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Henry Harding vs Henry Hosmer
2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland (1871), Cleveland, OH USA, Dec-??
Anderssen Opening: General (A20)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 3.b4 d6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bb2 Ne7 6.d3 a5 7.Nd2 O-O 8.Bg2 = +0.21 (30 ply) 3...Bg7 4.g3 Ne7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O f5 8.d3 ⩱ -0.62 (30 ply) 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Be2 Be6 ⩲ +0.72 (30 ply)= -0.47 (33 ply) 5.d4 exd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.Nf3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O = +0.16 (32 ply)better is 5...d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d4 e4 9.Ne5 Ne7 ⩱ -0.65 (31 ply)better is 6.d4 exd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bd3 Be6 9.c5 b6 10.cxb6 axb6 = 0.00 (34 ply) 6...d5 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O h6 9.b4 f5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.d4 ⩱ -0.61 (31 ply) 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 d5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O dxc4 = +0.18 (32 ply) 7...d5 8.O-O Na6 9.d3 Nc7 10.Bd2 Ne6 11.Rac1 h6 ⩱ -0.76 (31 ply)= +0.31 (33 ply) 9.Nxd4 d5 10.O-O c5 11.Nb3 d4 12.Ne4 Nf5 13.exd4 Nxd4 = +0.15 (34 ply)better is 9...Bf5 10.Qd1 Bg4 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bg5 Re8 13.h3 Bxf3 ⩱ -0.69 (30 ply) 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nf5 12.Ne2 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 = -0.13 (34 ply) ⩱ -1.15 (33 ply) 11.Qd3 Re8 12.O-O Nxe3 13.fxe3 Qe7 14.e4 Nd7 15.Bd1 c5 ⩱ -0.69 (31 ply) 11...Re8 12.O-O Nxe3 13.fxe3 Rxe3 14.h3 Bf5 15.Bd3 Rxd3 ∓ -2.07 (34 ply) 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.O-O Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nxd4 15.Qe4 Qxe4 16.Nxe4 = -0.29 (34 ply) ∓ -1.97 (34 ply) 13.gxf3 Qh4 14.Qd2 Qh3 15.Bf1 Qxf3 16.Rg1 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 ⩱ -1.47 (33 ply)-+ -2.84 (35 ply) 16.f4 Nb6 17.b3 d5 18.c5 d4 19.cxb6 dxc3 20.O-O axb6 -+ -3.42 (35 ply)-+ -8.72 (31 ply) after 16...f5 17.Nxd6 Ne5 18.Qd1 f4 19.O-O Nxd3 20.Qxd3 fxe3 18.Kxd3 d5 19.Ng3 Qf6 20.Kc2 Qxf3 21.Kb1 f5 22.Qd1 Qxd1+ -+ -7.93 (32 ply)0-1

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Feb-02-06  Autoreparaturwerkbau: Umm, i suppose white didn't learn the basics of chess there yet. Rubbish.
Dec-18-08
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  FSR: One can certainly see why William Ewart Napier called this era the "Golden Age of Chess." :P
Dec-18-08
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  FSR: I wonder if this is the only game between "Henry H." and "Henry H." in the database.

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