William Henry Kraus Pollock vs Nicholas MacLeod (1889)

William Henry Kraus Pollock vs Nicholas MacLeod
USA-06.Congress New York 1889 · Spanish Game: Exchange Variation. General (C68) · 1-0

Annotations by Wilhelm Steinitz. [129 more games annotated by Steinitz]

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Feb-07-06		Autoreparaturwerkbau: Since Steinitz marks 6.Ng4 as "original and strong", I wonder why noone else in history won with that line. Or was Steinitz joking?

Feb-07-06		LoFarkas: Oh, wow, this is the same opening I played a couple of times in blitz, basically with the half-assed hope that the opponent won't see the way to win back the pawn on move 5. CM9000 immediately suggests Ng4 as move 6, presumably to avoid the king being stranded in the middle of the board after, say, 6.Nf3 Qxe4 7. Qe2 Qxe2. As to the note, I don't know. It certainly doesn't look like a complicated move to find

Jan-01-07		HoopDreams: Whats the correct continuation after 6...Qxe4+ 7.Ne3

Aug-04-07		Cactus: There doesn't seem to be a strong refutation. I'm surprised this isn't more common.

Jun-07-08		algol: Chessbase has 65 games with the position after 7. Ne3. 40 wins for black, 19 for white and 6 draws. There are few games from before 1990.

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