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Simon Winawer vs Wilhelm Steinitz
Vienna (1882), Vienna AUH, rd 29, Jun-15
Three Knights Opening: Steinitz Defense (C46)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-18-15
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  Honza Cervenka: Wild game where both players missed opportunities to win. Steinitz's positional experiment with early f7-f5 went wrong, and white got clearly superior game but in complex position he did not find the most energetic blows, which would have broken black's defense, and after some inaccuracies black went for counter-attack, won a piece, and hunted white's King across the board but in critical moment he failed to find optimal continuation in his attack and let white to slip off the hook.

White's missed chances to win were 25.Qxd7+!! Bxd7 26.Rxd7+ Ng7 27.Ree7 h5 28.Rf7 Qh8 29.Nf6+ Kh6 30.Nce4 Rc8 31.h4 with next 32.Ng5, 33.Rxg7 and 34.Nf7+ (there are much more ways to win from that point, of course), and also 28.Re4! (instead of 28.Qe4) with threats 29.Nf6+ or 29.Rxf4.

On the other hand, 46...Qe1+! 47.Kd3 Qb1+ 48.Ke2 Re8+ wins easily for black, for example 49.Kf3 Qb3+ with mate or 49.Kd2 Qxb4+ 50.Kd3 Rd8+ 51.Ke2 Rd2+ 52.Kf3 Qb3+ 53.Kf4 Rf2+ 54.Ke5 Qb2+ 55.Ke4 Qb4+ 56.Ke5 Re2+ 57.Kd5 Rd2+ 58.Ke5 Qd4#.

Feb-26-19  Straclonoor: <On the other hand, 46...Qe1+! 47.Kd3 Qb1+ 48.Ke2 Re8+ wins easily for black>

A little bit earlier

Analysis by Stockfish 091218 64 POPCNT:

1. -+ (-14.15): 44...a4 45.Qc2 Qb5 46.Qg6 Qb3+ 47.Kd2 Qxb2+ 48.Qc2 Qd4+ 49.Qd3 Qf2+ 50.Kc3 Re3 51.g5 Rxd3+ 52.Kxd3 Qg3+ 53.Kd4 hxg5 54.Rf6 Qb3 55.Rf3 Qc2 56.Ke3 Nf5+ 57.Rxf5 Qxf5 58.Ke2 Qb5+ 59.Kf2 Qb6+ 60.Kf1 Qf6+ 61.Kg1

2. -+ (-12.15): 44...Re3+ 45.Kd4 Re8 46.b4 Qe3+ 47.Kc4 Qxa3 48.Qd6 Ne6 49.Kb5 Qe3 50.g5 hxg5 51.Ra6 axb4 52.Kxb4 Nf4 53.Rb6 Qe1+ 54.Kb5 Qe2+ 55.Ka4 Ra8+ 56.Kb3 Qa2+ 57.Kc3 Ra3+ 58.Kd4 Rd3+ 59.Ke5 Rxd6 60.Rb8+ Kf7 61.Rb7+ Kg6 62.Kxd6 Qd5+ 63.Kc7 Ne6+ 64.Kb8 Qe5+ 65.Ka8

Oct-13-19  SymphonicKnight: On a strategic level, Winawer neglected 17.e5! to take advantage of his superior development, central control, and Steinitz' exposed K and Q. He could certainly use a dose of Morphy in seeking tactical options.

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