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Isidor Gunsberg vs Joseph Blackburne
St. Petersburg (1914), St. Petersburg RUE, rd 6, Apr-29
Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)2...f5 was played in T Varvadoukas vs A Tari, 2017 (0-1)3.Bd3 was played in C Nissen vs A Nickel, 1990 (1-0)better is 4...Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 b6 8.b4 Nc6 9.Rb1 = -0.27 (23 ply)= +0.45 (20 ply)better is 5...Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.b3 O-O 9.a4 b6 10.Ba3 = -0.13 (21 ply)better is 6.e4 O-O 7.c3 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Bb3 Qd6 10.Na3 a6 = +0.40 (23 ply)= -0.19 (20 ply) after 6...Nbc6 7.e4 O-O 8.Bb3 Na5 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.Ba4 Nac6 better is 9...Na5 10.Ne2 b6 11.Ba4 Ba6 12.c3 h6 13.b4 Nc4 14.Bc2 = -0.10 (21 ply)= +0.43 (24 ply)better is 12.axb3 b6 13.b4 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Rxa5 bxa5 16.b3 c5 = +0.36 (23 ply)= -0.27 (24 ply) after 12...Nf5 13.Ng3 Nh4 14.Nxh4 Qxh4 15.Be3 b6 16.Rfe1 Bd7 18...exf5 19.h4 Bd7 20.b3 Be6 21.Rfb1 Qc7 22.Bf4 Rfb8 = -0.20 (26 ply) 19.Kh2 f6 20.Rg1 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Rg8 22.g4 Bd7 23.Nf3 Be8 ± +1.67 (25 ply)= +0.30 (23 ply) 23.g4 Rb8 24.Rg1 b4 25.gxf5 Rxg1+ 26.Rxg1 exf5 27.Nf1 = +0.39 (24 ply)= -0.44 (28 ply)better is 24.Rg1 a5 25.a3 Qg3 26.Qe2 Bd7 27.Nf3 b4 28.axb4 axb4 = -0.10 (28 ply) ⩱ -0.70 (27 ply)better is 26.Bd2 Bd7 27.Nf3 a5 28.a3 Raf8 29.g5 hxg5 30.Nxg5+ Kg7 = -0.48 (28 ply) ⩱ -1.03 (22 ply) after 26...b4 27.Nf3 a5 28.Bd2 Bd7 29.Rab1 Rgb8 30.Kg2 a4 better is 30...b4 31.Rxg8 Kxg8 32.Bc1 Kf7 33.Kg2 Ba4 34.Ne1 bxc3 ⩱ -1.20 (34 ply)= -0.46 (35 ply) 32.a3 b4 33.axb4 axb4 34.cxb4 Bxb4 35.Nd2 Kf7 36.Nb1 Ke7 = -0.40 (38 ply) 32...b4 33.Ne1 Ba4 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Kf2 Bd1 36.Ng2 Bc2 ⩱ -1.46 (29 ply) ⩱ -0.54 (44 ply) after 33.Ne1 Kf7 34.Kg2 Bd1 35.a3 Kg6 36.Nf3 Bc2 37.Be1 Be4 37.Nd2 Bd1 38.Nf1 Bh4+ 39.Ng3 Bd8 40.Ke3 Be7 41.Nf1 Bc2 ⩱ -0.63 (35 ply) ∓ -1.87 (35 ply) 39.Nh2 Kb5 40.Kd2 Ka4 41.Kc2 Be2 42.cxb4 Bd3+ 43.Kc1 ∓ -2.00 (35 ply)-+ -3.68 (33 ply) 41.Nd2 Kb5 42.Nf1 Bc1+ 43.Kf2 Bg6 44.Ke1 Bxf4 45.Bf2 Bg5 -+ -3.07 (32 ply)-+ -5.67 (28 ply)50.Kf1 Bg6 51.Nd2 Bxd2 52.Kxf2 Bxc3 53.Bc5 Bb2 54.Bf8 -+ -52.17 (30 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-23-05  InspiredByMorphy: 13. ...c5 was more powerful than it appeared. The queenside pawn advances are what wins the game. 13. Be3 would have stopped it.
May-23-05  Kangaroo: There was a story (perhaps related to this game) that after this game, being congratulated by his fans, Joseph Henry Blackburne (born, 1841) said that the experience beat the youth, meaning Isidor Gunsberg (born 1854) - believe it or not!
Jan-17-09
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  keypusher: Tarrasch in the tournament book: Why does Gunsberg, at an age when Anderssen and Steinitz were still enormously strong, show scarcely a trace of his former strength? And why are the <beaux gestes> of Blackburne, a 73-year-old man -- one cannot say an old man -- still so acceptable? Could it be the power of alcohol, which Blackburne consumed in considerable quantities all his life and which proved to be a medium of preservation for him, while Gunsberg is an outspoken teetotaler? Blackburne's case is a phenomenon that the temperance union must explain, for it is appropriate for reducing their efforts directly <ad absurdum>.
Jan-17-09
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  Phony Benoni: And that's why chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
Dec-10-09  WhiteRook48: 50 Kf1 Bd1! and white is dead

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