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A40 Horwitz Defense
1d4e62Nf3Be73Nc3Nf64Bg5O-O5Bxf6Bxf66e3Be77Bd3Nc68Ne5Nb49Qf3Nxd3+10cxd3d611Ng4e512dxe5Bxg413Qxg4dxe514d4exd415exd4Bg516Ne4Qxd417O-OQd818Rad1Qe819Nxg5h620Ne4f521Qe2fxe422Rde1Rf423f3Qf824fxe4Rxf1+25Rxf1Qc5+26Rf2Qc1+27Rf1Qc5+28Kh1Qe729Qc4+Kh830Re1b531Qc6Rf832e5Qb433Re4Rf1#
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xJV6aEYy"] [Date "2021.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "GrigoreG"] [Black "mihaiplostinaru"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.05"] [UTCTime "17:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1506"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-14"] [BlackRatingDiff "+14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Be7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Nb4 9. Qf3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 d6 11. Ng4 e5 12. dxe5 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 dxe5 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4 Bg5 16. Ne4 Qxd4 17. O-O Qd8 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Ne4 f5 21. Qe2 fxe4 22. Rde1 Rf4 23. f3 Qf8 24. fxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Qc1+ 27. Rf1 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Qe7 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Re1 b5 31. Qc6 Rf8 32. e5 Qb4 33. Re4 Rf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
½00½1100111010101010mihaiplostinaru15
½11½0011000101010101GrigoreG21
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN