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Andreas Ascharin vs Nikolay Petrovsky
St. Petersburg (1879), St. Petersburg RUE, Jan-06
King's Gambit: Accepted. Muzio Gambit Sarratt Defense (C37)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 7...Nc6 8.Bxf4 Bc5+ 9.Kh1 Ne5 10.Bxe5 Qxe5 11.c3 Bd6 ⩱ -1.02 (21 ply)= -0.50 (24 ply)9.e5 was played in J Szekely vs J Schlesinger, 1903 (1-0)9...Qxf4 was played in Winawer vs Wittek, 1881 (0-1) 11...Nbc6 12.Bxf7+ Kd8 13.Raf1 Nd4 14.R1f2 a5 15.Bh5 Ng6 ∓ -1.52 (34 ply)= 0.00 (35 ply) 12...Na6 13.d4 d5 14.exd5 Ng6 15.Rf6 Nb4 16.R1f2 Kg7 = 0.00 (37 ply) 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 c6 15.Bxf7+ Kg7 16.e5 c5 17.Bd5 ± +1.74 (39 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply) 14...Nc6 15.Nxc7 Rb8 16.Nd5 b5 17.c3 b4 18.Nf6+ Kg7 = 0.00 (41 ply) ± +1.88 (33 ply) 16...Rh8 17.d4 h5 18.e5 c6 19.c4 Kf8 20.d5 cxd5 21.cxd5 ⩲ +1.21 (34 ply)+- mate-in-10+- mate-in-9 after 17...Bg4 18.Nxh5+ Kh6 19.Nf6 Rg8 20.Nxg4+ Rxg418...Bg4 19.Rgxg4 Rac8 20.Rxh5# +- mate-in-21-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-05-19
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  GrahamClayton: Petrovsky probably thought that an exchange of Queens would slow Ascharin's attack, but the doubled rooks gettoing onto the g-file and h-file leads to a quick win.
Jul-18-22  Messiah: <GrahamClayton: Petrovsky probably thought that an exchange of Queens would slow Ascharin's attack, but the doubled rooks gettoing onto the g-file and h-file leads to a quick win.>

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Sep-09-22  Marcelo Bruno: A remarkable miniature in which the winner developed in a few moves all his pieces in a very didactical way.

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