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Wilhelm Steinitz vs Carl Walbrodt
Vienna (1898), Vienna AUH, rd 30, Jul-13
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit (C28)  ·  1-0

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Dec-03-09  fred lennox: it's interesting after move 5 to see double isolated pawns in the center. I have seen other openings where this happens, like a variation in the Bird's defense to the Roy. It isn't the weakness it first appears, it dominates the central sqrs. if briefly. Black appeared to overate white having 2 double pawns. 4...bxc3 was done without the bishop being threatened, a cost of tempo and 5.dxc3 was the right move, opening up the game for white.
Dec-03-09  Cercatore: 29. ... Nf6

THE BEST MOVE EVER

Jan-27-24
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  fredthebear: Sarcasm? Black lost the knight, then the game in the next two moves.
Jan-27-24  fabelhaft: Stuff you rarely see in top tournaments today= a player dead lost (-3 SF eval) after three moves. And Walbrodt wasn't one of the weakest players in the field, he won against Chigorin, Steinitz and Maroczy in the same tournament.
Jan-28-24  FM David H. Levin: I'm inclined to credit Black for defending stoutly for so long. By the time Black blundered with 29...Nf6, the vultures were already circling. If 29...Nf8, then 30.Bf5 would be paralyzing. If Black then exchanged queens, the reduction in White's potential attacking force would be offset by the effective gain in mobility for White's f2-rook (being that this piece would no longer need to shield White's king from possible checks).

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