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Samuel Rosenthal vs Wilhelm Steinitz
Casual game (1870), Baden-Baden GER, Jul-16
King's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's Gambit (C33)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6.Nf3 was played in I Rabinovich vs S Vainshtein, 1914 (1-0) 6...Bg4 7.Nf3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nbc6 9.d3 g5 10.g3 Qh3+ = 0.00 (25 ply) 7.Nf3 Qh5 8.h4 c6 9.Bc4 Bg4 10.d4 Bg7 11.Kf2 Ng6 12.e5 ⩲ +0.81 (23 ply)better is 7...Bg4 8.Nf3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nbc6 10.Ne2 O-O-O 11.Bxf7 ⩱ -0.51 (23 ply)= +0.12 (20 ply) 9...h6 10.Bb3 Bd7 11.Rh2 Qg6 12.Nd5 Na6 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 = -0.26 (19 ply) 10.Ng1 c5 11.dxc5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Qf5 13.Nge2 O-O 14.Bxf4 ⩲ +1.05 (22 ply) 10...O-O 11.Nh3 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 gxh3 13.Bxf4 c6 14.Bb3 = +0.17 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.34 (24 ply) 11...O-O 12.c3 c5 13.dxc5 f6 14.Nh3 Qf7 15.Nhxf4 f5 16.h5 ⩲ +0.90 (21 ply)+- +3.89 (20 ply) 17...Be2+ 18.Ke1 Bxd4 19.c3 Bc4 20.Qf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Bf6 ± +2.40 (24 ply)+- +4.28 (21 ply) after 18.c3 Rxe4 19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Kxe1 Bf6 21.Bb8 Be7 22.Kd2 30...Kd8 31.Nc4 Bf8 32.Bc5 Rc7 33.Bb6 Kc8 34.Bxc7 Kxc7 +- +7.55 (22 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-11-02
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: I would prefer 9...h6 instead of 9...g4 and 10...0-0 instead of 10...Nxd5. 11...f3 was too optimistic, but after 11...Na6 Rosenthal's position is also clearly better.
Sep-07-06
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  OhioChessFan: <Honza Cervenka> One of the earliest posts I've seen on this site. Love those 19th century King side slugfests.
Jan-13-10  shishio71: Ah, good ol' Romantic era chess!
May-15-18  Toribio3: Early queen attack was not a good strategy! Even a world champion is not exempted from this rule of thumb. Development of pieces in the opening is more sustainable objective in winning! Qh4+ is a doubtful move.

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