Horwitz Defense
Horwitz Defense is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.
Played by: Giri, Rapport, Abdusattorov, Le, Fedoseev, Maghsoodloo, Yakubboev, Firouzja
Main line
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O h6 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rad1 Re8 13.h3 Bd6 14.Qc1 Be6 15.Nb5 Bxf4
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Main line · ECO A40 · for Black
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Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.