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Bernhard Horwitz vs Howard Staunton
London (1851), London ENG, rd 2, Jun-??
Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)3.b3 was played in G Welling vs M Peek, 1986 (1-0)3...f5 was played in Bird vs Anderssen, 1873 (0-1)better is 6...Nbc6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 d6 9.Nc2 b6 10.d4 Bb7 11.Be3 = -0.48 (22 ply)= +0.02 (21 ply)better is 8.e4 Bb7 9.e5 d6 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 dxe5 12.fxe5 Bd5 = -0.05 (23 ply) ⩱ -0.68 (22 ply)better is 9.b4 d6 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.c4 Bxb2 = -0.27 (24 ply)better is 9...d5 10.b4 c4 11.a4 Nd7 12.Ba3 Nf5 13.b5 Re8 14.g4 Ne7 ⩱ -0.82 (22 ply)= -0.16 (20 ply) after 10.b4 d6 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.d3 cxb4 13.cxb4 Nd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 better is 10...Rc8 11.Bb2 d5 12.d3 Qc7 13.Qc1 Rfd8 14.c4 Bxb2 ⩱ -0.65 (22 ply)= -0.08 (23 ply) 13.c4 Nf5 14.d5 Qc7 15.e4 Nd4 16.Ncxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 f5 = -0.16 (20 ply) ∓ -1.75 (21 ply)better is 14...Ne4 15.Bb2 Ng3 16.Rf2 d5 17.Nd2 Nef5 18.Nf1 c4 ⩱ -1.29 (21 ply) 15.c4 Ne4 16.Bb2 Ng3 17.Rf2 d5 18.Nd2 Qc7 19.Nf1 Nef5 ⩱ -0.73 (23 ply) ∓ -1.64 (22 ply) 16...Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Bxc3 18.cxb6 Qxb6 19.Qe2 Bg7 20.Rbe1 ⩱ -1.46 (23 ply)better is 17.Qe1 f5 18.c4 Nf6 19.Ba5 Qe8 20.Bc3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Nc6 = -0.07 (22 ply) ⩱ -0.58 (21 ply) after 17...Nf6 18.Bc3 Ne4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Ng5 Bb7 19.e4 Nc6 20.Ne3 Qa5 21.Nd5 Bg7 22.Rf2 Rce8 23.Qc1 Nd4 = -0.17 (23 ply) ⩱ -1.46 (21 ply) 21.b4 cxb4 22.Nxb4 a5 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.cxd5 Nxd5 25.Ng4 ⩱ -1.29 (21 ply) ∓ -2.05 (21 ply) after 21...f5 22.Nhf3 Nc6 23.Nc2 Ne5 24.Rbd1 d6 25.Qf2 Qe7 22.Nhf3 dxc4 23.bxc4 Nc6 24.Nc2 f5 25.Qf2 Na5 26.Qh4 Bc6 ∓ -1.91 (22 ply)better is 22...d4 23.Nef3 Nc6 24.Qd1 Qg3 25.e4 f5 26.exf5 Ne5 -+ -2.69 (22 ply) 23.Qd2 Rd8 24.Rf2 Rfe8 25.Nf1 d4 26.e4 Nc6 27.Nf3 Nb4 ∓ -1.87 (21 ply)-+ -2.90 (23 ply) 41.Qa5 Rd6 42.Kg1 Ba6 43.Qe1 Qxe1 44.Rxe1 Bb7 45.Kf2 Re6 -+ -2.54 (25 ply)-+ -4.47 (26 ply)52.b4 Rd2 53.Bb3 Bxg2+ 54.Kg1 Bxh3 55.f6 h4 56.Bc4 Bg4 -+ -9.23 (25 ply)0-1

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