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Valentine Green vs Wilhelm Steinitz
5th BCA Congress, London (1862), London ENG, rd 7, Jul-??
Italian Game: Classical Variation. Greco Gambit Traditional Line (C54)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 ⩲ +0.51 (37 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) after 3...Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Re1 Bb6 8.Nbd2 better is 5.d3 a5 6.O-O d6 7.h3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bb5 = +0.46 (20 ply)= -0.07 (24 ply)better is 12...h6 13.Ne4 c6 14.Qa3 Qb6 15.Rac1 a5 16.h3 Be6 17.Nc5 = +0.22 (22 ply)better is 13.Ne4 c6 14.Ne5 Ned5 15.a4 a5 16.Rac1 Ne6 17.Bxd5 cxd5 ⩲ +0.92 (22 ply)= +0.32 (23 ply) after 13...Nfd5 14.Rae1 c6 15.Qa3 Ng6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bf5 14...Be6 15.g3 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Ne6 17.Nce5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 b6 = +0.29 (33 ply) 15.Re8 Qd7 16.Rxa8 Rxa8 17.Qxb7 Qc8 18.Qxc8+ Rxc8 19.Ng5 +- +2.75 (35 ply) 15...Be6 16.Qxb7 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Rxb2 18.Qa3 Rxd2 19.Bxe6 = +0.37 (32 ply) ± +1.74 (31 ply) after 16.Ne4 Qb6 17.Neg5 Qxb3 18.Rxb3 Rab8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 17...Bd7 18.Ne4 Qxd4 19.Ng5 Bc6 20.Rf5 b5 21.Bxf7+ Kh8 ⩲ +0.88 (33 ply) ± +2.04 (34 ply) 18...a5 19.g3 a4 20.Qc3 b5 21.Rxb5 c6 22.Rc5 Nd5 23.Qa3 ⩲ +1.50 (25 ply) 19.Qxb7 h6 20.Re7 Rfb8 21.Qxc7 Qxc7 22.Rxc7 Rxb2 23.Ne5 +- +2.54 (31 ply) 19...f6 20.Re7 b5 21.Bb3 Bh5 22.h3 Rad8 23.Nh4 Qxd4 = +0.45 (35 ply) 20.Re7 Nf4 21.Qe5 Rac8 22.b3 Qf6 23.Ng5 Qxe5 24.dxe5 f6 ± +1.64 (33 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply) 22...Kg8 23.h3 Rd8 24.Qe3 h6 25.Ne5 Qxd4 26.Qb3 Re8 = 0.00 (37 ply) 23.Ne5 Qxe7 24.Nxg6+ fxg6 25.Rxe7 Rd8 26.Rxc7 Rxd4 ⩲ +1.09 (41 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply) 28...Nc7 29.a4 b6 30.Bd3 Bxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Ke7 32.Nf1 Ke6 = -0.30 (25 ply)better is 29.Nf1 Nc7 30.Ne3 b5 31.Bb3 a5 32.Kd2 Kf6 33.a3 Be4 = +0.46 (25 ply)= -0.18 (26 ply) 38...f5 39.b4 b5 40.Ke3 f4+ 41.gxf4+ Kf5 42.Kf3 Kf6 43.a3 = 0.00 (61 ply) 39.a4 a5 40.h4 Kg6 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.g4 hxg4 43.Kxg4 Kg6 +- +7.93 (47 ply)= 0.00 (58 ply) 40...f5 41.Ke3 a5 42.Kf3 a4 43.Ke3 f4+ 44.gxf4+ Kf5 = 0.00 (60 ply) 41.a4 a5 42.gxh4+ Kxh4 43.Kg2 Kg5 44.Kg3 Kh5 45.h4 Kh6 +- +8.35 (46 ply); 41...b5 42.Ke3 a5 43.b4 axb4 44.Kf3 f5 45.gxf5 Kxf5 = 0.00 (71 ply)1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-04-17  Big Pawn: Green had pressure on black after 19. Qe3 Nh5 but he let him off the hook with wholesale exchanges.

Steinitz only managed to draw this one. Looking at the crosstable of the London 1862 tournament, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londo..., we see that Anderssen took clear first with 11/13. He lost one game!

Steinitz lost to the top four, Anderssen, Paulsen, Owen and MacDonnell. He also lost to Blackburne and had a few draws, including this one with Green, who came in dead last.

It's amazing that Steinitz would rise up from this mediocrity and become the best player in the world for 20 years.

I also noticed that, like a lot of class players (players below a 2000 rating), he is capable in his early years of great combinations here and there, but he has a lot of blunders in a lot of games. He's capable of playing Rxh7 against Mongredien, but misses his queen getting trapped in broad daylight against Wilson.

In contrast, Morphy almost never blundered. He seemed to be a complete natural. Steinitz was not a natural; he had to work at it very hard.

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