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Berthold Englisch vs Joseph Blackburne
London (1883), London ENG, rd 7, May-07
French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01)  ·  0-1

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Annotations by Joseph Blackburne.      [148 more games annotated by Blackburne]

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May-04-04  fred lennox: Englisch was not an easy man to beat. It almost always took a good many moves to defeat him. This is his shortest defeat.
Aug-06-08  Googleandchess45: Instead of 18. Be4?, White can hold on a little longer with 18.Bxf7+. I'm suprised White missed this. Nor is this mentioned in Blackburne's notes.
Jan-16-13
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  HeMateMe: Black Death.
Aug-22-17
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  fredthebear: Blackburne makes reference to this game in his annotations: Zukertort vs W Potter, 1875

It's not often that a copycat approach works for Black. It's not to be recommended, although copying can be a useful change-up for a few moves in a casual game to test your regular sparring partner who is familiar with your opening repertoire. Some variety is good for both of you! How will the symmetry be broken?

Aug-22-17
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  fredthebear: Here's another copycat start in the French Defense: Blackburne vs J Fish, 1879

This time Blackburne has the White pieces. It is a good example of maintaining and piling on the absolute pin, then converting one advantage into another.

Oct-05-21  SeanAzarin: Broken Englisch
Oct-05-21  NBZ: Ay, Englisch was badly burned.
Oct-07-23  rmdalodado: Emanuel Lasker in his book Common Sense in Chess cited this game in his discussion of the French Defense up to Black's 11th move and just conclude that "Blackburne won easily, as White's K position is exposed" but attributed the game as between Schwarz-Blackburne, Berlin 1881.

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