Chess opening

Horwitz DefenseA40

The Horwitz Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code A40. It is reached after the moves:

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Comes from

• Queen's Pawn Game (A40)

Main continuations

• English Defense (A40)
• Horwitz Defense: Zilbermints Gambit (A40)
• Kangaroo Defense (A40)
• Rat Defense: Small Center Defense (C00)
• Benoni Defense: Franco-Sicilian Hybrid (A40)
• Catalan Opening: Closed, Zagoryansky Variation (E08)

Related lines in the Horwitz Defense

• Horwitz Defense: Zilbermints Gambit (A40)

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