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Albert Hodges vs Eugene Delmar
Cambridge Springs (1904), Cambridge Springs, PA USA, rd 5, May-02
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Cozio Defense (C70)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 6...Ng6 7.d4 Be7 8.d5 b5 9.Bc2 Na5 10.a4 Bd7 11.Na3 = +0.47 (28 ply) ⩲ +1.00 (18 ply) 9.Ng5 O-O 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 d5 12.exd5 Na5 13.d6 Nxb3 ⩲ +1.23 (26 ply)better is 9...exd4 10.cxd4 Na5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bc2 c5 13.Ne2 cxd4 = -0.12 (25 ply)= +0.44 (25 ply) after 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Na5 13.Nbd2 Nxb3 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Nbd2 h6 14.d5 Re8 15.a4 Nxb3 = +0.31 (22 ply) ⩱ -0.61 (23 ply)better is 13...Nxb3 14.Qxb3 a5 15.a4 b4 16.Rad1 Ba6 17.Rfe1 Rb8 = -0.45 (23 ply)= +0.22 (23 ply)better is 14...d5 15.Qc1 Bb7 16.Rd1 Re8 17.Bf4 Qc8 18.Ng3 dxe4 = 0.00 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.59 (22 ply)better is 15...Rb8 16.Bg5 Rb7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nf3 b4 19.Ba4 Qc7 = +0.17 (21 ply)better is 16.Nf4 d5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Nf3 ⩲ +0.89 (22 ply)= +0.32 (25 ply)better is 18.Nf3 Rd8 19.Ned4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bd7 21.Nf3 d5 22.Bc5 Re8 ⩲ +0.65 (23 ply)= +0.14 (23 ply) 20...Bd5 21.Ng5 Rd8 22.Qa3 b4 23.cxb4 Qb7 24.Bc5 h6 25.b5 = +0.05 (27 ply) 21.Nfd4 Rd8 22.Qc5 Qb7 23.Nxc6 Nxc6 24.Rd1 Bf8 25.Rxd8 ⩲ +1.03 (27 ply)= 0.00 (30 ply) 24.Ng5 Re8 25.Nf7+ Kg8 26.Qd5 Rxe3 27.Nd6+ Kh8 28.Nf7+ = 0.00 (32 ply)-+ -3.60 (25 ply) 25.Qxd4 Nxd4 26.Nexd4 Rxf4 27.Ne6 Rf5 28.Kh2 Bf6 29.Ned4 -+ -3.70 (27 ply)-+ -8.57 (28 ply)27.Kh2 Nxf1+ 28.Kh1 Rxa8 29.Nd4 Bxd4 30.cxd4 Ra1 31.g4 -+ -11.63 (25 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-09-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: Hodges plays solidly, but his <24.Bf2?> overlooks that his Q and N's do not coordinate. He had to play:

<24.Ng5!> h6 25.Bc5 hxg5 26.Bxf8 Bxf8 27.Qe6

Mar-14-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: The finish is reminescent of the famous N Marache vs Morphy, 1857 game:


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<19...Ng3!>

Which is not surprising, considering that Delmar got his start during the Morphy Boom in the late 1850s.

Feb-06-16  TheFocus: Cambridge Springs Brilliancy Prizes:

First Prize ($40) - Carl Schlechter, for his game against Dr. E. Lasker in the 11th round.

Second Prize ($25) - William E. Napier, for his game against John Barry in the first round.

Third and fourth Prize ($35) - divided equally between David Janowski, for his game against M. Tschigorin in the sixth round, and to Eugene Delmar, for his game against A.B. Hodges in the fifth round.

See <American a Chess Bulletin>, November 1904, pg. 127.

Feb-06-16  zanzibar: <Focus> are making a collection for games with Brillancy Prizes?

Oh, ooh, that would be exciting.

Feb-06-16  TheFocus: <zanzibar> <Focus> <are making a collection for games with Brillancy Prizes? Oh, ooh, that would be exciting.>

That would be nice. I have lots of bound magazines to pore through.

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