Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell (1834)

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell
London m4 ;HCL 18 1834 · Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51) · 1-0

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Jul-22-05		Knight13: Great game! White silently sacrifices materials to creat dangerous passed pawns. And march to the top of the mountain!

Jul-23-05		sneaky pete: Black was on top of the mountain until he blundered on move 39. 38... Nc3 is a waste of time, he could safely have played 38... Nxd6 and 38... Bc6 is maybe even better. After 38... Nc3 39.Rf1 Ne2+? is like falling of the cliff. He could have retracted his previous move with .. Ne4. White has no good plan and his pawns will fall one by one.

Jan-24-09		WhiteRook48: great passed pawns! One a pawn a time, the pawns were storming around...

Mar-16-10		wolfshield: <sneaky pete> On 38...Nxd6 39. Qxf6 Re1+ 40. Rf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Ne8 42. Qg5 and the passed pawn duo gets rolling. The point of 38...Nc3 is that 39. Qxf6 then loses to 39...Re1+ 40. Rf1 Ne2+! 41. Kh1 Rxf1#

Mar-16-10		sneaky pete: <wolfshield> After 38... Nxd6 39.Qxf5 Re1+ (or ... Rge7 first) 40.Rf1 Rge7 click for larger view white cannot play 41.Qxd6 Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 Bb5+ and after most other moves .. Nxf5 will follow.

Feb-01-12		Knight13: <38... Nc3 is a waste of time, he could safely have played 38... Nxd6 and 38... Bc6 is maybe even better.> I agree. If Black's 39-40th moves were designed to destroy White's protected passed pawn, he would have been more than happy to have played 38... Nxd6.

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