.03.04"] [Round "-"] [White "David2"] [Black "Andreeauag"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.03.04"] [UTCTime "13:14:58"] [WhiteElo "1420"] [BlackElo "1299"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bg5 Qxg5 3. e3 e5 4. f4 exf4 5. h4 Qg3+ 6. Kd2 fxe3+ 7. Kc3 Bd6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nxb5 c6 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Kd8 12. Nd6 Kc7 13. Nb5+ Kb6 14. Nd6 Qxd6 15. b3 c5 16. b4 cxb4+ 17. Kb3 Ka5 18. Kc4 Qc6+ 19. Kd3 Nf6 20. Ke2 d5 21. Kf3 Rd8 22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Kxe3 Qd7 24. Kd3 Rc6 25. Ke2 Qc8 26. Kf3 Rxc2 27. Kf4 Qg4+ 28. Ke5 Qh5+ 29. Kd6 Rc6+ 30. Ke7 { White wins on time. } 1-0
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