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Howard Staunton vs Bernhard Horwitz
Staunton - Horwitz (1846), London ENG, rd 5, Feb-??
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (C41)  ·  1-0

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Oct-12-04  nopawnintended: This post is from a beginner so ignore it if you know anything about chess. However, I couldn't resist commenting: a) cool to see a game in classic chess lit decided by a two mover (move #29) how many of us under 1800 players experience it every day? b)Staunton is such a sensitive yet formidable player. His fine balance between positional ideas and the decisive late mid-game tactic really brings to light the aesthetic side of chess. Very great to have a record of his games. c)Upon checking out this game and modern GM games its interesting to see how certain thematic ideas are timeless...space, time and force of course but also will power...I found move 23. e5 to be elegantly ruthless...(though not a difficult move to find). Anyway this is a cool game.
Oct-12-04  Kean: What a beatiful game by Staunton. I guess all started with the quiet 5.Be2. Cant believe they way he started the attack in the queenside to obtain later the center pawns and switch the attack in the kingside. It was a Philidor defense, but was Staunton who really played like Philidor.
Nov-06-08  JimmyVermeer: Staunton's Chessplayers' Handbook incorrectly lists Black's 14th move as Be8, which is, of course, illegal. So I had to come here to find out what the actual move was - thanks, Chessgames.com! Staunton also incorrectly lists White's 26th move as Ke4, also illegal.

The game could end as follows: 33 e7 Nc6 34 Rf8+ Qxf8 35 exf8Q+ Kxf8 36 Qf6+ Kg8 37 Bh6 Rd7 38 Qxg6+ Kh8 39 Bg5 Rxd6 40 Rxd6 Bc5+ 41 Kf1 Bxd6 42 Bf6#

Nov-07-08  AnalyzeThis: Black played at best 1800 strength in this game.
Oct-21-16  Aunt Jemima: 20...d5 looked good as the white queen was unprotected on c2, but Staunton had 21.Qf2!. Once the white pawn got up to d6 white had a dominating looking position.
May-22-19
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  tpstar: Black's dsb was no help, which happens a lot in the Philidor Defense.

25 ... g6 caused fatal dark square weaknesses on the Kingside, so maybe 25 ... b5 instead.

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