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Harry Pillsbury vs Jackson Showalter
Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship (1898), New York, NY USA, rd 5, Mar-09
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. General (D60)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 b6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Bd3 c5 = +0.45 (35 ply)= -0.08 (35 ply)better is 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O ⩲ +0.54 (29 ply)= -0.01 (35 ply)better is 5...O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Rxd1 = -0.12 (33 ply)= +0.50 (34 ply) after 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Nf6 10.Nf3 better is 6...h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Qc2 c6 9.Rc1 a6 10.cxd5 cxd5 = 0.00 (36 ply)= +0.50 (34 ply)better is 13.Nf3 Nf6 14.h3 Ng6 15.a4 a5 16.Rab1 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 ⩲ +0.73 (33 ply)= +0.16 (34 ply) 14...Be6 15.f4 f6 16.a3 Bf7 17.Rf3 Rad8 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Rh3 = 0.00 (32 ply) 15.f4 Qd6 16.Qf2 f6 17.f5 Bh5 18.g4 Bf7 19.h4 h6 20.Qg2 ⩲ +0.95 (33 ply)= +0.13 (32 ply) after 15...h6 16.a5 Bh5 17.b4 Qg5 18.f4 Qd8 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Na4 better is 16...Qg5 17.Ne2 Bxe2 18.Rxe2 Rc7 19.Rc1 g6 20.Qb3 Ne6 = +0.30 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.01 (24 ply) after 17.h3 Bd7 18.b5 g6 19.Rb1 Qg5 20.Kh2 Ne6 21.Qd2 Qf6 18.Ne2 Rc8 19.bxc6 Rxc6 20.Qb2 Rec7 21.Rc1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 ⩲ +0.95 (35 ply)= -0.21 (37 ply)better is 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Na2 Qf6 24.Nb4 Qd6 25.Qc3 Rc8 26.Rc1 Rb7 = +0.44 (27 ply)= -0.13 (31 ply)better is 34...Nh7 35.Rc6 Qb4 36.Qh4 Rde8 37.g4 Re6 38.Rxe6 fxe6 = 0.00 (42 ply) ⩲ +0.73 (30 ply)better is 35...Nh7 36.Rc6 Qd7 37.Rxa6 Rde8 38.g4 Kg7 39.Rb6 Rc8 = +0.33 (33 ply) 36.Rc6 Qa3 37.Kg2 Rb7 38.f5 gxf5 39.Qxf5 Qe7 40.Qe5 Ng7 ⩲ +1.02 (35 ply)better is 36...Rc7 37.R8xc7 Nxc7 38.f5 Ne8 39.fxg6 fxg6 40.Qf4 a5 = 0.00 (40 ply)better is 37.R8c6 Qa3 38.Kg2 Rb7 39.f5 gxf5 40.Qxf5 Qe7 41.Rxa6 ⩲ +0.68 (38 ply)= 0.00 (43 ply) after 37...Qxd8 38.f5 gxf5 39.Qxf5 Rc7 40.Ra1 Qg5 41.g4 Qe7 better is 38...Rd7 39.Nc3 Ne6 40.Rxd5 Qc6 41.Qe4 Rb7 42.Re5 Qc8 = 0.00 (43 ply) ⩲ +0.68 (35 ply) after 39.Rxd5 Qc6 40.Kg2 Qb6 41.f5 Ng5 42.f6+ Qxf6 43.Qxf6+ 41...Qa3 42.Re1 Nc7 43.Qc5 Qxc5 44.dxc5 a5 45.Kf1 a4 = +0.27 (39 ply)+- +5.28 (31 ply) 47...Rc7 48.Nc4 Nc5 49.Nd6+ Kg4 50.Ne4 Ne6 51.Rf1 Nd8 +- +4.98 (27 ply)+- +14.25 (25 ply) 49.Rf1+ Kg5 50.d6 Re8 51.d7 Rg8 52.Ne4+ Kh6+ 53.Kf2 Rf8+ +- +148.96 (43 ply) 49...Ke5 50.Nf3+ Kd6 51.Ra5 Rc7 52.Nd2 Rc2 53.Ne4+ Ke5 = 0.00 (56 ply)+- +147.92 (42 ply)54...Rxd7 55.Nb6+ Kd6 56.Nxd7 Kxd7 57.Ra8 Kc6 58.Rxa6+ +- mate-in-201-0

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Nov-06-03  Kenkaku: 42. Qe5+ was a superb tactical shot. Black does not seem to have any suitable response.
Jun-13-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Is this the first example of the 'Minority Attack' as we know it?
Jun-14-06
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  Pawn and Two: <Benzol> You may be correct. Someone may find an earlier example of the Minority Attack in the Exchange varation, but the best information I could find was from the book, "Chess From Morphy To Botwinnik", by Imre Konig.

Konig states that Tarrasch's theory that <that a Pawn minority should not advance against a majority> held sway until Capablanca's revival of the system in 1921.

Konig states, <We have to return to the ninteenth century to find examples from tournament play. Here we discover that it was played by Pillsbury against Showalter, and by Steinitz against Lee.>

The two indicated games are this Pillsbury-Showalter match game and Steinitz-Lee, London 1899. Konig considered that Pillsbury's treatment had little in common with modern methods, so he started his study review with the Steinitz-Lee game.

Jun-14-06
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  Benzol: <Pawn and Two> Thanks for pointing out Steinitz vs F J Lee, 1899
Wonder why it had to wait until Capablanca's revival in the 1920's for the system to gain acceptance?
Apr-16-22  James J. Henderson: A near flawless performance by Pillsbury, even by modern standards. There was only one misstep. The move 49.Rc5 allows Black to escape with a draw if he can find 49...Ke5. Then, after, for example, 50.Nf3+ Kd6 51.Ra5, Black has to play 51...Rc7. A possible continuation is 52.Kf2 Rc5, and Black picks off White's pawn and draws.

On move 49, White retains a winning position with any of the following: 49.Rf1+, 49.d6, 49.Nc4, 49.Rd1, 49.Rc4+, 49.Rc3, 49.Rc6, 49.Ra1, 49.Nb1, or 49.Nf1.

These endgames are tricky!

Jan-09-23  rduarte64mx2100: The Tablebases don't lie, similar bugs can be found in many games. Thanks James for the observation.
Sep-04-23  jffun1958: Brillant game of 25 years old Pillsbury.

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