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William Crane vs Julius Jacobsen
Club game (1895), Sydney AUS
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Variation (C77)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 4...Be7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 = +0.03 (37 ply)better is 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 ⩲ +0.73 (37 ply)= 0.00 (42 ply) after 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 Rb8 8.h3 b5 9.Bc2 Re8 10.O-O Bf8 11.d4 Bb7 12.Re1 h6 13.a3 ⩲ +0.53 (40 ply) 8...d5 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Ng3 h6 12.O-O Bd6 ⩱ -0.52 (37 ply) 9.Ng3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Bg5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.Bb3 ⩲ +0.82 (30 ply)= 0.00 (33 ply)better is 10...c5 11.Ne3 Nc6 12.O-O Nc7 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Nc4 b5 15.Nb6 = +0.35 (32 ply) 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Ne3 Bg6 13.h4 h6 14.d4 e4 15.d5 c5 16.O-O ⩲ +0.89 (31 ply)= -0.18 (32 ply) 13.b4 Nc6 14.O-O Nb8 15.d4 Nd7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.a4 c6 ⩲ +0.57 (28 ply) ⩱ -0.69 (32 ply)better is 14.h3 Bh5 15.O-O h6 16.g4 Bf7 17.Kh2 Nf6 18.Rg1 g5 19.b4 = 0.00 (32 ply) ⩱ -0.63 (29 ply) after 14...Nc6 15.d5 Nd8 16.Qd3 c6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.b3 Ne6 15.cxd4 Nc6 16.Qd3 d5 17.e5 g5 18.O-O Rd8 19.Ne1 Bf5 ⩱ -0.60 (32 ply) 15...Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nc6 17.Qc4+ Kh8 18.Qe2 Ne5 19.b3 b5 ∓ -1.78 (34 ply) 16.Qd5+ Kh8 17.Qg5 Qe6 18.Nh4 f3 19.gxf3 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 = -0.50 (36 ply) 16...Kh8 17.b3 Rd8 18.Bb2 Ne5 19.Qe2 b5 20.O-O-O Nf6 ⩱ -1.47 (30 ply)= -0.50 (32 ply)better is 21...Bd7 22.Bd2 Qe7 23.Be1 Nf6 24.Kg1 h6 25.Rd1 Bb5 ⩱ -1.02 (30 ply) 22.Kg1 Bd7 23.Bd2 Qg5 24.Rd1 h6 25.Be1 Nh5 26.Rd2 Kh7 = -0.32 (33 ply)-+ -3.67 (33 ply)better is 23...Be6 24.Bd2 Bxb3 25.axb3 g5 26.Be1 g4 27.h3 gxf3 -+ -4.29 (33 ply) 24.Bc2 Rxf3 25.gxf3 Bxf3 26.Rg1 Rd8 27.Bd2 Bxe4 28.Bd1 ∓ -2.17 (37 ply)-+ -14.45 (30 ply) after 24...Rd1+ 25.Ke2 Rxh1 26.fxg4 Qxg4+ 27.Qf3 Qg6 28.a4 26...Nxf2 27.Kxf2 f3 28.g3 Qd7 29.Rd1 Qh3 30.Bg5 e4 -+ -9.07 (35 ply) ± +1.92 (31 ply) 27...Qxd3+ 28.Qe2 Qd5 29.Ke1 Nc5 30.Rf1 Nd3+ 31.Kd1 c5 ± +1.70 (33 ply) 28.hxg3 fxg3+ 29.Bf5 Rxf5+ 30.Bf4 Rxf4+ 31.Kg1 Qc2 +- +6.49 (28 ply)-+ -9.48 (35 ply)33.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kh1 Qf3+ 35.Kg1 Qg4+ 36.Kh1 Rf2 37.Rg1 -+ mate-in-60-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-05-17  optimal play: 23...Rd3 is good, but 23...Be6 is better!

Obviously white can't play 24.Bxe6 because of 24...Rd1+!

If 24.Bc2 then 24...Bc4+!

If 24.Bd2 then 24...Bxb3 25.axb3 g5 followed by 26...g4 ∓

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