Joseph Henry Blackburne vs Thomas Wilson Barnes (1862)

Joseph Henry Blackburne vs Thomas Wilson Barnes
London 1862 · Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit (B21) · 0-1

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Jul-16-05		aw1988: Instead of winning the game yet you give it '='?

Jul-16-05		FinKing: Whas barnes the same guy that won morphy sometimes?

Jul-16-05		FinKing: Yes! He is the guy!

Jul-16-05		Chessical: <Aw1988> My apologies, I scrambled the prose; I have deleted the original, corrected and reposted it here: An instructive R+P ending. <50...b2?!> is inaccurate; instead after <50...Rb4!> 51.Rc5+ Kd3 52.Rd5+ Ke2 53.Re5+ Kf2 54.Rf5+ Kg2 Black wins <52.Kh5?> throws the the game away just when he could have secured a draw. It is hard to see why Blackburne did not play <52.Kg5=>; one continuation being: <52...Kc3> 53.Kf5 Rc6 54.g5 Kd4 55.g6 Kd5 56.g7 Rc8 57.Kf6 Kd6 58.Kf7 Rc7+ 59.Kg8 Rc1 60.Kf7 Rf1+ 61.Kg6 =

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