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A40 Horwitz Defense
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Blitz game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wfDshpH1"] [Date "2022.08.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2022.08.23"] [UTCTime "12:30:38"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 d5 3. Bf4 Qh4 4. Bg3 Qh5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. a4 Nb4 7. Qb3 a5 8. Na3 Qf5 9. g4 Qxg4 10. f3 Qxf4 11. e3 Qf5 12. e4 Qf4 13. h4 Qg3+ 14. Ke2 Nf6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qd1 c6 17. Nxc4 h5 18. Qe1 Qg6 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Bh3 Nc2 22. Qc1 Nxa1 23. Qxa1 Bb4 24. Kd1 Ne3+ 25. Ke2 Nc4 26. b3 Nb6 27. Bf5 exf5 28. Rh3 Qg2+ 29. Ke3 Bd2+ 30. Kd3 Bb4 31. Qd1 Rd5 32. Qe2 Qxg1 33. Rh2 Qxd4+ 34. Kc2 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Qxb3+ 36. Qb2 Qd3+ 37. Kc1 Qd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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