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Willem Schelfhout vs Bohor Hallegua
"Hallegua Chorus" (game of the day Jul-20-2019)
Hauptturnier A (1914), Mannheim GER, rd 2, Jul-21
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40)  ·  0-1

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Jul-18-19
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  OhioChessFan: "Hallegua Chorus"
Jul-20-19  gambitfan: 3. e5 ??? very bad move ?? only 6 games in the Opening Explorer all of them 0-1 or draw...

Why the game of the day ??

Jul-20-19
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  OhioChessFan: I'd have tried 28. Rd6. The e Pawn was pretty much untenable anyway.
Jul-20-19  Andrew Chapman: 36.Kc2 rather than Kb2?
Jul-20-19  cormier: 18...Nxe4 is winning
Jul-20-19  cormier: 18.Bf3 draw's
Apr-28-20  Chesgambit: 3.e5 Three check theory
white miss draw true
Mar-12-22
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  fredthebear: Opening Explorer has plenty of suggestions better than 3.e5?!

1) +0.14 (33 ply) 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.O-O Bc5 9.Bb5 Bxd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Qh4 Ne4 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.h3 Be6 16.b3 f5 17.Be3 a6 18.Kh2 Kf7 19.Rad1 Ke7 20.Kg1 Kf7 21.Rfe1 Rxd1

2) +0.09 (33 ply) 3.c4 Nc6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Bb4 10.O-O dxc4 11.Qxd8+ Nxd8 12.Bxc4 O-O 13.Nd4 Be6 14.Be2 Rc8 15.Rd1 Re8 16.Ndb5 Nc6 17.Nd6 Bxd6 18.Rxd6 Red8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.a3 Bd7

3) +0.09 (33 ply) 3.d4 cxd4

4) +0.16 (32 ply) 3.b3 Nc6

5) +0.13 (32 ply) 3.Be2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.Bf3 Qb6 9.Nb3 d4 10.Ne2 Bb4+ 11.c3 dxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 13.Bf4 O-O 14.O-O Bg4 15.Ned4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Nd5 18.Bg3 Bf6 19.Nxc6 bxc6

6) +0.05 (32 ply) 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nb5 Qd7 9.Nbxd4 Nd5 10.Bb5 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Qc7 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.O-O-O Rc8 14.Qc4 Be7 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Ba4 O-O 17.Qf4 Bc5 18.Kc2 f6 19.Qxc7 Rxc7 20.e4 Be3 21.a3

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