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Benjamin Raphael vs Napoleon Marache
1st American Chess Congress, New York (1857), New York, NY USA, rd 2, Oct-20
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit (B21)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 ⩲ +0.53 (35 ply)= -0.13 (34 ply)better is 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Ndb5 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 = +0.12 (36 ply)better is 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.Be3 Be6 ⩲ +0.71 (33 ply)= 0.00 (30 ply)better is 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Be4 Be6 9.Ng5 Nf4 10.Bxf4 = +0.40 (24 ply) 6...Bc5 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 d6 = -0.31 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.66 (33 ply)better is 9...d6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bb3 Be7 12.Qd2 a5 13.a4 Nb4 14.Rfd1 = +0.13 (33 ply)better is 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Qd3 d6 12.Rad1 Qxb2 13.Nb5 Qb4 14.Nxd6 Ng6 ⩲ +0.72 (32 ply)= 0.00 (35 ply)better is 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Be6 14.Qd3 Rfc8 15.c4 a5 16.a4 Rc5 ⩲ +0.56 (35 ply)= -0.16 (36 ply) 14.Na4 Qc6 15.c4 Rac8 16.Qe2 Ng6 17.g3 Bd8 18.Rad1 Bc7 = 0.00 (35 ply) ⩱ -0.89 (32 ply)better is 15.Qd3 Qc6 16.Ng3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Ng6 18.Rfe1 Qc5 19.c4 d4 ⩱ -0.61 (33 ply) 15...Rac8 16.Rc1 d4 17.Nh5 Ng6 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Nd2 Rc3 ⩱ -1.13 (31 ply)= -0.28 (31 ply) after 16.Qd3 Ng6 17.c3 Rc8 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Ne2 Qc6 20.exd5 better is 16...Ng6 17.Nh5 Qc6 18.Rae1 Rc8 19.exd5 exd5 20.Rd1 d4 ⩱ -0.66 (31 ply)= -0.13 (32 ply)better is 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.g3 Rc8 20.Ne1 Qc6 21.Rc1 f5 22.Nf3 Qxe4 = -0.24 (30 ply) ⩱ -0.95 (36 ply) 19.Ne1 Rc8 20.a4 Rf7 21.Nd3 Rc3 22.Ra1 a5 23.Rfd1 Qc7 = -0.43 (37 ply) 19...Rc8 20.Ne1 Bb4 21.Rd1 Bxe1 22.Rfxe1 Qc5 23.Rd2 b5 ⩱ -1.32 (35 ply) 20.Rdd1 Rc8 21.Ne1 Bd6 22.a4 a5 23.Qg4 Qe7 24.Qe2 Rc3 ⩱ -0.53 (34 ply) ∓ -1.54 (33 ply) 21.Rb1 a5 22.Ng5 Rde8 23.Rg3 Re7 24.Rf1 h6 25.Nf3 Kh7 ⩱ -0.73 (34 ply) 21...Rd6 22.h4 Bb4 23.Ng5 h6 24.Nh3 Rf7 25.Qg4 Nf8 26.f4 ∓ -1.53 (34 ply)= -0.22 (35 ply) 23...Rde8 24.a3 Bxa3 25.Rg3 Nf4 26.Nxf4 exf4 27.Rgd3 e5 ⩱ -0.65 (36 ply)= +0.35 (39 ply) 24...Nf4 25.Nxf4 exf4 26.e5 fxg3 27.exd6 Bxd6 28.fxg3 = 0.00 (41 ply) ± +1.70 (38 ply) 25...Nxf4 26.Rf3 h6 27.Rxf4 exf4 28.e5 Rd5 29.Nxe6 Rxe5 ⩲ +1.45 (38 ply)+- +2.55 (35 ply) 29...Qf7 30.Qg4 Ra6 31.a4 Rb6 32.Nxd4 Bc5 33.Nf3 Rxb3 ± +2.18 (32 ply)better is 30.Qg3 Rd7 31.Qb8+ Kh7 32.Qxa7 Qe7 33.Rc1 Bc3 34.Qb8 Qd6 +- +3.33 (33 ply) ± +2.25 (35 ply) 31.Rc1 Bc3 32.g4 Ra6 33.Rc2 e5 34.Nh4 Kh7 35.Kg2 Ra3 +- +2.79 (35 ply) ± +1.57 (37 ply) 32...Rd5 33.f4 Rc5 34.Nc4 Rc7 35.a3 Bf8 36.a4 a6 37.a5 ± +1.58 (36 ply) 33.Rc1 Kf6 34.Ng4+ Kg6 35.Rc7 Ra6 36.Ne5+ Kf5 37.Nc4 +- +3.36 (36 ply) 33...Rd8 34.Rc1 Bd6 35.Kf2 Rf8 36.Kg3 Bxe5 37.fxe5 Rf5 ± +1.75 (38 ply)+- +3.86 (34 ply) 42...Rh1 43.Nxd4 Bxd4 44.Kxd4 Rf1 45.Ke3 Re1+ 46.Re2 Rf1 +- +4.57 (34 ply)+- +9.19 (30 ply) after 43.Nd8 Kf8 44.Nxe6+ Ke7 45.Nc7 Rh3 46.Rg2 Be1 47.Nxb5 46...Bc3 47.Kf5 a3 48.g6+ Ke7 49.Rg1 Bh8 50.g7 Bxg7 +- +9.38 (29 ply)1-0

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