Robert Steel vs Charles Henry Stanley (1860) Thou Shalt Not, Steele

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Robert Steel vs Charles Henry Stanley
"Thou Shalt Not, Steele" (game of the day Oct-02-2009)
Casual game (1860), Liverpool ENG
Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit (C45) · 0-1

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Given 69 times; par: 11 [what's this?]

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Nov-27-06		Autoreparaturwerkbau: Wow, 12...Bxf2+ is a magnificent counterattack move!

Oct-02-09		jpcsacristan: nice shot, Bxf2,

Oct-02-09		sleepyirv: Not a Dr.Livingston pun?

Oct-02-09		HeMateMe: It was a "Steeleye Span"!

Oct-02-09		leow: what if 13 kf1 ?

Oct-02-09		Figs: if 13kf1 does 13...Qf4 win? The discovered check looks dangerous, but I can't actually see any real danger and white's attack will run out. Therefore, something like: 13. Kf1 Qf4 14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. Nf7 Rxf7 16. Bxf7 Bh4+ 17. Kg1 Qf2#

Oct-02-09		Sem: 8. Qb3 looks promising, but IMO simply Bxd3 or castling would have been better.

Oct-02-09		whiteshark: He should have tried <12.Nxd3>, confessing the fact of a faulty opening strategy

Oct-02-09		RandomVisitor: 3 minutes per move: Steele - Charles Henry Stanley [C44] Casual Liverpool, 1860 [Rybka 3 ] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 d3 last book move 6.b4 0.37/17 [Rybka 3 : 6.0-0 d6 7.Qxd3 Nf6 8.b4 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.b5 Ne7 0.37/17 ] 6...Bb6 0.37/16 7.b5= -0.09/16 [Rybka 3 : 7.0-0 d6 8.Qxd3 Nf6 9.a4 a5 10.b5 Ne7 11.e5 Bf5 12.Qe2 Ne4 13.Bd3 d5 14.c4 0-0 15.Ba3 Nc5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.Qd3 0.37/16 ] 7...Nce7 0.53/15 [Rybka 3 : 7...Qe7 8.Qxd3 Ne5 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Be3= -0.09/16 ] 8.Qb3= 0.12/16 [Rybka 3 : 8.0-0 Ng6 9.Bxd3 d6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.a4 Qe7 12.a5 Bc5 13.Nb3 0-0 14.Nxc5 0.53/15 ] 8...d5= 0.16/18 [Rybka 3 : 8...Nf6 9.Bxf7+ Kf8 10.e5 Ne4 11.0-0 d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Ba3 Bc5 14.Re1 Bf5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Qc4 d2= 0.12/16 ] 9.exd5 0.09/17 Nf6 0.09/15 10.d6 -0.71/17 [Rybka 3 : 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bxd3 Qxd5 12.c4 Qh5 13.Bg5 Ng6 14.Nbd2 Nd7 15.Bc2 Nc5 16.Qb4 f6 17.Be3 a5 18.Qc3= 0.09/15 ] 10...0-0 -0.39/16 11.Ne5? -2.17/15 [Rybka 3 : 11.dxc7 Qxc7 12.0-0 Ne4 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.Qb1 Bf5 15.Re1 Rae8 16.Ba3 Ng6 17.h3 Nf4 -0.39/16 ] 11...Qxd6 -1.89/15 12.Nxf7?? -5.57/13 [Rybka 3 : 12.Nxd3 Ned5 13.0-0 Ng4 14.g3 Bf5 15.Qd1 Qg6 16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Bc2 18.Qf3 Nxf2 19.Rxf2 Bxf2 + -1.89/15 ] 12...Bxf2+ -5.46/14 13.Kxf2 -5.51/13 Nfd5 -5.46/14 14.Bxd3 -5.37/13 Rxf7+ -5.41/14 0-1

Oct-02-09		RandomVisitor: 3 questionable moves in a row: 10.d6, 11.Ne5, 12.Nxf7 ... 3 strikes and you're out.

Oct-02-09		RandomVisitor: Even without the shot 12...Bxf2, white is still in trouble: 12...Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kh8 14.0-0 Ng4 15.g3 Qf6 16.Bh5 Be6, etc.

Oct-02-09		lzromeu: Indeed 10.d6 was premature: queen side not developed, no castle. This is style of play in 18th century

Oct-02-09		Phony Benoni: <lzromeu: This is style of play in 18th century> So Steele was behind the times?

Oct-02-09		lzromeu: ops, 19th century

Oct-02-09		lzromeu: <Phony Benoni> Great move, you fork 3: Steele, style and Still. Steel move.

Oct-02-09		tivrfoa: 11. dxc7 and white would be a piece up. But it seems that black would still be better, like <RandomVisito> posted.

Oct-02-09		310metaltrader: Um, someone explain to me why white resigns here. is there a mate i am missing?

Oct-02-09		310metaltrader: why did white resign?

Oct-02-09		RandomVisitor: <310metaltrader><why did white resign> 15.Bf5 Bxf5 15.Bf4 Qxf4+ 15.Ke2 Bg4+ leads to mate in 8. 15.Kg1 Qc5+ is mate in 3. 15.Ke1 Nf4 and now: a) 16.Bf1 Bg4 b) 16.Bxf4 Qxd3 c) 16.Be4 Bg4 The white king is stuck in the open as black can unfold his pieces into a direct attack on the king. White has no counterplay of any kind.

Oct-02-09		WhiteRook48: 12...Bxf2+!!

Oct-02-09		faroiden: tivrfoa: 11. dxc7 and white would be a piece up. 11.dxe7 !

Oct-02-09		Phony Benoni: click for larger view Yes, White would be a piece up after 11.dxe7, but after 11...Qxe7+ he would not be enjoying it much. If, say, 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Qxe3+ 14.Kd1 Ng4, and White is suffering. Don't assume that these 19th century players were weak because they made insane looking attacking moves; there's a lot of depth there. Check out User: RandomVisitor's analysis of the final position; did you realize White's game was so hopeless? I know I didn't.

Oct-05-09		tivrfoa: <faroiden: tivrfoa: 11. dxc7 and white would be a piece up. 11.dxe7 !> yeah. xD

Apr-01-23		jnpope: This was Robert Steel. He was given as "Steele" in the <Illustrated London News>, creating confusion and a misidentification in the <Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games> with Joseph Steele, of Croydon.

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