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George Gossip vs Wilhelm Steinitz
8th BCA Congress, Handicap, London (1868/69), London ENG, rd 1, Nov-??
King's Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritsky Gambit Paulsen Defense (C39)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 7.Nxg4 Nxg4 8.Qxg4 Bxd4 9.Nc3 d6 10.Qf3 Rg8 11.Bxf4 = -0.09 (23 ply) 7...d5 8.exd5 Nh5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.dxc6 O-O 11.cxb7 Bxb7 ⩱ -1.01 (19 ply) 8.Nc3 d6 9.Nxf7 Rxf7 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Bxf4 Qe8 12.h5 ⩲ +0.51 (19 ply) 8...Nxe4 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 d5 11.Be2 f5 12.h5 Nd7 ⩱ -0.92 (31 ply)= +0.24 (33 ply) 11...Qe8 12.O-O Kg8 13.e5 Nh5 14.Bg5 dxe5 15.Nd5 Na6 = -0.15 (20 ply) 12.h5 Qe8 13.Qd3 Bf5 14.O-O Bxe4 15.Qb5 a6 16.Qxb7 Qb8 ⩲ +0.76 (32 ply)= 0.00 (32 ply) 13...Qe8 14.Bg5 Qg6 15.Rhf1 Nh5 16.Nd5 Bd7 17.Qb3 Qe6 = 0.00 (37 ply) ⩲ +0.90 (29 ply) after 14.h5 h6 15.Rdf1 Kh8 16.Kb1 Nh7 17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Qe3 Ng8 14...Be6 15.Qe3 Qd7 16.h5 Rf8 17.h6 Bh8 18.d5 Bf7 19.Rdf1 = +0.48 (33 ply) 15.e5 Bf5 16.Qf1 hxg5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qf8 19.Re1 Kg7 ⩲ +1.27 (40 ply) ⩱ -0.58 (30 ply) 16.e5 Bg7 17.Rhf1 d5 18.Ne2 Bd7 19.Ng3 Be8 20.h5 c5 = -0.16 (31 ply) ∓ -1.68 (30 ply)better is 20.Qe6 Bxf7 21.Rxf7 Nc6 22.Qg6 Qg8 23.Nd5 Qh7 24.Qxh7+ ⩱ -1.39 (37 ply) ∓ -2.08 (31 ply) after 20...Qd7 21.Qb3 c6 22.Ne2 c5 23.dxc5 dxc5 24.Rd1 Qc7 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Qxd5 Bh6 25.Kb1 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Qg6 27.Qxb7 ∓ -2.16 (33 ply)-+ -3.70 (36 ply)41.Rd2 Nxd2 42.Kxd2 Kf3 43.Kc3 Kxg3 44.Kd4 Kxh4 45.Kd5 -+ mate-in-160-1

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Jul-07-15  TheFocus: From the 1868 London Handicap Tournament won by Steinitz.

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