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Johann Lowenthal vs Daniel Harrwitz
Harrwitz - Lowenthal (1853), London, rd 5, Oct-05
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 4...Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ = +0.06 (35 ply)better is 5.d4 Nxe4 6.Re1 f5 7.dxe5 Bc5 8.Be3 Qe7 9.Nc3 Nxc3 ⩲ +1.16 (20 ply)= +0.48 (24 ply) 7...Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Ba7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.a4 = +0.45 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.44 (22 ply)better is 8...Qe7 9.Nh4 g6 10.Nf3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Bb7 12.Nc3 O-O ⩲ +1.02 (23 ply) ± +1.76 (23 ply)better is 10...O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 e4 ⩲ +1.40 (24 ply) 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Nd5 Qe6 14.Qd3 Rg8 15.g3 h5 ± +1.99 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.78 (23 ply) 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.b4 O-O 15.bxc5 Qxc5 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Nxe5 ⩲ +0.96 (24 ply)= -0.34 (24 ply)better is 15...O-O 16.h3 Rfe8 17.Qe2 Kg7 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 Bc7 20.c3 ⩱ -0.52 (23 ply)= +0.18 (27 ply) 18...Kg7 19.Rad1 Bb8 20.Qxd7 Qxd7 21.Rxd7 Bc6 22.Rd3 a5 = 0.00 (29 ply) ⩲ +1.37 (24 ply) after 19.Qxh6 Qf6 20.Ne3 Be7 21.c3 d6 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Ra8 better is 20...Qf6 21.Ne3 Re8 22.Qh3 Bc8 23.c3 Bf8 24.g4 d6 25.b4 ⩲ +1.47 (24 ply) ± +1.98 (22 ply)better is 22...Qe6 23.c3 Rd6 24.c4 Re8 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Bxd5 ± +1.63 (27 ply) ± +2.31 (25 ply)better is 26.f3 Qd8 27.Qg4 Rg8 28.Kf2 a5 29.Rh1 Bc6 30.c3 Kf8 ± +2.45 (26 ply) ± +1.72 (23 ply) 28.Qd2 Kg7 29.Re3 Bc6 30.g4 Rh8 31.Rf3 f6 32.Rh3 Rxh3 ± +2.48 (27 ply) ± +1.61 (28 ply)better is 30.g4 Kg7 31.Rxd6 f6 32.Qd2 Rxd6 33.Qxd6 g5 34.Qe6 Rf7 ± +2.11 (27 ply)better is 30...b4 31.g4 Qe7 32.Qxe7 Rxe7 33.Rxd6 Rc7 34.R6d2 Kg7 ± +1.58 (25 ply) ± +2.22 (26 ply) 31...f5 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.Qd2 Rff6 34.g4 e4 35.Qe3 Rf8 ± +1.91 (26 ply)+- +2.87 (26 ply)better is 44.Kd3 Rb3+ 45.Kc2 a4 46.c5 Rb5 47.Rd6+ Ke7 48.Rd5 Ke6 +- +4.42 (33 ply) ± +1.87 (36 ply) 48...Rb4 49.Kc1 Rd4 50.Rc3 Ra4 51.Rd3 Rc4+ 52.Kd2 Rxc5 ± +2.32 (32 ply)+- +132.59 (42 ply) after 49.Rxc5+ Kxc5 50.Kc3 a4 51.b3 a3 52.b4+ Kb5 53.Kb3 a2 50.Rxc5+ Kxc5 51.Kc3 a4 52.b3 a3 53.b4+ Kb5 54.Kb3 a2 +- +65.30 (34 ply) ± +1.76 (36 ply) 51...Kc4 52.Kc2 Rc8 53.Rxg6 Rh8 54.Rxg5 Rh2 55.Rg8 Rxg2+ ± +1.69 (33 ply) 52.Rxc6 Kxc6 53.Kc3 Kc5 54.b3 a3 55.b4+ Kb5 56.Kb3 a2 +- +132.57 (43 ply) ⩲ +1.47 (35 ply) 53.Rxc5+ Kxc5 54.Kc3 Kb5 55.b4 Ka6 56.Kb2 Kb6 57.Ka3 Kb5 +- +55.81 (39 ply) ± +1.68 (34 ply)59...Kc4 60.Kxa4 Kd4 61.b5 Kc5 62.Ka5 Kd4 63.b6 Ke3 64.b7 +- mate-in-191-0

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Jan-20-05  Knight13: 59... Kb6 60. Kxa4 Ka6 and Black can force a draw here.
Jan-20-05  drukenknight: uuuuh, come again? Doesnt he just push the b pawn down, and then the K races over to the Q side and mops up the e pawn?
Jan-20-05  Knight13: Oops. I thought it was the A pawn, not the B pawn.
Jan-21-05
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  beatgiant: <Knight13>
<Oops. I thought it was the A-pawn, not the B-pawn.>

It doesn't matter if it is an a-pawn or a b-pawn. As <drukenknight> pointed out, White doesn't try to queen the pawn directly. Instead, the pawn deflects Black's king so White's king can take pawns on the other side.

For example, 59...Kb6 60. Kxa4 Ka6 61. b5+ Kb6 62. Kb4 Kb7 63. Kc5 Kc7 64. Kd5! Kb6 65. Kxe5 Kxb5 66. Kd6 and Black can't stop the e-pawn. The same plan would work if White had an a-pawn, too.

Feb-07-07  wolfmaster: The same strategy was used in the game Fischer-Larsen,Denver,1971.

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