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Joseph Blackburne vs Mikhail Chigorin
2nd DSB Congress, Berlin (1881), Berlin GER, rd 13, Sep-13
Colle System (D05)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)4...Bd6 was played in B Vergani vs Janowski, 1895 (0-1) 12...Qe7 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bc5 16.Rfd1 = -0.16 (23 ply) 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Ne5 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Qe8 16.Qc2 Nf6 17.Nc4 ⩲ +0.62 (21 ply) 13...dxc4 14.bxc4 c5 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Ne4 17.Rfd1 Qe7 = -0.39 (20 ply) ⩲ +0.90 (22 ply) 14...Qxb6 15.c5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Qc7 17.b4 Ng4 18.a4 Rab8 ⩲ +0.70 (24 ply) 15.Nxa8 Bb8 16.Ne5 Bxa8 17.f3 Ng5 18.f4 Nge4 19.Bf3 Qa5 ± +2.31 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.98 (19 ply) 17.Ba3 Rfe8 18.Qb2 Qc7 19.Kg2 dxc4 20.Rxc4 Nd7 21.Nxd7 ⩲ +1.31 (20 ply) ⩲ +0.51 (26 ply) 18.Bd3 Nd7 19.Qe2 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Ra8 21.Kg2 a5 22.Rh1 Qf7 ⩲ +0.76 (24 ply) 18...Ng4 19.Nxg4 fxg4 20.Bxg4 Rxf2+ 21.Qxf2 Nxf2 = 0.00 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.89 (25 ply) after 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.f3 Nf6 21.Bc3 g5 22.Rh1 Qg7 23.Bd3 g4 20...a5 21.Rcf1 Ba6 22.Nf4 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Ra8 24.f3 Ng5 = +0.44 (26 ply) 21.b4 g5 22.Rh3 R6f7 23.a4 f4 24.exf4 gxf4 25.Nxf4 Rxf4 ⩲ +1.45 (21 ply) 21...a5 22.Nf4 g5 23.Nh5 Rg6 24.Bd3 Ndf6 25.Nxf6+ Nxf6 = +0.48 (22 ply) ± +1.54 (21 ply)better is 22...R8f7 23.Qc1 a5 24.Qe1 f4 25.exf4 gxf4 26.Nxf4 Rxf4 ⩲ +0.89 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.41 (23 ply) after 23.Bc3 a5 24.Be1 e5 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Bxa5 Qe7 27.Nxe5 better is 23...a5 24.Bd2 Ba6 25.Be1 e5 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.Bxa6 g4 ⩲ +0.99 (22 ply) 24.Rh6 Rf6 25.Ne5 g4 26.Nd3 Rxh6 27.Rxh6 Ndf6 28.Nf4 Qf7 ± +1.56 (20 ply) 24...a5 25.Rh6 Ndf6 26.Rg1 Ng4 27.Rh3 Ba6 28.Rg2 Bxd3 = -0.07 (22 ply) 25.Kg2 a5 26.Ne5 Nd7 27.Nxd7 Qxd7 28.Bd3 Ra8 29.Rh6 g4 ⩲ +0.89 (23 ply) 25...a5 26.Bd2 Ng4 27.Kg1 Ngxf2 28.Nxf2 Nxg3 29.Be1 g4 = -0.45 (23 ply) 26.a4 Bd7 27.Bd2 e5 28.dxe5 Nxd2+ 29.Qxd2 Ne4 30.Qe1 f4 ⩲ +0.98 (21 ply) ⩱ -0.74 (22 ply) 27.b5 cxb5 28.Ne5 b4 29.Rh6 Ng4 30.Bxg4 fxg4 31.Nxg4 e5 = -0.27 (23 ply) ⩱ -1.03 (21 ply) 28.R1h2 Bb5 29.Rg2 axb4 30.Nxb4 Bxe2 31.Qxe2 g4 32.Rh6 ⩱ -0.58 (20 ply) ∓ -1.83 (24 ply) 29.Qxe2 axb4 30.axb4 Qb7 31.b5 cxb5 32.Rg1 b4 33.Rh6 Ng4 ∓ -1.60 (22 ply) 29...axb4 30.axb4 Qb7 31.Nd3 Qb5 32.Kf1 Ng4 33.Kg1 f4 -+ -2.90 (23 ply) ∓ -1.74 (21 ply) after 30.f3 Nxe5 31.fxe4 Ng4 32.exd5 exd5 33.Rf1 axb4 34.axb4 31...Ra8 32.Bb2 Qb8 33.Rb1 Qb5 34.f3 Ngf2 35.Rh6 Rf7 -+ -2.56 (22 ply)= -0.49 (28 ply) 35.Qe2 Ra8 36.Nd3 Ra1 37.Qf2 Qxf2+ 38.Kxf2 Rb1 39.Kg3 ⩱ -0.65 (25 ply) 35...Qf3 36.Qe2 Qxe2+ 37.Kxe2 h5 38.Nd3 h4 39.Kf2 Ra8 ∓ -2.27 (31 ply)= -0.29 (28 ply) 36...Qg3 37.Qe2 Ra8 38.Nd3 Ra1 39.Qf2 Qxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Rb1 ⩱ -0.83 (26 ply)= 0.00 (30 ply) 42.Ne5 Qb8 43.Qh6 Rxb2 44.Qxe6+ Kh8 45.Rf1 Qg8 46.Qf6+ ⩲ +0.95 (24 ply) 42...Qxd3 43.Qg5+ Rg7 44.Qd8+ Kf7 45.Qd7+ Kf6 46.Qd8+ = 0.00 (34 ply)+- +16.11 (25 ply)+- mate-in-8 after 45...f4+ 46.Kxf4 Qf1+ 47.Rxf1 Kd8 48.Qf8+ Re848...Kb8 49.Qxe8+ Ka7 50.Rxh7+ Qb7 51.Qc8 f4+ 52.Kxf4 +- mate-in-51-0

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Dec-20-06  who: Blackburne must have started drooling after Chigorin played 42...Re7??
Dec-20-06  who: Did Blackburne really miss 15.Nxa8? Is the score wrong?
Dec-20-06  Karpova: Strange... After 15.Nxa8 white is clearly winning with two pieces for a rook and better position but he may have been intimidated by black's options so that the psychological factor was more important.
May-10-08  Resignation Trap: Anthony Santasiere in "My Love Affair With Tchigorin" wrote in the final note to this game: <One wonders about White's helpless and hopeless (game-long) QB. I traced it back to White's poor seventeenth move - why close the only escape for a poor prisoner? The game was a hard one, with Tchigorin obviously not in the best of form alibis are perfectly justifiable and should be mentioned and kept for reference: A Russian among Germans and playing a Scotsman, the popular time pressure, an ache in the head or stomach or bowels, temporary stupidity, fatigue, the lights too strong or too weak, the noise (even a whisper has been known to induce a nervous breakdown), the smell of garlic or onions from across the table (more likely whiskey from Blackburne) - and we won't even consider the feminine sex or crying children! No doubt you could make a valuable contribution to this list. Ah - to be a Bobby Fischer, and <make> demands!>
Feb-03-11  madhatter5: after 15.♘xa8, there is something to 15...♗xh2, with a strong attack. Can somebody check this?
Jan-11-13  andyatchess: it seems the bishop check is too powerful from black

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