Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint Amant vs Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritsky (1839)

Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint Amant vs Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritsky
Paris 1839 · Italian Game: Classical Variation. Center Attack (C53) · 0-1

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May-11-12		AVRO38: After 33.Qxa7 Qxe6 34.Rxd3 Black has nothing.

May-11-12		Octal: Doesn't white still have some drawing chances in the final position? Assuming he doesn't trade rooks, and also assuming that he just resigned here instead of playing on and we have no documentation of the rest of the game.

May-11-12		AVRO38: Although Black has more chances after 33.Qd7, the win is not at all clear. I suspect the game score is wrong or perhaps the game was abandoned for some reason.

May-12-12		thomastonk: <Octal> The final position is a clear draw because White wins one of Black's queen side pawns by 36. Rd5. <AVRO38> According to my database of ancient games, the game has been published three times with the given game score, and once with a completely different finish, departing with 31.. a6.

May-12-12		jnpope: The game is given in Le Palamède, v4, 1839, pp88-89, and ends with: <Cette partie a eu encore plusieurs coups insignifiants, elle devait être remise, elle a été perdue par une faute de la part des blancs.>

May-12-12		AVRO38: <thomastonk><The final position is a clear draw because White wins one of Black's queen side pawns by 36. Rd5.> No question about that. The point is that Black has some play due to his more advanced pawns and king, not enough to win against best play, but White's job is more difficult. For example, after 36...Ke6 37.Rxb5 Rxd7 38.Ra5 g5 White has to be very careful. After 33.Qxa7 however, the path to a draw is much easier.

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