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John Wisker vs Wilhelm Steinitz
BCA Grand International, London (1872), Jul-02
English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 7.Nf3 e4 8.Ng5 Qd5 9.Qxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.O-O Bd6 = -0.07 (23 ply) ⩱ -1.35 (24 ply) 8.d4 exd4 9.exd4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qe5 11.Bf4 Qh5 12.Nd2 Bc5 ⩱ -1.07 (22 ply) ∓ -2.49 (20 ply) 10...Bf5 11.h3 Qd7 12.Qd1 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ne4 -+ -2.88 (19 ply)better is 11.Nh3 Bf5 12.f3 Nf6 13.Nf2 h5 14.Nce4 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 ⩱ -1.21 (21 ply) 11...Nf6 12.b3 Bf5 13.Nb2 Ba3 14.Ne2 Nxc1 15.Qxc1 O-O ∓ -1.88 (18 ply)better is 12.f3 Nf6 13.Ne2 Bb4 14.a3 Ba5 15.b4 Bb6 16.Nf2 Nxc1 ⩱ -0.84 (21 ply)better is 12...Be7 13.f3 O-O 14.h3 Nf6 15.Nf2 Nxc1 16.Qxc1 Be6 ⩱ -1.49 (20 ply) 13.Nf4 Nb4 14.Qc3 Be7 15.h4 Nd5 16.Qb3 Nxf4 17.exf4 Qd6 ⩱ -0.88 (22 ply)better is 13...Bd6 14.Bb2 O-O 15.Nf4 Bxf4 16.exf4 Be6 17.h3 Nf6 ∓ -1.69 (19 ply)better is 14.Bb2 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qc3 Nge5 17.Nb2 Nxb2 18.Qxb2 ⩱ -1.11 (22 ply) ∓ -1.76 (21 ply)better is 15...Qd6 16.Nf4 O-O 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Rb1 Nxf4 19.exf4 Qd6 ∓ -1.66 (20 ply) ⩱ -1.04 (21 ply) 17...b6 18.Kg1 Rf6 19.Rd1 Ba6 20.Nf4 g5 21.d4 Nf3+ ⩱ -1.22 (22 ply)= -0.15 (25 ply)better is 18...Qa5 19.d4 Ng6 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.h4 Ne7 22.h5 Nd5 23.Nf4 ⩱ -0.60 (21 ply)better is 19.Nf4 Qe7 20.d3 Rd8 21.Kg1 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Ne5 23.d4 g5 = +0.11 (23 ply) ⩱ -0.59 (24 ply) after 19...Bd7 20.Na4 Qe7 21.h4 Nd6 22.Nf4 Be8 23.Nc5 Bf7 better is 20...Nxc4 21.Qxc4+ Rf7 22.h4 Bd7 23.Nf4 b5 24.Qc2 g6 = -0.35 (22 ply)= +0.16 (24 ply) 26...Qb8 27.Qc1 Bc7 28.Kf1 Bxf4 29.exf4 h5 30.Kg1 Be6 ⩱ -0.57 (26 ply)= +0.25 (26 ply) after 27.Qc4 cxd4 28.Rxd4 Qc6 29.a4 Qxc4+ 30.Rxc4 Bc6 31.Rd1 better is 29...Be6 30.Rd1 Bb6 31.Rh3 Rc8 32.Qb2 Rfd8 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 = -0.43 (26 ply)= +0.08 (27 ply) after 30.Qe2 Kg8 31.Qc4+ Rf7 32.Rh3 Bb6 33.Rd1 Bc7 34.Rg3 Rd8 better is 31.Qc4 Be7 32.Bf1 a6 33.a4 Rb8 34.Kg2 Rfc8 35.Rh1 b5 = +0.16 (26 ply) ⩱ -0.54 (25 ply)better is 36.Bh3 Bd6 37.Qe1 a6 38.a4 Be8 39.Qc1 Bd7 40.Bf1 b5 = -0.44 (22 ply) ⩱ -1.11 (25 ply) 37.Rg3 Be5 38.Bh3 Rc8 39.Qd1 Qd7 40.Qe2 Rd8 41.g6 h6 ⩱ -0.77 (25 ply) ∓ -2.35 (31 ply) 39...Bxf4+ 40.exf4 Qxf4+ 41.Rg3 Qh4+ 42.Bh3 Qf6 43.Qxf6 ∓ -2.49 (31 ply) 40.Rg3 Qf6 41.Qxf6 gxf6 42.Bh3 Bd7 43.h6 Rd2 44.Kg2 Bf8 ⩱ -0.99 (30 ply)-+ -6.77 (29 ply) 43...g6 44.Qe7 Qg7 45.Qxg7+ Kxg7 46.Bxf5 e3 47.Rxe3 gxf5 -+ -6.60 (27 ply) 44.Qxf6 gxf6 45.Bxf5 Rd2 46.Be6 h5 47.Kg1 Rxa2 48.Kf1 -+ -2.73 (30 ply)-+ -9.95 (26 ply) after 44...Rd2 45.Qg5 f4 46.Qxf6 fxg3+ 47.Kxg3 gxf6 48.Bg4 48.Qf8+ Qxf8 49.Rg3 Rd2+ 50.Kh2 Qh6 51.Rf3 Bxf3 52.a3 -+ mate-in-70-1

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Jun-22-15  TheFocus: Pickard's book <The Games of Wilhelm Steinitz> ends this game at 46...Qd6+.

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