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George Wheatcroft vs Paul Keres
Margate (1939), Margate ENG, rd 5, Apr-17
King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Charousek Gambit Main Line (C32)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)13.Kf2 was played in Santasiere vs P Poschel, 1948 (1-0) 13...Bf5 14.Bc4 Nd7 15.Rhe1+ Kf6 16.Ne5 Nb6 17.Bb3 h5 = +0.38 (26 ply) ⩲ +1.36 (20 ply)better is 14...Kf8 15.g4 f6 16.Nd4 Bf7 17.Bc4 Nd7 18.Ne6+ Bxe6 ⩲ +1.07 (20 ply) ± +1.60 (21 ply) 16...a6 17.Nd6 Kc7 18.Nc4 b5 19.d6+ Kd8 20.Na5 Ra7 21.g4 ⩲ +1.12 (24 ply) ± +1.99 (25 ply) 17...a6 18.Nd6 Kc7 19.Nc4 Rae8 20.d6+ Kc8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 ± +1.60 (23 ply) 18.d6 Rc8 19.Nc7 Bf7 20.Bd3 g6 21.h4 c4 22.Bc2 Rxc7 +- +2.67 (24 ply) 18...Nb6 19.d6 Bf7 20.Bxb7 Rb8 21.Bc6 Bd5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 ⩲ +0.51 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.32 (25 ply)better is 20.Nc4 Bf7 21.Na5 Nf8 22.d6 Ng6 23.Be4 Nxf4 24.Bxb7 Ng6 ± +1.54 (23 ply) 20...b5 21.f5 Be8 22.Rf1 b4 23.Nc4 h5 24.Rf4 Bf7 25.Rd6 ⩲ +0.91 (20 ply) ± +1.81 (26 ply) 22.f5 Bf7 23.Rhe1 Bxe6 24.fxe6 b5 25.d6+ Kc8 26.Na5 Ne5 ± +1.74 (26 ply) 22...Rxe6 23.Rxe6 Re8 24.d6+ Kb8 25.f5 Bf7 26.Re7 Rxe7 ⩲ +0.89 (25 ply)+- +3.06 (23 ply) 24.Re7 Rxe7 25.Rxe7 Be8 26.d6+ Kc8 27.gxh5 Kd8 28.Na5 b6 +- +3.99 (26 ply) ⩲ +1.15 (24 ply) 25.gxh5 b5 26.h6 gxh6 27.Na5 Bxe6 28.fxe6 Ne5 29.d7+ Kc7 ± +2.08 (23 ply)= 0.00 (26 ply) after 25...b5 26.Na5 Ne5 27.Bb7+ Kb8 28.Bd5 Rd8 29.R1xe5 fxe5 better is 26.Na5 b6 27.Bb7+ Kb8 28.Bc6 Kc8 29.Bb7+ = 0.00 (29 ply)better is 26...Bxe6 27.fxe6 Rh2 28.exd7+ Kxd7 29.Rg1 b5 30.Ne3 c4 ⩱ -0.57 (26 ply)= +0.08 (29 ply) 30.Bd5 Rd8 31.Nc6+ Kc8 32.Ne7+ Kb8 33.Nc6+ = 0.00 (35 ply)-+ -4.53 (30 ply)36.Bd3 Bxa2 37.c4 Bb3 38.g5 Ke7 39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Be2 Ba2 -+ -5.12 (27 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-02-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: One example among many to dampen the enthusiasm for 3 ....e4, though I believe Bronstein-Tal, 1968 may have done more than any other game; in fact,so much so that 3 ....c6 is now topical.
Sep-03-17
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  fredthebear: White pushes the limits with interesting, aggressive play but comes up short. Perhaps he needed more preparation with Bd5. The attacker must have all the answers while the defender only needs to find one safe line to escape.
May-17-24
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  louispaulsen88888888: Yeah. Wheatcroft had him, but as they say, it’s hard to win a won game. 24. Re7 would have been strong.

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