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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Three checks, White is victorious
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[Event "Rated Three-check tournament https://lichess.org/tournament/tPDH8Aq4"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/yBZUqEjo"] [Date "2020.01.11"] [Round "-"] [White "FRoman"] [Black "platonmihai"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.01.11"] [UTCTime "16:07:26"] [WhiteElo "1383"] [BlackElo "1279"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+91"] [BlackRatingDiff "-88"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5 Qh4 3. g3 Qf6 4. dxe6 Qxe6 5. Qxd7+ Kxd7 6. e3 Qa6 7. Bb5+ Qxb5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. b4 Qc5 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nc5+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0
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