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A40 Horwitz Defense
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sV7heRni"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Stelian"] [Black "France_Defence"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.12"] [UTCTime "16:34:50"] [WhiteElo "1506"] [BlackElo "2267"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Ne5 Nbd7 5. Nxd7 Bxd7 6. f3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 dxe4 9. fxe4 Qc7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bg5 e5 13. Qe3 Bc5 14. Qh3 f6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Nc5 18. g4 Qb6 19. g5 Nxe4+ 20. Ke2 Qf2+ 21. Kd1 Qd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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