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Jackson Showalter vs Darius Phillips
Chicago Chess Tournament (1890), Chicago Chess and Checker Club; Chicago IL. USA, Jun-15
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation (C12)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 6...Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 c5 9.Be3 O-O 10.f3 f6 = 0.00 (36 ply) 7.Qg4 Bf8 8.h4 b6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Bd3 Bb7 ± +1.69 (30 ply) 7...O-O 8.Qg4 Kh8 9.h4 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 b6 11.O-O-O c5 ⩲ +0.76 (31 ply) ± +1.86 (31 ply) 8...Bf8 9.a3 Bd7 10.h4 a6 11.Nge2 g6 12.Qg3 h5 13.b4 ⩲ +1.50 (31 ply)+- +2.57 (30 ply) after 9.h4 Ne7 10.Nge2 b6 11.Rh3 Nf5 12.O-O-O Kg8 13.Kb1 Bxc3 10.a3 f6 11.f4 Kg8 12.Qf3 a6 13.O-O-O b5 14.Na2 Rb8 15.g4 +- +3.07 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.76 (31 ply) 11.Qg6 Qe8 12.Qxe8+ Kxe8 13.Nce2 Nf8 14.h4 h5 15.c3 Ng6 ⩲ +0.97 (35 ply)= 0.00 (36 ply)better is 14.Ne2 h5 15.Qf4 Bxf5 16.Qxf5 Kg8 17.O-O-O Qc8 18.Qf3 = +0.44 (31 ply) 14...Bf6 15.O-O-O h5 16.Qg6 Nd6 17.Nxd5 Ne7 18.Nxe7 Qxe7 = -0.19 (34 ply) 15.Nxd5 Bf6 16.O-O-O h5 17.Qh3 Ne7 18.Nxe7 Qxe7 19.Rhe1 ⩲ +1.19 (33 ply) 15...h5 16.Bxh5 Nxd4 17.Nxd5 Bxe6 18.Qxd4 Nf5 19.Qf4 ∓ -2.31 (36 ply) 16.O-O-O h5 17.Qh3 Nxd4 18.Rhe1 c6 19.Bf4 Kg8 20.Nxd5 = 0.00 (37 ply) 16...Qe7 17.Nxd5 Bxe6 18.Qh5 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Bxd4 20.O-O-O -+ -2.58 (37 ply) ∓ -1.76 (31 ply) 17...h5 18.Qh3 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.O-O-O Nd5 21.Qf5 c6 ∓ -1.88 (33 ply)= -0.49 (33 ply) 18...Ne8 19.Ne2 h5 20.Qh3 Nc7 21.Nf4 Kg8 22.Rhe1 Qd6 ⩱ -1.17 (30 ply) 19.Bf4 h5 20.Qh3 Qb6 21.Rhe1 Nd8 22.Be5 Bxe6 23.Qf3 Bg4 = -0.11 (34 ply) ⩱ -0.92 (32 ply) 22...Kg8 23.Kb1 a5 24.Bg5 Qe8 25.Rhf1 b6 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 ⩱ -0.72 (32 ply) ± +2.07 (39 ply) 24...Qd7 25.Bg5 Kg7 26.Nf4 Bf5 27.Bxf5 Nxf5 28.Nxh5+ ± +1.77 (38 ply)+- +6.75 (35 ply)+- mate-in-14 after 29...Kg8 30.Qf3 Bxe6 31.Qxf6 Qd7 32.g7 Rh7 33.Bxh7+; 30.Bxf6+ Kxf6 31.Qxe6+ Kg7 32.Qf7+ Kh6 33.g7 Qd6 34.Rxe7 +- mate-in-71-0

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