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Howard Staunton vs Bernhard Horwitz
Staunton - Horwitz (1846), London ENG, rd 7, Mar-02
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. London Defense (C44)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6...Bd6 was played in I Novak vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1987 (0-1)7.e5 was played in Staunton vs W M Popert, 1840 (1-0) 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Bxf7+ Kf8 12.Bb2 = +0.39 (21 ply) 8...Nge7 9.exd6 cxd6 10.Ba3 O-O 11.Qxd6 Qxd6 12.Bxd6 ⩱ -0.94 (24 ply)= +0.21 (24 ply)better is 12.Na3 Qd5 13.Nc4 Nf6 14.Be3 Bb6 15.Rab1 Rhf8 16.Ng5 = 0.00 (21 ply) ⩱ -0.51 (19 ply) after 12...Nh6 13.Nd2 Rhe8 14.Nde4 Qe5 15.Rb1 Bb6 16.h3 Nf5 14.Bf4 Qd5 15.Qxd5 Rxd5 16.Na3 Nf6 17.Nc4 Rd7 18.Rfd1 = -0.39 (22 ply) ⩱ -1.45 (21 ply) 16.Ngf3 Nce5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Nf3 Qe2 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 ⩱ -1.11 (25 ply)-+ -2.95 (24 ply) 17.Ba3 Ng4+ 18.Qxb6 Qxa3 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qe2 Re7 21.Qd2 h6 -+ -2.59 (25 ply)-+ mate-in-3; 18.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 19.Ne1 Rxe1# -+ mate-in-20-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-09-04  Whitehat1963: You've got to love that back rank.
Jan-24-07  wolfmaster: Good Tuesday puzzle after 16.Ndf3.
Feb-08-14  davide2013: There are many games like this played by Staunton, and this is what makes me perplex upon the real strength of Staunton as player. In my opinion he shouldn't be higher than 1500-1800 USCF.
Sep-27-14  dernier thylacine: After his very grave pneumonia of 1843 which followed the match against Saint Amant, Staunton never recovered completely his capicity of fighting , his heart remained weak, but he was to proud and did not confess it, or only much later.

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