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Fred Dewhirst Yates vs Carl Schlechter
17th DSB Congress, Hamburg (1910), Hamburg GER, rd 2, Jul-19
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation (C48)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 5.O-O Be7 = +0.33 (30 ply)= -0.28 (27 ply)better is 7...Bd7 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 O-O 10.Re1 c5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 = +0.03 (21 ply)better is 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Be7 10.Nf5 O-O 11.Qf3 Bc8 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 ⩲ +0.66 (21 ply)= -0.06 (22 ply) after 8...Nd7 9.Re1 g6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Qd2 O-O 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qf3 Bg7 12.Nxc6 O-O 13.Nxd8 Bxf3 14.Bg5 = +0.50 (22 ply)= -0.27 (24 ply)better is 15...Qh6 16.Qxh6 Bxh6 17.f3 a5 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.a4 Ne6 = -0.40 (24 ply)= +0.23 (22 ply)better is 19.Rac1 Rae8 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Red1 h6 22.Qd2 Qg5 23.f3 Qxd2 = +0.48 (20 ply)= -0.08 (22 ply)better is 25.f3 Ne6 26.Kf2 c5 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.Ree1 Rdd8 29.Ne3 h4 = +0.22 (22 ply)= -0.48 (22 ply) after 25...h4 26.b4 Nxe4 27.Rde1 d5 28.f3 Kf8 29.Nxe4 dxe4 better is 26.f3 f5 27.b4 Nd7 28.Nd2 d5 29.Nb3 Nb6 30.cxd5 cxd5 = -0.05 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.77 (26 ply) after 26...Nxe4 27.Rde1 d5 28.Nd2 f5 29.Ndxe4 dxe4 30.f3 Kf6 32.Re1 h4 33.f4 g5 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.Kg1 Rbe8 36.Nd2 Bc8 = -0.09 (24 ply) ⩱ -1.42 (28 ply)better is 37.b4 Nd7 38.Rc3 Bxf1 39.Kxf1 c5 40.bxc5 Nxc5 41.Ra2 ⩱ -0.96 (29 ply)better is 37...h4 38.Nge2 Bb7 39.Rc3 Re8 40.Ra2 Kf7 41.Ra7 g5 42.g3 ∓ -1.68 (29 ply) ⩱ -1.14 (31 ply) after 38.b4 Ne6 39.Nge2 Bxe2 40.Kxe2 Re8 41.Rc3 Nxd4+ 42.Rxd4 better is 39.Nf1 Nd7 40.Ne3 c5 41.Ndc2 Ne5 42.Nc4 Nxc4 43.bxc4 Re8 ⩱ -1.12 (30 ply)better is 39...h4 40.Nc1 Na6 41.Nc2 c5 42.Nd3 Re8 43.Rd1 g5 44.Ne3 ∓ -1.82 (30 ply) ⩱ -1.17 (28 ply) after 40.Nc2 c5 41.Nf4 Ne5 42.Ne3 Re8 43.Nc4 Nxc4 44.bxc4 Ra8 better is 42.b4 Ra8 43.h4 Ra2 44.Nd3 Nxd3+ 45.Rcxd3 Ba6 46.Nd4 ⩱ -1.24 (29 ply) ∓ -1.79 (30 ply) 43.Nc4 Rb5 44.h4 Rb4 45.Rdc2 Nxc4 46.bxc4 Bc8 47.Rd2 ⩱ -1.35 (28 ply)better is 43...c5 44.Nc4 Rb4 45.Nf4 Ra1 46.Rdc2 Ba6 47.Nd5 Rb7 ∓ -2.15 (28 ply) 44.Nc4 Rb4 45.Nd4 c5 46.Nc2 Nxc4 47.Rxc4 Rxc4 48.bxc4 ⩱ -1.45 (29 ply) ∓ -2.37 (26 ply) 52...d4 53.Rd2 Rxb3 54.Rbc2 Rd3 55.Rxd1 Rxd1 56.Nc1 Bc4 -+ -6.92 (29 ply) 53.Nc3 Ng4+ 54.hxg4 Rdxe1 55.Rb1 Rxb1 56.Nxb1 d4 57.b4 -+ -3.32 (33 ply)-+ -7.31 (29 ply) after 53...g4 54.fxg4 Nxg4+ 55.hxg4 Rexe1 56.Rd2 Rxc1 57.Rxd5+ 62.Kd2 Ke4 63.Ke2 d3+ 64.Kf2 c6 65.b4 Kd4 66.Ke1 Ke3 -+ mate-in-190-1

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Mar-14-24  Resignation Trap: With 32. Rb2?, Yates lost a Pawn in a very elementary fashion. It was all downhill from there.

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