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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Turneul,,Big Game,, Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ruBw3Z6T"] [Date "2020.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Kristian"] [Black "sebiciorecan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.05.26"] [UTCTime "16:21:34"] [WhiteElo "1748"] [BlackElo "1414"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Qh4 8. g3 Qxh2+ 9. Kxh2 Nf6 10. f4 Ng4+ 11. Kh3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 h5 13. f5 h4 14. fxe6 Be7 15. exf7+ Kf8 16. Qg4 hxg3+ 17. Kxg3 Rh4 18. Qg6 Bd6+ 19. Bf4 Bxf4+ 20. Rxf4 d6 21. Qxd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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