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Hermann Helms vs Henry Stone
Continental Corr (prelim-4) (1894), USA
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Variation (C51)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 ⩲ +0.51 (37 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) after 3...Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Re1 Bb6 8.Nbd2 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a5 6.O-O d6 7.h3 O-O 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bb5 = +0.34 (33 ply)= -0.48 (37 ply) 5...Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 ⩱ -0.83 (33 ply)= +0.31 (30 ply)better is 6...h6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Nh4 exd4 9.cxd4 O-O 10.Be3 Bb4 = -0.13 (32 ply) 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 h6 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Bd3 Na5 ⩲ +0.53 (30 ply) 7...Bxe5 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd5 Na5 10.Qa4+ c6 11.dxc6 O-O ⩱ -0.82 (32 ply) ± +2.19 (35 ply)better is 9...Bd6 10.e5 Bc5 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.Qe2+ Kd8 13.Kd1 Re8 ± +1.81 (34 ply) 10.Qh5 O-O 11.fxe5 d5 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Be3 c6 14.O-O f5 ± +2.38 (34 ply)= -0.32 (35 ply) 12.Nd2 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 d5 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Rxe4+ fxe4 16.Qh5+ = 0.00 (42 ply) ⩱ -1.01 (34 ply) 13...Kd8 14.Rxe4 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Qe7 16.f5 h6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 ⩱ -0.95 (32 ply)= 0.00 (39 ply) 16...Bc7 17.Rad1 d6 18.Bd4 Bb6 19.f5 Bxf5 20.Bxb6+ axb6 = -0.27 (35 ply) ⩲ +0.90 (33 ply) 20...Bxd4+ 21.cxd4 h6 22.Bd3 b5 23.Kf2 a5 24.g4 b4 25.g5 = +0.50 (30 ply) 21.Rxe7+ Kxe7 22.Re1+ Kf8 23.Bxc5+ bxc5 24.h4 h6 25.Bd3 ± +1.95 (33 ply)better is 21...Bxd4+ 22.cxd4 h6 23.Kf2 Bb7 24.Rxe7+ Kxe7 25.Re1+ ⩲ +1.07 (31 ply)better is 22.Rxe7+ Kxe7 23.Re1+ Kf7 24.Bxc5 bxc5 25.Be2 d5 26.Bh5+ ± +1.59 (32 ply) 22...Kf8 23.Rxe7 Bxe7 24.Re1 d5 25.h3 Bh4 26.Re5 c5 ⩲ +0.98 (35 ply) 23.Bg6+ Kf8 24.Rxe7 Bxd4+ 25.cxd4 Kxe7 26.Re1+ Kf6 27.f5 +- +2.67 (35 ply) 23...Bxd4+ 24.cxd4 b5 25.Kf2 Bd7 26.h4 Qxe1+ 27.Rxe1+ ± +1.54 (30 ply) 24.Bxc5 bxc5 25.h4 Kd8 26.Rxe7 Kxe7 27.Kf2 d5 28.Re1+ +- +3.76 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.48 (34 ply) 28...a5 29.Kf4 Rb8 30.Rb1 Rc8 31.Rg1 Rf8 32.Rc1 a4 33.Rb1 ± +2.25 (30 ply)+- +4.54 (30 ply) after 29.Rc1 a5 30.Be4 d5 31.Bd3 b4 32.Kf4 Rh8 33.g5 hxg5+ 30...a5 31.gxh6 Kf6 32.h7 Kg7 33.f6+ Kh8 34.Kf4 Bf7 35.a3 ± +2.12 (26 ply)+- +2.94 (28 ply)+- mate-in-41 after 36...Bxg641.Bd7 c3 42.Be6+ Bxe6 43.fxe6 c2 44.e7 Kh7 45.e8=R c1=R +- mate-in-61-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-29-21
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  jessicafischerqueen:

After playing 40...Kg8, <Henry Nathan Stone> announced mate in seven moves:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.d4 Nf6 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.f4 Nxe4 10.O-O Bd6 11.Re1 f5 12.Qd5 Qf6 13.Nd2 c6 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Qxe4+ Kd8 16.Be3 Re8 17.Qxe8+ Kxe8 18.Bd4+ Qe7 19.Bxg7 Bc5+ 20.Bd4 b6 21.Bd3 h6 22.g4 d6 23.f5 Bd7 24.Kg2 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Qxe1 26.Rxe1+ Kf7 27.h4 b5 28.Kf3 Re8 29.Rxe8 Bxe8 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 a5 32.Kg4 a4 33.Kh5 Kg7+ 34.g6 c5 35.dxc5 dxc5 36.Kg5 Kf8 37.Kf6 Bf7 38.Bxb5 Bxa2 39.Bxa4 c4 40.g7+ Kg8 41.Kg6 c3 42.Be8 Bc4 43.f6 Bd3+ 44.Kh6 Bc4 45.Bg6 c2 46.f7+ Bxf7 47.Bh7


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<Stone> gave the following finish:

41.Kg6 c3 42.Be8 Bc4 43.f6 Bd3+ 44.Kh6 Bc4 45.Bg6 c2 46.f7+ Bxf7 47.Bh7#


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-Neil Brennen "Pages from a life: The Notebook of Otto Hesse..." (reprinted in Quarterly for Chess History, Winter (8/2002), p.434

Jan-29-21
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  Stonehenge: So the losing player announced mate?

It's mate in six BTW.

Jan-29-21
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  jessicafischerqueen:

<Stonehenge> Quite right! Thank you for the correction.

It was indeed the winning player <Hermann Helms> who announced the mate in seven.

I also looked at your improved faster mate number.

So instead of 41.Bg6, white should play 41.Bd7 amirite. Then 41..c3 42.Be6+ Bxe6 43.fxe6 Kh7 44.e7 Kh6 45.g8=Q and after either 45...Kh5 or 45...c2, White Queen must mate the King on the h-file.

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