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Jacob Schumer vs George Thomas
London (1912), London ENG
Scandinavian Defense: Main Lines. Leonhardt Gambit (B01)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 4.d4 Bf5 5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Ne2 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 = +0.41 (33 ply)= -0.32 (26 ply)6.Nf3 was played in J Raoux vs J Du Mont, 1913 (1-0)better is 6...Nf6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 c6 9.Bf4 Qd8 10.Be2 Nbd7 = -0.15 (25 ply) 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 c5 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Ne4 Qc7 11.O-O Nbd7 = +0.40 (25 ply) ⩱ -0.52 (23 ply) after 7...Nf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 g6 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Qd2 O-O better is 10.Bg5 b5 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qf5 13.O-O Bg7 14.c4 O-O = -0.32 (20 ply) ⩱ -0.87 (21 ply)better is 11...Be4 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nxd4 14.Qxb7 Rd8 15.O-O Bg7 ⩱ -0.67 (20 ply) 12.Ne3 Be4 13.Ng5 e6 14.Ng4 Nxg4 15.Nxe4 Qxd4 16.Bf3 = -0.05 (23 ply) 12...Nxd4 13.Bxd6 Nxb3 14.Be5 Nc5 15.Ne3 Be4 16.Nd2 Bb7 ⩱ -1.36 (22 ply) 13.Ne3 Qxb3 14.Rxb3 Be4 15.O-O Bg7 16.c4 O-O 17.Rd1 Rfd8 ⩱ -0.56 (21 ply) ∓ -2.11 (22 ply)better is 14.d5 Qxd5 15.O-O O-O 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Qxf6 Bxc2 18.Qxe7 ∓ -1.88 (23 ply)-+ -2.61 (22 ply) 15...Rab8 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Rxb3 Be6 18.Bc5 Nd7 19.d5 Nxc5 ∓ -2.38 (22 ply) ⩱ -1.05 (24 ply) 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.dxe5 Qe6 20.Rbd1 Bg7 21.f4 ⩱ -0.76 (21 ply) ∓ -1.65 (25 ply) 18...Qxd5 19.Bxb4 Rab8 20.a3 a5 21.c4 Qd8 22.d5 Na7 ∓ -1.85 (25 ply) ⩱ -0.69 (25 ply) 20...Be4 21.Qxc6 Qxd5 22.Qc3 Qxa2 23.Ne5 Bf4 24.Qxc7 Rb7 ⩱ -1.00 (22 ply) 21.Qxc6 Qxd5 22.Qxc7 Qd6 23.Qxd6 exd6 24.Rd3 Rb2 25.d5 = -0.18 (25 ply) ∓ -1.69 (23 ply) 25.Bc4 Bxc6 26.dxc6 e6 27.Bb3 a5 28.Re4 Bf8 29.g3 a4 ∓ -1.63 (24 ply)-+ -2.85 (26 ply) 28.Re4 Rb2 29.Ra4 a2 30.Rf1 a5 31.g4 Re8 32.Rxa5 Bxg4 -+ -2.53 (23 ply)-+ -4.10 (22 ply) after 28...Rb2 29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 a2 31.Ra1 Bb5 32.c4 Re8 29...Re8 30.Rxe8+ Kxe8 31.f3 a5 32.Ke2 Rb2 33.Ra1 Rxc2+ -+ -3.05 (27 ply) 30.Bc4 Bxc6 31.Rxc3 Bb5 32.Ke2 Rb4 33.Bd3 Re8+ 34.Kd2 ⩱ -1.36 (23 ply)-+ -3.31 (26 ply) after 30...Re8 31.Ra1 Rxc2+ 32.Bxc2 Bxa1 33.Bb1 Bf5 34.Ba2 g5 32.Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.f3 a5 34.g4 a4 35.Bc4 Rxc2+ 36.Kd3 Bxa1 -+ -3.00 (21 ply)-+ -12.20 (28 ply) after 32...Rxc2+ 33.Bxc2 Rxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Bxa1 35.Bb3 Bd4+ 36.Nxd4 a1=Q 37.Kd3 Qf1+ 38.Kc3 Qxg2 39.Bc4 a5 40.Be2 -+ -12.17 (25 ply)0-1

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