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Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin
Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Rematch (1892), Havana CUB, rd 22, Feb-25
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation. Normal Line (D55)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 8...dxc4 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bxc4 c5 11.Bf4 cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 = -0.15 (28 ply)= +0.36 (27 ply)better is 9...exd5 10.O-O c5 11.Qb3 Rc8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Qd1 Nce4 = +0.08 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (30 ply) 14...e5 15.dxe5 Qxd1+ 16.Bxd1 a5 17.Kd2 Rfc8 18.Rxc8+ ⩲ +0.63 (28 ply)+- +2.59 (28 ply) 16...Qxd4 17.Nxb3 Qxe4 18.Nd2 Qb4 19.O-O Nf6 20.Rd1 Rad8 ± +2.35 (28 ply)+- +4.73 (27 ply)better is 18.e5 Qe7 19.Rxc2 f6 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Nf3 e5 22.dxe5 Nxe5 +- +4.83 (29 ply)+- +3.09 (31 ply) 22...Qxa3 23.bxa3 Rad8 24.Nc4 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Nxe4 26.Nxe5 +- +3.10 (31 ply)+- +4.96 (26 ply)49...Kg7 50.Qd5 Kf8 51.h5 Rg7 52.h6 Rg8 53.Qf5+ Ke7 54.h7 +- +132.66 (27 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-28-08  Knight13: This is a slaughter. 14. e4!!

But, of course, Chigorin wouldn't resign on move 16 because he would lose his face.

Oct-07-11  lipschutz: Chigorin actually played the illegal 35…Kxg7 but, as he apologized, Steinitz refrained from forcing him to make a move with his King. However, Steinitz was annoyed Chigorin played on for a further 15 moves in a hopeless position. (NYTribune, Mar. 4, 1892)
Sep-16-15  sportember: What's wrong with 14. ... e5?
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  Chessical: <Sportember> 14...e5 15.dxe5 Qxd1+ 16.Bxd1 a5 17.Kd2 Rfc8 18.Rxc8+ is undoubtedly better.

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