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Augustus Mongredien vs Paul Morphy
Morphy - Mongredien (1859), Paris FRA, rd 5, Mar-??
King's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's Gambit Bledow Countergambit (C33)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Bd6 7.Nf3 c6 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.d4 Bc7 = -0.04 (28 ply) ⩱ -0.85 (24 ply)better is 10...Qa5 11.Qd2 h6 12.O-O g5 13.Be3 f5 14.Ne2 Bc5 15.c3 ⩱ -1.21 (22 ply)better is 11.Be3 Ne5 12.O-O Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.Rxf3 Be7 15.Raf1 = -0.46 (22 ply) 11...Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc5+ 13.Qf2 Qxc3 14.Rae1 Rhe8 15.Qg3 ⩱ -1.07 (24 ply) 12.Qf2 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Rhe8 15.Rae1 f6 16.Qf2 = -0.23 (24 ply) 12...Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc5+ 14.Nd4 Rhe8 15.Qf2 Nxd4 16.cxd4 ⩱ -1.09 (24 ply)= -0.12 (23 ply) after 13.Be3 Be7 14.Rab1 Rhe8 15.b4 Kb8 16.h3 Bd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 better is 13...Rhe8 14.b4 Bb6 15.Qd2 f6 16.Rae1 Kb8 17.Na4 Bd5 ⩱ -0.57 (26 ply)= 0.00 (25 ply)better is 15.b4 Bb6 16.Na4 f6 17.Nxb6+ axb6 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Nd4 = -0.09 (26 ply) ⩱ -0.59 (24 ply) after 15...Rxe1 16.Qxe1 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Nd4 18.Rg3 Qf5 19.Qe4 g6 better is 16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.Rxf3 Bd4 18.Nd1 Bb6 19.c3 Ne5 20.Rf1 Ng6 = -0.25 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.83 (23 ply) 18.Rf2 f6 19.h3 Re8 20.Qd2 Bb6 21.Na4 Qb5 22.Nxb6+ axb6 = -0.35 (23 ply) ⩱ -1.15 (26 ply) 19.Qg3 Qf5 20.Qxg7 Ne3 21.Rf3 Qxd3 22.h3 Qd2 23.Kh2 Qe1 ⩱ -1.17 (25 ply) ∓ -1.97 (25 ply) 22...f6 23.a4 a6 24.Ne4 Rd8 25.Rc1 Qe5 26.Rc5 Qe6 27.Rc4 ∓ -1.88 (23 ply) 23.Qe8+ Rd8 24.Qe5 g6 25.Nb5 Ng3+ 26.Qxg3 Qxb5 27.Rxf7 = -0.36 (29 ply) ∓ -2.20 (30 ply) 25.Rxf5 Rxc3 26.g4 f6 27.g5 fxg5 28.Rxg5 g6 29.a4 Ra3 ∓ -2.23 (30 ply)-+ -4.98 (28 ply)27.g3 Re6 28.Rf3 f6 29.g4 Kd7 30.Rf5 Re3 31.g5 Ke6 -+ -6.42 (26 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-11-05  Runemaster: The finish is very neat. 24...Rc6 is elegant in its simplicity, with 25...Nd4 as a nice follow-up.
Jan-12-10  gamego: Why not 22.Qe8
Is this not mate?
Jan-12-10  ounos: Almost -- the rook goes back.
Jun-23-18
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  fearlessone: 18. Rf1? Why?

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