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George Mackenzie vs Harsen Smith
2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland (1871), Cleveland, OH USA, Dec-??
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit (C28)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 7s/ply) 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 O-O 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Re8 = +0.14 (33 ply) 3...d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.c3 Nxe5 ⩱ -0.77 (38 ply) ⩲ +0.55 (33 ply) 5...d6 6.d4 dxe5 7.Qe2 Be6 8.d5 Bxd5 9.Qxe5+ Be6 = +0.31 (34 ply) ⩲ +1.21 (31 ply) after 6.d4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Bxf4 dxe5 9.Bxe5 Nf6 10.Qe2 O-O better is 6...d6 7.d4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd3 Qd7 ⩲ +0.93 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.43 (22 ply) 8...d5 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.d4 Bf6 11.Qe2+ Qe7 12.Qd3 Nc6 ± +2.06 (30 ply)+- +4.39 (32 ply) 9...d5 10.exd6 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nxh4 Nf6 13.Qe2 Qxd6 +- +3.60 (31 ply)+- +12.40 (31 ply)+- mate-in-7 after 20.e6 Qxg5 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.Qxg5 Bxe6 23.Rf1+22...c5 23.e6 Qf3+ 24.Rxf3 Bxe6 25.Qxc7 Bxa2 26.Nd6# +- mate-in-41-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-30-05
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  Ron: Instead of 20. Rxf8+, White can force a mate by: 20. e6 Qxg5 21. Qxc7 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qg1+ 23. Rxg1 hxg1/Q+ 24. Kxg1 Be6 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Qd8 mate I have to say that 20. e6! was found not by me but by a computer.

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