Howard Staunton vs Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint Amant (1843)

Howard Staunton vs Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint Amant
Paris m ;HCL 15 1843 · English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13) · 0-1

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May-17-06		prinsallan: 24. Rxe4? oooops.

Feb-14-07		Honza Cervenka: <prinsallan: 24. Rxe4? oooops.> The problem is that after 24.dxe5 Qxe5 the Rook on a1 is hanging. In fact, the real mistake and main culprit of white's defeat in this game was 22.h3. Of course, 23.Ne5 was a blunder but its relatively best alternative 23.Rae1 is not sufficient for 23...Qe7! 24.Rxe4 (24.Ng1 Nxf2+! ) 24...Nxf2+ 25.Kg1 dxe4! (25...Nxe4 ) 26.Qe3 Nd3 27.Re2 f5 with decisive advantage of black. 22.cxd5 Rae8!? (22...cxd5 23.Rc2) 23.Rxe4 Nxf2+ 24.Kg1 Nxe4 (24...Nxd3 25.Rxe8+ looks quite risky for black) 25.dxc6 Qxc6 26.Re1 looks equal.

Jul-18-07		Gerenense: Being all that true, it seems that white could have avoided a lot of unnecesary complications by just playing 20.Nf3. Although I agree that 21.h3?? is the losing move, 20.Qd3? just gives black tactical chances. Sometimes is better not to revisit the classics if you dont want to feel somewhat disappointed ;)

Oct-17-07		nimh: Rybka 2.4 mp, AMD X2 2.01GHz, 10 min per move, threshold 0.33. Staunton 4 mistakes: 10.b3 -0.07 (10.cxd5 0.31) 22.h3 -1.68 (22.cxd5 -0.07) 23.Ne5 -5.65 (23.Rae1 -1.68) 29.Red2 -7.42 (29.bxc4 -5.62) De Saint Amant 2 mistakes: 17...Qc7 -0.05 (17...Qa5 -0.45) 20...Ng4 -0.12 (20...Rxe2 -0.54)

Mar-07-08		Knight13: 23. Ne5?? What the...!

Jul-19-08		Wengsta123: What the... White had a chance to win, but he blew it! I mean, Ne5? Don't forget Rxe4! Bad Mistakes...

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