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George Mackenzie vs Fritz Riemann
4th DSB Congress, Hamburg (1885), Hamburg GER, rd 4, Jul-15
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. l'Hermet Variation (C67)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.c3 Be6 8.Qc2 h6 ⩲ +0.58 (41 ply) 4...exd4 5.O-O a6 6.Ba4 Be7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 O-O = -0.35 (34 ply)better is 5.dxe5 d5 6.Nbd2 Qd7 7.O-O a6 8.Bd3 Nc5 9.Be2 Be7 ⩲ +0.63 (30 ply)= 0.00 (48 ply) 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Ne2 h5 12.Bg5 = +0.27 (33 ply) ⩱ -0.61 (35 ply) 10.h3 Be6 11.Rd1 Qc4 12.Qxc4 Bxc4 13.Be3 a5 14.Nc3 Be7 = -0.09 (34 ply) 10...Qg4 11.Qxg4 Bxg4 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Be7 14.f4 b6 ⩱ -1.01 (32 ply)= -0.23 (31 ply)better is 11...Qg4 12.f3 Qh5 13.Bf2 Be7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Nb3 Qg6 ⩱ -0.53 (31 ply)= 0.00 (33 ply) after 12.f4 Bg4 13.Qc2 O-O-O 14.b4 f6 15.Nd2 fxe5 16.fxe5 Be7 12...Qg4 13.f3 Qf5 14.Ne4 Bd5 15.Rad1 Bxe4 16.fxe4 Qe6 = -0.47 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.58 (37 ply) 16...Be6 17.b3 b6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.f5 c5 20.Ne2 Bh4 21.g3 = 0.00 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.80 (30 ply) 17...Bd3 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.Qxc5 Qh6 21.Qe3 c5 = +0.41 (24 ply) 18.Bc5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Be6 22.Qe3 ⩲ +1.35 (34 ply)better is 18...b6 19.Nh4 Bxh4 20.Qxh4 Be4 21.Rg1 Qh7 22.g4 hxg4 = +0.47 (34 ply) 19.Bc5 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Bxc5 21.Qxc5 Be6 22.b3 Re8 23.Qe3 f6 ⩲ +1.15 (33 ply) 19...Be4 20.Nd2 Bf5 21.Nf3 b6 22.e6 Bxe6 23.Ne5 Qf5 = 0.00 (33 ply) 20.Bc5 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Bd8 22.Nd4 Rc8 23.Nxf5 Qxf5 24.Qf3 ⩲ +0.93 (33 ply) 20...Qh6 21.Nh4 Bd3 22.Rg1 b6 23.Be3 Qe6 24.g4 hxg4 = 0.00 (34 ply) ⩲ +0.93 (23 ply) 22.Bc5 Bxc5 23.Qxc5 b6 24.Qe7 Qh6 25.Qh4 c5 26.b3 a5 ⩲ +1.18 (33 ply)= 0.00 (32 ply) 25.Bc3 Rd6 26.Re3 h4 27.g4 hxg3+ 28.Rxg3 Bf6 29.c5 bxc5 = 0.00 (37 ply) ⩱ -1.15 (35 ply) 28.Kg1 Bxe5 29.Bxe5 Qg6 30.Qg2 Rd7 31.Rh4 Bh5 32.Rh3 ⩱ -0.81 (33 ply) ∓ -1.86 (32 ply) 31...Bc5 32.Qxe6+ Qxe6 33.Rxe6 Rd3+ 34.Kg2 Rf8 35.Ne5 ∓ -1.65 (28 ply)= 0.00 (37 ply) 36...R8d3+ 37.Kg2 Be7 38.b4 Kf8 39.Qe5 Rd5 40.Qxe6 Rxe2+ = 0.00 (37 ply)better is 37.Kg4 R3d5 38.Qg6 Rxc5 39.Rxe6 Kf8 40.b4 Rc1 41.Qe4 c5 ⩲ +0.96 (34 ply) 37...Kf8 38.Rxe6 Rd2+ 39.Re2 Rxe2+ 40.Qxe2 Be7 41.cxb6 = +0.30 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.08 (32 ply) 41.b4 Rh6 42.Re3 Rh1 43.a4 Rf1+ 44.Kg4 Rg1+ 45.Kh3 Rh1+ ⩲ +1.15 (32 ply)= +0.30 (39 ply)better is 42.Kg2 Rc3 43.Qe4 a5 44.Qe6 Rcd3 45.a3 Rc3 46.Kf2 Bh4+ ⩲ +0.56 (32 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply)45.Kf3 Rd3+ 46.Kg2 Rg4+ 47.Kf1 Rxf4+ 48.Rf2 Rxf2+ = 0.00 (42 ply)1/2-1/2

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