Howard Staunton vs Bernhard Horwitz (1846)

Howard Staunton vs Bernhard Horwitz
London m3 ;HCL 34 1846 · Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit. Chigorin Variation (A83) · 1-0

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Jun-13-04		feenian: stauntons attack here with his king is very much like two games of nigel short- wins against kasparov and timman.

Aug-28-05		Knight13: Interesting game. Staunton plays the Staunton Gambit. Fits his style!

Jan-14-07		who: Of course not 3...d5? which loses to 4.Qh5+

Oct-10-07		nimh: Rybka 2.4 mp, AMD X2 2.01GHz, 10 min per move, threshold 0.25. Staunton 3 mistakes: 11.c3 -0.74 (11.c4 -0.46) 12.cxd4 -0.74 (12.Qb3 -0.48) 33.Nf1 0.94 (33.a7 1.73) Horwitz 7 mistakes: 11...cxd4 -0.48 (11...c4 -0.74) 22...a5 -0.12 (22...Rf7 -0.43) 23...Qxf5 0.56 (23...Rae8 -0.13) 29...Bd3 1.77 (29...Bc4 0.84) 33...Rc2 5.65 (33...Rcd8 0.94) 43...Qb7 14.88 (43...Qd8 14.35) 45...h4 #20 (45...g5 29.38)

Oct-11-07		nimh: Correction, new threshold 0.33. Staunton 1 mistake: 33.Nf1 0.94 (33.a7 1.73) Horwitz 5 mistakes: 23...Qxf5 0.56 (23...Rae8 -0.13) 29...Bd3 1.77 (29...Bc4 0.84) 33...Rc2 5.65 (33...Rcd8 0.94) 43...Qb7 14.88 (43...Qd8 14.35) 45...h4 #20 (45...g5 29.38)

Mar-06-09		Samagonka: 2 queens against one, now that's not fair! :0(

Mar-25-09		WhiteRook48: how does 4. Qh5+ win after 4...g6?

May-24-09		WhiteRook48: seven queens against zero, now that's not fair!

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