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Benjamin Whitefoord vs Alfred Hayes
1st Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m (1873), London ENG, Mar-28
Four Knights Game: Italian Variation (C46)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bd6 7.a4 Qe7 8.O-O O-O = +0.14 (40 ply) 4...Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.Bxc6+ = -0.36 (34 ply) 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Bd2 ⩲ +0.81 (32 ply)= -0.22 (33 ply)better is 6.d3 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.Na4 Bd4 9.c3 Bb6 10.Nxb6 axb6 = +0.38 (31 ply)better is 6...d6 7.d3 O-O 8.Na4 Bd4 9.c3 Bb6 10.Nxb6 axb6 = -0.22 (32 ply)better is 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6 9.Ne2 Ne7 10.b4 Bb6 11.c3 Ng6 12.Qc2 ⩲ +0.53 (30 ply)better is 7...d6 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne2 Ne7 10.Ng3 Ng6 11.Bb3 Ba7 12.c3 = -0.06 (29 ply) 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 d6 10.d4 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.Qe1 Bd7 ⩲ +0.69 (32 ply) 8...O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Rb1 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Kh2 Nd4 = -0.24 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.41 (35 ply)better is 9...O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Nf3 c6 12.Be3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Bxe3 ⩲ +1.02 (32 ply)better is 10.Bxe6 dxe6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Ba7 13.Qe2 e5 14.Be3 Bxe3 ± +1.77 (29 ply) 10...O-O 11.Nf3 d6 12.O-O c6 13.Bxe6 Bxe6 14.Ne2 d5 ⩲ +1.26 (32 ply) 11.Bxe6 dxe6 12.Nc4 O-O 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Bc7 15.O-O b5 ± +2.28 (33 ply) ⩲ +1.16 (32 ply)better is 12.Bxe6 Bxe6 13.Nf3 d5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Ng3 O-O 16.O-O ± +1.67 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.99 (23 ply) 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.O-O O-O 15.Ng3 Bc7 16.Nh5 Nef4 17.Nxf4 ± +1.59 (31 ply) 13...dxe4 14.dxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxd8+ Bxd8 16.O-O a5 17.Bxe6 = +0.35 (34 ply) 14.Ng3 a5 15.O-O Nf4 16.Re1 Bc7 17.Qd2 dxe4 18.Nxe4 N6h5 ± +1.64 (31 ply) 14...Nh5 15.O-O f6 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Ng3 Bc7 18.Bc1 Nf4 ⩲ +0.83 (33 ply) 15.O-O Neg5 16.Nxg5 Nxg5 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Be6 19.Kh2 ± +1.82 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.86 (36 ply)better is 17.O-O Nf4 18.Nxf4 Qxf4 19.Qc1 Qxc1 20.Raxc1 a5 21.c3 ⩲ +1.25 (35 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (35 ply) 18...Qg6 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.cxd3 g6 21.Kd2 h5 22.Raf1 Ng7 ⩲ +0.55 (33 ply) 19.c4 fxe5 20.dxe5 Qf3 21.Rf1 Qe3 22.Bc1 Qe4 23.c5 Bc7 ± +1.99 (32 ply)= 0.00 (32 ply) 20...Nc7 21.O-O-O Bf5 22.Qd2 Be4 23.Rh2 Re8 24.Nc3 Nb5 = +0.33 (34 ply) ± +2.13 (33 ply) 22...dxc4 23.Bxc4 Rf8 24.g4 Kh7 25.f5 Nc7 26.Nf4 a5 ± +1.80 (32 ply)+- +3.01 (36 ply) 24.c5 Ba7 25.f5 Ne8 26.Nf4 Nf6 27.Ng6 Re8+ 28.Ne5 Bb8 +- +3.19 (35 ply) 24...Re8 25.Nc3 dxc4 26.Bxc4+ Be6 27.Bxe6+ Nxe6 28.f5 ⩲ +0.95 (37 ply)+- +3.63 (33 ply) 28...g5 29.fxg6 Ne6 30.Bc2 Bb8 31.Rxf8+ Nxf8 32.Rf1 Re7 ± +2.43 (26 ply)+- +4.60 (34 ply) after 29.Nf4 Rf6 30.Ng6 Rd8 31.h4 h5 32.g5 Rxg6 33.fxg6 Bh3 29...g5 30.Nc1 Re7 31.Nd3 Ne8 32.Ne5 Rg7 33.b5 axb5 +- +3.09 (32 ply)+- +5.03 (32 ply)+- mate-in-11 after 44...Rg7 45.Rxg4 Be7 46.Bh6 Bf8 47.Re1 Rf2 48.Bxg7+45...Rxg7 46.Rxg7 Be6 47.Rxb7 Rf2 48.Rb8 Rf8 49.Bg5 Kg7 +- mate-in-101-0

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