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NN vs A Severino
Casual (1723), Naples ITA
Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation (B23)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)3.Bc4 was played in Larry Evans vs J F Donovan, 1951 (1-0)better is 3...d6 4.Bc4 Be7 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.h3 Nc6 8.a4 = 0.00 (31 ply)better is 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.b3 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 a6 9.a4 ⩲ +0.57 (24 ply)= -0.01 (27 ply) after 4...Nf6 5.c3 Be7 6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O Be6 5...Nf6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.d3 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 O-O 9.O-O Bf6 = +0.10 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.86 (25 ply)better is 7.d4 cxd4 8.Bc4 Nge7 9.O-O Be4 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Bxe7 ⩲ +0.81 (24 ply)better is 7...a6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 c4 10.Bc2 Bxc2 11.Qxc2 Nf6 = +0.11 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (25 ply) 9...e4 10.O-O Nge7 11.Nxe7 Bxe7 12.d5 exf3 13.Qxf3 Rc8 = +0.37 (25 ply) 10.Bg5 e4 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Be3 Kb8 13.Qa4 Be6 14.Nb4 Nxb4 +- +2.97 (23 ply) 10...Be4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Ne3 exd4 13.Qxd4 d5 14.f3 c5 ⩱ -1.00 (28 ply) 11.Ne2 Be4 12.Ne3 d5 13.f3 Bg6 14.Qa4 e4 15.Ng4 Bd6 = +0.44 (23 ply) 11...Be4 12.Nb4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 d5 14.Nxc6+ bxc6 15.Ba4 = -0.38 (27 ply) 12.Ne3 a6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Nxf5 exd4+ 15.Ne3 dxe3 16.Bxe3 ⩲ +1.27 (27 ply)= -0.05 (29 ply) 13.Be2 Nd3+ 14.Kf1 Ne7 15.Nb6 Qb5 16.a4 Qxb6 17.Bxd3 g6 = +0.05 (26 ply)-+ mate-in-30-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-13-05  Autoreparaturwerkbau: The 10.(Nf3-)Ng1!, 11.(Ng1-)Nf3! really impressed me.
Feb-12-06  thundershock2k: pretty cool i think!
Dec-26-06  Rubenus: Indeed very nice.
Feb-15-07  Supergrandmaster: Careless, leaving the king at the mercy of a ravenous rook! The knight moves are criminally wasteful.
Feb-15-07  schnarre: 14...Bd3+ just adds insult to injury!
Sep-24-08  I Offer You A Resign: What is Ng1 for?
Apr-25-09  smalldreams: I second that question
Dec-20-10  eightbyeight: Brilliant. Just brilliant. I wish I'd been Black.

I think the game may have been touch-move. NN touched the f3 knight and didn't see any better square to move it. (d2 and g5 look good, though.)

Aug-14-11  naruto00122: only God knows why he played Ng1
Aug-13-13  PhilFeeley: Nice puzzle for move 12...Nxe5! Sac that queen!
Sep-23-17  sneaky pete: This game is from the days when free or extended or drunk castling (I don't know which term the experts use) was still en vogue in Napoli and other parts of Europe. When castling kingside, white could place the King on g1 or h1 and the Rook on f1 or e1, as he preferred. Castling queenside offered similar liberties. Here severino chose, when castling queenside, to place his King on b8 and his Rook on e8.

Position before 9... O-O-O


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Position after 9... O-O-O


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So 10.Ng1 .. and 11.Nf3 .. was not really played. It's just a clever trick someone used to be able to include this game in a database.

Sep-20-18  Chessonly: Nice Article, I found more detail in:

What are the plans/Ideas in closed Sicilian for both side? with Example games.
https://www.chessonly.com/closed-si...

Sep-20-18  gokusano: Is white is a toddler here?
Aug-20-19  lytzarov: The finish to this game is featured as a tactics problem here: https://chesstempo.com/chess-tactic...
Jan-13-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: This mate was known for a long time, it had already been applied by Alessandro Salvio.
Feb-14-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: This player lived between 1580 - 1656

Check the wikipedia article

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco...

Feb-20-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: Game played in Naples, ok. But the year is around 1640.

1723 is the year of the Scipione del Grotto's death. After that Carmine Pagano and Stefano Batilloro were respected as the best players em Italy.

Contemporary of both was il principi Carlo Francesco Cozio, remembered for his contribution in overtures, notably Cozio defense in C60 ECO Here a Cozio's game
https://chess.gallery/game/cozio-nn...

Feb-20-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: Between Severino and del Grotto lived Francesco Piacenza (1637-1687) https://eng.travelogues.gr/travelog... https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc...

and Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667 - 1733)
https://unoscacchista.com/2021/11/2... https://catholicscientists.org/scie...

They were strong chessplayer according the writer and chessplayer Benedetto Rocco.

Feb-26-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: I submitted this follow game

[Event "study"]
[Site "Italy"]
[Date "1740.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carlo Francesco Cozio"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1 Bf6 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. Qh5 Qe7 10. Rxf7 Qc5 11. Rf8+ Ke7 12. d4 Bxd4 13. Qf7+ Kd6 14. b4 Qxb4 15. Ba3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 Bxa1 17. Qd5+ Ke7 18. Re8+ Kxe8 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Qf8# 1-0

from this URL:
https://chess.gallery/game/cozio-nn...

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