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Joseph Blackburne vs Harry Pillsbury
4th Anglo-American Cable Match (1899), London ENG / New York NY, rd 1, Mar-10
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6...d5 was played in Leonhardt vs Chigorin, 1906 (0-1)better is 7.O-O d6 8.Qe1 Bd7 9.a4 Qe7 10.h3 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 = +0.30 (25 ply)= -0.26 (24 ply)better is 8.a3 Ne7 9.a4 c6 10.Bb3 a5 11.O-O h6 12.Qe1 Ng6 13.Nd2 = +0.21 (23 ply)= -0.34 (26 ply)better is 11...c6 12.h3 Nf6 13.b4 Bd7 14.Ne2 Re8 15.c4 d5 16.Ng3 = -0.25 (24 ply)= +0.41 (24 ply)better is 20.Nf3 Rf4 21.Qg5 Qxg5 22.Nxg5 Rxf2 23.Kxf2 Nf7 24.Nf3 ⩲ +0.52 (28 ply)= -0.08 (27 ply)better is 32...Ke8 33.Ngf5 Qc7 34.Qf3 Qc6 35.c4 e4 36.Qe2 Ng5 = +0.41 (25 ply) 33.Ngf5 Bxf5 34.Nxf5 Qc6 35.h4 c4 36.Qa7 Ke8 37.d4 cxb3 ⩲ +1.05 (26 ply) 33...Qc6 34.Kh2 b6 35.Qf2 d4 36.Ne4 Bxf5 37.Qxf5 Ke7 = +0.18 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.95 (25 ply)better is 35...Ke8 36.Qf3 Ng5 37.Qe2 Qc7 38.Qe3 Kd7 39.Nxh6 Ne6 ⩲ +0.64 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.37 (30 ply)better is 37...b5 38.Kh3 Qe6 39.c4 bxc4 40.bxc4 dxc4 41.Qa8+ Qe8 ⩲ +0.91 (24 ply) ± +1.66 (26 ply)better is 39...dxe4 40.Qc3 h5 41.Kf4 hxg4 42.Qg7+ Ke8 43.Qxg4 Kd8 ⩲ +1.42 (28 ply) ± +1.92 (32 ply) 40...Qxf4+ 41.Kxf4 d4 42.Ng3 Ke7 43.Kf5 d3 44.Nf1 a4 ± +1.84 (32 ply)+- +3.78 (31 ply) 42...e3 43.Nxe3 Nd3+ 44.Kf5 Kf7 45.Nd5 Ne1 46.Ke4 Kg6 +- +3.22 (29 ply)+- +5.33 (29 ply) 44.Nxh6 a4 45.bxa4 Nxc4 46.Nf5 Nd2+ 47.Kd5 c4 48.Kd4 Kf7 +- +6.13 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.83 (35 ply) 45.Nf5 Kg6 46.Nd6 h5 47.g5 Nd1 48.Nc8 Nc3+ 49.Kd3 Na2 ⩲ +0.92 (33 ply)= 0.00 (43 ply) 58...Kg8 59.g7 Nc6 60.Ng3 Nb8 61.Nf5 Nd7+ 62.Ke6 Nb8 = 0.00 (60 ply)+- +132.65 (49 ply)71...a3 72.Nxa3 +- mate-in-641-0

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Jul-03-09  Calli: 10 March 1899, the 4th USA-Britain cable match. USA won 6-4.

Apparently drawn is 58...Nc6 59.g7+ Kg8 60.Ng3 Nb8 61.Nf5 Nd7+ 62.Kg6 Ne5+ 63.Kf6 Ng4+ etc

Blackburne now had 2 Wins and 2 Draws in cable matches against Harry P. He also reversed the Vienna 1898 result and scored 2 wins in the London 1899 tournament that year.

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