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A40 Horwitz Defense
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½-½
Draw
FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xSb4U9LI"] [Date "2022.09.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2022.09.06"] [UTCTime "12:27:36"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 d5 3. Na3 Qh4 4. g3 Qf6 5. Qb5+ c6 6. Qd3 Na6 7. Nh3 Nh6 8. Qf3 Bb4+ 9. Kd1 Qxd4+ 10. Qd3 e5 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. c3 Qc5 13. cxb4 Nxb4 14. Bg2 e4 15. Qb1 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Qxf2 17. Rf1 Qxh2 18. Rh1 Qxh1+ 19. Kd2 Qxh3 20. Qg1 b5 21. Qh1 Qxg3 22. Qg1 Rg8 23. Nc2 a5 24. Ne1 O-O-O 25. Qa7 c5 26. a3 Nd3 27. exd3 exd3 28. Nxd3 c4 29. Nc5 d4 30. Kc2 d3+ 31. Kc3 Qe5+ 32. Kd2 Rg2+ 33. Kd1 Qe1+ 34. Kxe1 Re8+ 35. Kd1 Rg1+ 36. Kd2 Rxa1 37. Kc3 Rc1+ 38. Kd4 Re7 39. Kd5 Rxa7 40. Kc6 Rc7+ 41. Kxb5 d2 42. Kxa5 d1=Q 43. Na6 Qe1+ 44. Kb6 Rb7+ 45. Kc6 Qe6+ 46. Kc5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2