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Mikhail Chigorin vs Wilhelm Cohn
11th DSB Congress, Cologne (1898), Cologne GER, rd 2, Aug-02
French Defense: Chigorin Variation (C00)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 7s/ply)better is 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O = +0.34 (31 ply)better is 2...c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Nge7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.c3 = -0.30 (32 ply) 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Qe7 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 f5 7.g3 fxe4 = +0.35 (31 ply)= -0.44 (32 ply) 4.Nf3 a6 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 O-O = +0.48 (31 ply)= -0.37 (30 ply) 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 = +0.38 (30 ply) 5...Nd4 6.Qd1 Nf6 7.Na4 Be7 8.Ne2 d5 9.Nxd4 exd4 = -0.39 (28 ply) 6.Na4 Nf6 7.h3 Bb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.c3 h6 11.d3 = +0.49 (29 ply) 6...Nge7 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.c3 O-O 9.b4 Bb6 10.a4 a6 ⩱ -0.65 (31 ply) 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.c3 O-O 9.Nf3 a5 10.O-O Bd7 11.d3 b5 = +0.32 (31 ply) 7...Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7 9.Qc4 O-O 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 b5 ⩱ -0.85 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.86 (34 ply) after 8.b4 Bb6 9.a4 a6 10.d3 Bxd5 11.exd5 Ne7 12.a5 Ba7 8...O-O 9.b4 Bb6 10.a4 a6 11.a5 Ba7 12.Bg5 Bxd5 13.exd5 = +0.37 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.17 (35 ply) 12.f4 b5 13.f5 Bd7 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8 16.Nh3 Qa1 ⩲ +0.80 (34 ply)= 0.00 (35 ply)better is 13...Qd7 14.Re1 b5 15.a5 d5 16.Be3 Bh3 17.Bc5 Rfe8 18.Nh4 = -0.15 (34 ply)= +0.50 (33 ply)better is 15.Ra3 axb5 16.axb5 Rc5 17.c4 Nxc4 18.dxc4 Bxc4 19.Qe1 ⩲ +0.61 (35 ply)= 0.00 (36 ply) 16...Nxc1 17.Rbxc1 Nd7 18.Rfd1 Bg4 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 = 0.00 (38 ply) ⩲ +0.97 (33 ply)better is 17...Qc7 18.Bb2 Ra8 19.Ra1 Ra7 20.Rfe1 Rfa8 21.d4 Ncd7 ⩲ +0.62 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.29 (32 ply) 19.Bb2 Ra8 20.Ra1 Bg4 21.d4 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 exd4 23.Bxd4 ⩲ +1.11 (34 ply)better is 19...Nh7 20.Nf3 f5 21.Nh4 fxe4 22.dxe4 Nf6 23.f3 Qf7 = 0.00 (36 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (33 ply) 20...Bh3 21.f5 Bxg2 22.Qxg2 Qc7 23.g4 Ncxe4 24.Nf3 Nc5 = +0.35 (35 ply) 21.f5 Bd7 22.Qe2 Ra4 23.g4 Nh7 24.h4 f6 25.Nc2 Rfa8 ⩲ +1.30 (34 ply)= 0.00 (42 ply) 22...Nfxe4 23.Qc1 gxh6 24.Qxh6 Bxc4 25.dxc4 Qd6 26.Qh5 = 0.00 (40 ply) ⩲ +0.90 (36 ply) 26.h3 Rda8 27.Qe2 Qd8 28.Qf3 Qg5 29.Nc2 Rc3 30.Ne3 Nxd3 ⩲ +1.10 (32 ply)better is 26...Rda8 27.Qd1 Qd8 28.Nc2 Ra2 29.Qf3 Qh4 30.Ne3 R8a3 = +0.21 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.92 (33 ply) 28.Kh1 Rda8 29.h4 Rg8 30.Qc1 Nxd3 31.Nxd3 Rxd3 32.Bxd3 ⩲ +0.87 (32 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply) 31.Rc1 Nb3 32.Qb2 Qd4 33.Rcc2 Qxb2 34.Rxb2 Nd4 35.Nf3 = 0.00 (36 ply) 31...Qe7 32.Qe3 Qxh4+ 33.Rh2 Qf6 34.Qf2 Qd8 35.Be2 Qg5 ⩱ -1.11 (35 ply)= 0.00 (40 ply) 34.Rg2 Bh3 35.Qg5 Bxg2+ 36.Rxg2 Rg6 37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Rxg6+ = 0.00 (44 ply) 34...Ne6 35.Ra2 Rb1 36.Rab2 Rxb2 37.Rxb2 Nf4 38.Rd2 Bd1 ⩱ -0.89 (35 ply)= -0.10 (40 ply) 36.Nf3 Kg8 37.Ng5 f6 38.Bh3 Qd7 39.Rg2 Qxd3 40.Qxd3 Nxd3 = 0.00 (42 ply) 36...Ra8 37.Be2 Be6 38.Kh1 Ra3 39.Rb1 Bxc4 40.Rbf1 Rg7 ⩱ -0.92 (33 ply)= 0.00 (47 ply) 42.Rab2 Ra1 43.Ra2 Rb1 = 0.00 (50 ply)-+ -2.55 (38 ply) 43.Kg1 Bh3 44.Qe3 Be6 45.Qe2 Qc5 46.Qc2 Rb4 47.Kh1 Rg3 ∓ -2.10 (26 ply) 43...Rd1 44.Qb2 Bh3 45.Qe2 Ng4+ 46.Kxh3 Nxf2+ 47.Qxf2 -+ -3.67 (41 ply) 44.Rb2 Rxb2 45.Qxb2 Qc5 46.Qd2 Be6 47.Rf3 Bg4 = 0.00 (43 ply)-+ -2.65 (39 ply) 45.Ra2 Rd1 46.Qb2 Bh5 47.Rf5 Ng4+ 48.Kh1 Nh6 49.Qf2 Nxf5 -+ -2.86 (41 ply)-+ -69.93 (52 ply)-+ mate-in-10 after 48...Rf4 49.Qa1 Bd1 50.Qxd1 Rxh4+ 51.Kg2 Qg5+51.Qf1 Rxf1 52.Bxf1 Qf2+ 53.Bg2 Qxh4+ 54.Bh3 Qf2+ 55.Kh1 -+ mate-in-260-1

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Jun-06-05  jahhaj: If this score is correct they repeat the position three times on the 37th, 39th and 41st moves.

Maybe they didn't have threefold repetition in 1898?

Sep-07-09
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  keypusher: <jahhaj> No, they didn't. And Chigorin hated draws. It cost him here.
Mar-17-23  Z free or die: https://www.retronews.fr/journal/no...
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  fredthebear: Goin' retro? Where's Zappa XP?
Jul-29-24
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  keypusher: This is a funny game. Chigorin wins a pawn at move 23 by taking on f6, but Cohn gets good counterplay out of it. Some 20 moves later, after spurning a repetition, Chigorin decides it's time to strike on f6 again.


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45.Ra4 Qc5 46.Rxf6 Rxf6 47.Qxb1.

But after 47....Rf3 Chigorin realizes that the result of his combination is that he's about to get checkmated.

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