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Spencer Crakanthorp vs Bruce Hill
Australian ch (1928), Perth AUS
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Paulsen Attack (C29)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 O-O 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Re8 = +0.14 (33 ply) ⩱ -0.77 (38 ply)better is 5...f5 6.d3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 d4 8.Qg3 dxc3 9.Be2 g6 = -0.42 (34 ply)= +0.31 (36 ply)better is 6...Be7 7.d4 c5 8.Bd3 c4 9.Bf5 Bxf5 10.Qxf5 Qd7 = -0.35 (31 ply)better is 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qg3 h5 9.Ne2 h4 10.Qf3 Be7 11.d4 O-O = +0.17 (22 ply)better is 7...Qb6 8.a4 Qg6 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Ne2 Qxg3+ 11.Nxg3 Be7 = -0.34 (30 ply)better is 8.Bb5 h5 9.Ne2 h4 10.Qf3 Be7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 O-O = +0.26 (31 ply) 8...a6 9.Be2 h6 10.O-O Be6 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.d4 O-O-O = -0.40 (34 ply) ⩲ +1.19 (29 ply) 9...Bg7 10.a4 Bd7 11.O-O O-O 12.d4 Qc7 13.Bf4 Qa5 14.Bd2 = +0.32 (28 ply) ± +1.75 (30 ply) 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.e6 fxe6 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Ng5 O-O-O 15.Nxe6 ± +2.06 (34 ply) 11...O-O 12.a4 Qc7 13.Ba3 b6 14.Qh4 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 = +0.45 (29 ply) 12.a4 O-O 13.Ba3 Qxc3 14.Bxc5 Bf5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nh4 ± +1.87 (33 ply)better is 12...bxc6 13.a4 Qxc3 14.Ba3 O-O 15.Bxc5 Rfb8 16.Ng5 Qxg3 ⩲ +0.72 (34 ply)better is 13.e6 O-O 14.Ng5 f5 15.Bf4 cxd4 16.e7 Rf6 17.Rae1 Re8 ⩲ +1.40 (35 ply) 13...O-O 14.h4 Ba4 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.h5 Rae8 17.h6 Bh8 ⩲ +0.70 (30 ply)+- +4.40 (33 ply) after 14.e6 O-O 15.Ng5 f5 16.Rae1 Rf6 17.Bf4 Re8 18.Be5 Qd8 better is 17.Bg5 hxg5 18.Nxg5 Qxg5 19.Qxg5 Rae8 20.Rf2 Re6 21.Raf1 +- +9.07 (34 ply) 17...h5 18.Raf1 Bxf6 19.Rxf6 Qb6 20.Qe1 Rae8 21.Bh6 Re6 +- +4.34 (31 ply)+- +11.71 (35 ply)+- mate-in-7 after 21.Rxg6 Qxe5 22.dxe5 fxg6 23.Bxg7+ Kxg7 24.Qf6+27...Kh5 28.Qh4# +- mate-in-11-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-10-19  wordfunph: torrid sac attack resulted tp victory.
Jul-30-20
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  GrahamClayton: This mating attack won Crakanthorp a £5 brilliancy prize. Things didn't improve for Hill - Gunnar Gundersen's victory over him in Round 2 was also awarded a £5 brilliancy prize as well.

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