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Alexander McDonnell vs Louis Charles Mahe de La Bourdonnais
La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 4th Casual Match (1834), 05, rd 51
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Anderssen Variation (C51)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 6...Na5 7.Bd3 d6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.O-O O-O = 0.00 (35 ply)7.dxe5 was played in Fischer vs O Celle, 1964 (1-0)7...Bf6 was played in Murad Rasulzada vs Enkh-Amgalan Amgalantengis, 2016 (0-1) 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9.Qa4 c6 10.Bxg8 Kxg8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 ⩲ +0.68 (22 ply) ⩱ -0.90 (25 ply)better is 9.Be2 Qc7 10.Qc2 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nb3 c5 = -0.50 (23 ply) 9...Nf6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.O-O Nd7 13.a4 h6 ⩱ -1.05 (20 ply)= -0.03 (24 ply)better is 11.O-O Ne7 12.a4 a6 13.Be3 Be6 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Rfb1 Qd7 = -0.09 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.71 (23 ply) 13.c4 O-O 14.cxb5 Bg4 15.Rd1 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Rc8 17.Qa4 = +0.02 (20 ply) ⩱ -0.96 (20 ply)better is 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Nbd2 c5 16.Rab1 a6 17.Nf1 Bg4 18.Be2 Bxf3 = -0.42 (21 ply) ⩱ -0.96 (21 ply)better is 15.Rfd1 Qb8 16.c4 a6 17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.axb3 Rd8 19.Bc5 Ng6 ⩱ -0.61 (20 ply)better is 15...Qb8 16.Rfe1 Rd8 17.Nf1 Ng6 18.Ne3 Qb6 19.g3 Nb7 ⩱ -1.24 (22 ply) 16.c4 Rfc8 17.cxb5 Ng6 18.bxc6 Nf4 19.Rfe1 Nxc6 20.Bf1 ⩱ -0.57 (22 ply) 16...Nxb3 17.axb3 a5 18.Bc5 Rfd8 19.Be2 Ng6 20.Rxd8+ ⩱ -1.42 (22 ply) 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Nc5 Bg4 19.Qe2 Ng6 20.Na6 Nf4 21.Qe3 Qc8 = -0.44 (26 ply) 17...c5 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 f6 20.Bc1 a5 21.Rfe1 a4 ∓ -1.62 (26 ply) 18.Nc5 Bg4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nd2 Qd6 22.Nb7 ⩱ -0.65 (25 ply) ∓ -1.97 (22 ply)better is 20.Be2 Be7 21.Bg4 Qc6 22.Bxe6 Qxe6 23.Nd2 Nb6 24.Ng4 c4 ∓ -1.55 (22 ply)better is 20...Be7 21.Rfe1 a5 22.Be2 Rab8 23.Bxc4 Bxc4 24.Ne3 a4 ∓ -2.12 (24 ply)better is 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Be2 c4 23.Nd2 a5 24.a3 Kh8 25.Kh2 Nf4 ⩱ -1.49 (24 ply) ∓ -2.06 (23 ply) 22.Nd2 c4 23.a4 a6 24.g3 Qc8 25.Ba3 f6 26.Rfe1 Nb7 ∓ -1.82 (21 ply)-+ -3.40 (24 ply)44.Bd1 Nd3 45.Rb1 c2 46.Bxc2 Bd6+ 47.Kg1 Rxc2 48.Rf1 -+ -9.57 (29 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-26-08  Knight13: The moves after <5...Be7> makes Evans Gambit look like it's been refuted. White sacrificed one of his buddies for nothing.
Nov-27-08  Ladolcevita: I have the same feeling,but it this true that its really refuted?
Apr-14-09  WhiteRook48: 5...Be7 does not really give me that feeling
Feb-04-12  Knight13: <Ladolcevita: I have the same feeling,but it this true that its really refuted?> It must be, or else more Grandmasters would be using it today. And White's 7. Qb3 and 8. Qa4 only helps Black, and shows that White was desperate to gain something out of his lost b4 pawn. White does another desperate move, 36. Ne6, hoping that Lady Luck would appear and save him. She did not.
Mar-01-17  Big Pawn: 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7
9. Qxa5

Seems good for white. If

9...ed
10. Qd5+ Be6
11. Qxb7 dc
12. Nxc3

White has a decent gambit position.

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