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Mikhail Shabelsky vs Mikhail Chigorin
corr RUS (1885) (correspondence)
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Hamppe-Allgaier-Thorold Gambit (C25)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Bb3 d5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Nc3 d4 7.Ne2 = +0.32 (36 ply) ⩱ -1.07 (36 ply)better is 4.h4 d5 5.d4 dxe4 6.Nxg5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bc4 Bg4 = 0.00 (36 ply) ⩱ -0.53 (27 ply) after 4...d6 5.d4 g4 6.Bxf4 gxf3 7.Qxf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 better is 5.h3 d6 6.d4 h6 7.d5 Ne5 8.g3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 fxg3 ⩱ -0.62 (32 ply) ⩱ -1.29 (33 ply) 8...f3 9.gxf3 d5 10.Nxd5 Be6 11.c4 Nf6 12.Be3 Bd6 ⩱ -1.30 (29 ply)= 0.00 (32 ply) 10...Rh7 11.Qd3 Kh8 12.O-O-O Bg7 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Rhf1 Bd7 ⩱ -1.07 (30 ply)= 0.00 (35 ply)better is 11...Rh7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Be7 14.g3 Kh8 15.Qe1 Nxe5 = -0.12 (35 ply) ⩲ +0.54 (29 ply) after 12.Qd3 Qe8 13.Qe3 Nh5 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.e5 dxe5 16.dxe5 Be6 12...Nh5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxh6+ Kh7 15.Rf7+ Kg6 16.Nd5 Kxf7 ⩲ +0.69 (30 ply) 13.Nxe4 d5 14.h5 Rh7 15.Rae1 dxc4 16.d5 Kg8 17.Bxh6 Be6 +- +4.09 (35 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.c3 d5 18.Bxd5 Rh5 19.Be6 Ne5 20.Qe2 Nxf7 = -0.46 (40 ply)-+ -8.41 (36 ply) after 16...d5 17.Bxd5 Bf5 18.Nxe4 Bxd4+ 19.Kh2 Qxd5 20.Rxf5 19...Rxh4 20.Rxf6+ Qxf6 21.Qxe4 Bxe4 22.Rxf6+ Kg7 -+ -8.17 (35 ply)+- +7.69 (40 ply) 24.Nh5+ Ke7 25.Qh7+ Ke8 26.Qg7 Nxd4 27.Nf6+ Qxf6 28.Qxf6 +- +8.05 (36 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) after 24...Kg7 25.Qxg4+ Kh8 26.Qh5+ Kg727...Kf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Qg6+ Kf8 = 0.00 (47 ply)1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-08-04  SamusAran: White had a nice attack. 3-move-repetition.
Feb-08-10  Rookheight: nice "random game" to come across! 19.Nd5 is very pretty, leaving the queen hanging because of Nf4# and the rook hanging because of deadly discoveries.

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