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Max Weiss vs Jackson Showalter
6th American Chess Congress, New York (1889), New York, NY USA, rd 4, Mar-28
Spanish Game: General (C60)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)4.O-O was played in M Judd vs Showalter, 1890 (1-0)better is 4...Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Be2 c6 9.Bg5 = +0.21 (23 ply) 5.Nd5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.O-O c6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.Bd3 ⩲ +0.76 (23 ply) 5...Nge7 6.a4 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.h3 Nd4 9.Bc4 Be6 = -0.06 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.82 (23 ply) after 6.Be3 c6 7.d4 exd4 8.Bxd4 d6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.Qd2 Bxd4 better is 11.a4 O-O 12.Bb3 b6 13.Qd2 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Bg5 Bxd4 ⩲ +0.94 (20 ply)= +0.30 (22 ply)better is 17...b6 18.Ba3 Rfd8 19.Qf2 d4 20.Ba4 Qb7 21.Rxd4 Rxd4 ⩲ +1.07 (24 ply) 18.Qf2 b6 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.f5 Bxf5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 ± +1.77 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.77 (24 ply) after 18...a5 19.c3 a4 20.Bc2 Bf5 21.Nd4 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Qc7 19...Bg4 20.Rde1 h6 21.c3 Re8 22.Nd4 Nf5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5 ⩲ +0.70 (20 ply) ± +1.60 (22 ply) 20...Bd7 21.c3 Nf5 22.Rde1 Re8 23.Nxf5 Bxf5 24.Bxd5 Qd7 ⩲ +1.15 (21 ply) 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.g4 Ngh4 23.Bxh4 Nxh4 24.f5 d4 25.fxe6 +- +3.23 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.00 (23 ply)better is 23...Rac8 24.Qe3 h5 25.h3 Bc2 26.Rd4 Ne7 27.Qf3 g6 28.Bh4 ⩲ +0.70 (21 ply) 24.Rde1 Rac8 25.f5 Bxf5 26.Bd4 Be6 27.Rxe6 Rxd5 28.Rxg6 ⩲ +1.45 (26 ply)= 0.00 (28 ply) 29.Qf3 Rd8 30.f5 Nf4 31.Re4 Qc1+ 32.Re1 Qd2 33.Qe3 h5 = 0.00 (27 ply) ⩱ -0.97 (25 ply) 39...h5 40.Rc7 Re5 41.Kf2 Re7 42.Rxe7 Nxe7 43.a4 Nd5 ⩱ -1.05 (25 ply)= +0.23 (30 ply) 57...Rc2+ 58.Kf1 Ra2 59.Rb5 Kf7 60.Rxh5 Kg6 61.Rb5 Ra1+ = 0.00 (47 ply)+- +2.57 (47 ply) 63...Kg7 64.Ke4 f3 65.Kf4 Kg6 66.Ra6+ Kg7 67.Kg3 Kh7 ± +1.95 (59 ply)+- +132.78 (55 ply)+- mate-in-21 after 66.Ke4 h3 67.Rf8 h2 68.Rh8 g3 69.Kf3 Kg6 70.Kxg368...h2 69.Rh8 g3 70.Kxg3 Kf5 71.Kf3 Ke5 72.Rxh2 Kd5 +- mate-in-191-0

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Dec-04-14  Knight13: <4... Bf6?! 5... Nce7?!> That's one way of playing the Ruy Lopez, I suppose.

<57... Rg1??> was way too optimistic. Black ignored the passed a-pawn and went pawn hunting against his better judgment. 57... Rc2+ is the right move, as the position, if my assessment is correct, should be a draw. So keep checking the White King until he agrees to split the point or if White plays AA. Kd3+ then ... Ra2 AB. Rb5 Rxg2 AC. Rxh5 f3 AD. Rf5 which gives Black slightly better chances.

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