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

Alexander McDonnell vs Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais
London m5 ;HCL 18 1834 · Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51) · 1-0

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Jun-26-05		Knight13: 10... Qe7?! is a doubious move. It allowed White to play 11. e5!, which is strong. 10... Nf6 would've been better. 13... Nf6?? is a blunder. This move cost Black the game. Better is 13... Kf8.

Mar-11-07		sneaky pete: 13... Kf8 14.Ba3 Bc5 15.Nxf7 .. isn't very pleasant for black either. Another idea (after 13... Kf8) is 14.Re1 .. threat 15.Ng6+. Then if 14... Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Bxf2+ (black gets a fair share of the fun) 16.Kxf2 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qxc4 18.Ba3+ .. and wins.

Oct-01-07		nimh: Rybka 2.4 mp, AMD X2 2.01GHz, 10 min per move, threshold 0.25. McDonnell 1 mistake: 16.Re1 0.82 (16.Ng6 1.85) De La Bourdonnais 7 mistakes: 10...Qe7 0.83 (10...Nge7 -0.05) 11...dxe5 1.17 (11...d5 0.83) 13...Nf6 1.73 (13...Bd7 1.19) 16...Kc7 2.98 (16...Rf8 0.82) 17...a6 5.56 (17...Bd7 2.96) 20...Qd8 #12 (20...Qd7 5.66) 23...Kd7 #2 (23...Qxd5 #6)

Jan-10-09		WhiteRook48: very easy for White to go wrong in this position.

Feb-01-12		Knight13: <WhiteRook48: very easy for White to go wrong in this position.> You mean Black. I'd bet that La Bourdonnais played 11...Qe7? as an experiment.

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