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Joseph Blackburne vs Wilhelm Steinitz
City ch match (1870), London ENG, Apr-??
Spanish Game: Cozio Defense. General (C60)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 5.Nxe5 dxe4 ⩲ +0.62 (26 ply)better is 5...a6 6.Bxc6+ Nxc6 7.d4 Bd7 8.Qc2 dxe4 9.Nxe5 f5 ⩱ -0.75 (21 ply) 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.d4 e4 8.Ng1 e3 9.Nf3 exf2+ 10.Kxf2 Bd7 = -0.21 (22 ply) 6...a6 7.exd5 axb5 8.Qxa8 Nxd5 9.Be3 Be7 10.O-O O-O ⩱ -1.05 (23 ply) 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Qd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.O-O a6 11.Ba4 O-O-O = +0.10 (22 ply) ⩱ -1.18 (23 ply) 9...Qd7 10.Be3 h5 11.Nbd2 h4 12.h3 g5 13.exd5 Nxd5 ⩱ -1.19 (20 ply)= -0.21 (22 ply) 12.exd5 Bxd5 13.c4 Bf7 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5 16.Nf5 Qd7 = -0.47 (24 ply) 12...f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.a4 a5 15.d4 e4 16.Ne5 Nxe5 ⩱ -1.32 (22 ply) 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.c4 Be6 15.d4 Bd7 16.Re1 c5 17.dxe5 fxe5 = -0.22 (24 ply) 13...f5 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.N3d2 Ba4 16.b3 Bd7 17.Ng3 Rf8 ⩱ -1.46 (23 ply)= -0.16 (23 ply)better is 14...Ba4 15.b3 Bd7 16.d4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.b4 Qe6 = -0.50 (23 ply)= +0.12 (24 ply) after 15.c4 d4 16.c5 dxe3 17.fxe3 f5 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Qb3+ Qf7 better is 20.Ne2 Qf7 21.Nc3 Rfd8 22.a4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ = +0.32 (25 ply)= -0.25 (24 ply)better is 26...Qf7 27.h3 Bg7 28.Nb4 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 = 0.00 (29 ply)better is 27.Nb2 f5 28.Nc4 f4 29.Bf2 g5 30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Rd1 Bf6 ⩲ +0.66 (27 ply)= +0.13 (27 ply)better is 31...Qe8 32.b4 Kg7 33.Qd2 Nc8 34.h3 c6 35.Ne3 Be6 36.Ne2 = 0.00 (28 ply) 32.b4 f5 33.h3 f4 34.Nb1 Qe8 35.Na3 Na7 36.Nc4 Bxa4 ⩲ +0.51 (26 ply)better is 32...Qe8 33.b4 Be6 34.Kg1 Nb8 35.b5 c6 36.bxc6 Nxc6 = -0.27 (27 ply)= +0.26 (25 ply) after 33.Kg1 f5 34.Qd3 a5 35.Nb5 Nb4 36.Nxb4 axb4 37.h3 fxe4 better is 39...f5 40.Qd3 Nc6 41.Kb2 Kf8 42.h3 f4 43.b5 Nxa5 44.c6 ⩱ -0.69 (27 ply)better is 40.Qd2 f5 41.Bh4 fxe4 42.fxe4 Bxh4 43.Nxc7+ Kd8 44.Qd6 = 0.00 (32 ply) ⩱ -0.57 (26 ply) 42.Qd6 f4 43.Ned5 cxd5 44.exd5 Bf5 45.c6 bxc6 46.dxc6 = +0.08 (32 ply) ⩱ -0.71 (27 ply) 44.Nc4 Bg8 45.Be3 f4 46.Bf2 Qh6 47.h4 g5 48.Nd6+ Bxd6 = -0.34 (27 ply) ∓ -1.72 (29 ply) after 44...fxe4 45.Qxe4 Qh6 46.Qc2 Qxh2 47.Be1 Nf6 48.Nd1 Qf4 47.Qe3 Qxe3+ 48.Bxe3 Nxe4 49.Nd3 Bf6 50.Kb2 Kf7 51.Nb6 ⩱ -1.50 (32 ply)-+ -2.61 (31 ply) 48.Qd3 Nxe4 49.Be3 Qg4 50.Qc2 Nf6 51.h3 Qf5 52.Qxf5 gxf5 ∓ -2.32 (31 ply)-+ -5.64 (29 ply) 52...Qc2 53.Ne5+ Kg8 54.Qb2 Qd1 55.Nc3 Qxg1 56.Nxg6 Qxg6 -+ -14.81 (26 ply)= 0.00 (47 ply)54...Ke7 55.Nc8+ Kf7 56.Nd6+ Ke7 = 0.00 (47 ply)1/2-1/2

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