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Jackson Whipps Showalter vs William Henry Kraus Pollock
USA-06.Congress New York 1889  ·  Spanish Game: Open. Zukertort Variation (C80)  ·  1-0
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Dec-16-08  YoungEd: Steinitz is right on in saying that 18. ...f5 is the lemon here. I wonder, though, if Black might have fared a little better if he had retreated the queen on move 19 instead of moving it forward to f4.
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