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A40 Horwitz Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z9TYiHKb"] [Date "2020.10.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucadita"] [Black "alexandruguzun"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.30"] [UTCTime "17:33:10"] [WhiteElo "2068"] [BlackElo "1154"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [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. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Ke7 4. Bxa8 a5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nb4 7. O-O Ba6 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 h5 10. Nbd2 g5 11. a3 Nbd5 12. c4 Nf4 13. Qc2 Ke8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bg7 17. d5 Bf8 18. Bxh8 Qa8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nxg5 Kd8 21. Bxa8 Kc8 22. Nf7 Kb8 23. Bg2 b5 24. cxb5 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Kxb7 26. Qe4+ Kb6 27. Rac1 Kxb5 28. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                 000alexandruguzun0
                 111Lucadita3
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN