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Louis Paulsen vs Cecil de Vere
Blindfold simul, 10b (1861) (blindfold), London ENG, Dec-16
French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Variation (C01)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7...Bg4 was played in G A Thomas vs Nimzowitsch, 1927 (0-1)8.Bg5 was played in E Schallopp vs Blackburne, 1883 (1-0)8...Re8 was played in Blackburne vs J Noa, 1892 (0-1)better is 9...Bxf3 10.gxf3 Bd6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.Qd2 Nh5 = 0.00 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.73 (25 ply) 12...Ne7 13.Be3 Bxg3 14.fxg3 Ne4 15.Qe1 f5 16.Ne5 Qd6 = +0.22 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.14 (24 ply) 13...Rae8 14.Bf4 Nd7 15.Rae1 Qh4 16.Nf3 Qe7 17.Qd2 Bxf4 ⩲ +0.68 (23 ply) ± +1.53 (23 ply)better is 15.Qf3 Rae8 16.Bd2 g6 17.Rae1 Kh8 18.Bc2 a6 19.f5 Bxe5 ± +1.79 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.11 (28 ply) 18...Rxf8 19.Rf1 Qxe2 20.Bxe2 f5 21.Bd3 g6 22.g3 Nf6 ⩲ +0.88 (27 ply)better is 19.Bd2 Nd7 20.Re3 Nf6 21.Qxg4 Nxg4 22.Re2 g6 23.f5 g5 ± +1.73 (27 ply) ⩲ +1.01 (26 ply) after 19...Re8 20.Bd2 Nh7 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Nf6 23.Qh4 h5 better is 23...Re8 24.Rf3 Kf8 25.Rg3 Qf6 26.Qf4 Qb6 27.Qg4 Ng5 ⩲ +1.27 (30 ply) ± +1.77 (33 ply) 24...Qd6 25.Rfe3 Re8 26.g4 f6 27.b4 Ng5 28.Qh2 Qd8 29.Kf1 ⩲ +1.41 (29 ply)+- +4.32 (29 ply)32...c6 33.Rd7 Nc4 34.Rxf7+ Kg6 35.Rxb7 f5 36.b3 Nb2 +- +5.27 (25 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-03-06  technical draw: 15.Ng6! is hard to see even over the board.
Oct-28-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: Paulsen rarely played this well with sight of the board. If he'd kept his eyes shut playing Morphy, chess history might be very different.
Feb-14-18  schnarre: ...15. Ng6 was classic! Black never really recovers.
Dec-07-19
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  FSR: I tried to submit <Be My Valentine> for this game, but someone beat me to it.
Nov-22-20  Messiah: <FSR: I tried to submit <Be My Valentine> for this game, but someone beat me to it.>

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Oct-12-21
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  MissScarlett: The <Morning Chronicle> report of December 18th has Francis Burden as one of the starters, and <Soon after the play had commenced Mr. Burden, of No.5 Board, resigned, and was succeeded by Mr. V. de Vere.>

This detail doesn't feature in Loewenthal's report in the <Era>, and is particularly interesting because Burden is reputed to have been de Vere's chess mentor, so the whole thing smells of a ploy to get his young charge (then 15, but reported to be 13) a place on the big stage. It's not made clear if de Vere started a new game or took up Burden's but I presume the latter.

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