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Daniel Harrwitz vs Elijah Williams
Harrwitz - Williams (1846), London ENG, rd 3
King's Gambit: Accepted. Mayet Gambit (C38)  ·  1-0

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Jan-06-05  Knight13: I believe 37. Kg2 is checkmate. Did Harrwitz saw that and refused to take it just to win a rook and beat his opponent up slowly?
Jan-06-05  akiba82: <Knight13> If 37.Kg2+ then 37... Rxh1 is not checkmate. I find this game rather puzzling in that Black seems to emerge from the opening in good shape but rapidly gets busted. Where do you think his mistake was?
Jan-06-05
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  beatgiant: <akiba82>
<Where do you think his mistake was?> My suggested improvement is 26...Qg6 to answer 27. Qg4 with 27...Nf6.
Jan-06-05  Knight13: <37... Rxh1 is not checkmate> I overlooked that.
Jan-06-05  akiba82: <beatgiant> If 26... Qg6 then 27.Ne7+ wins. What about 19... Nh5? If 20.gxf4 then 20... Bf4 and later Ne5. Black appears to be ok.
Jan-07-05
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  beatgiant: <akiba82>:<If 26... Qg6 then 27.Ne7+ wins.> One of the worst mistakes I've ever posted. But I still think Black should be okay with a better 26th move.

Now I suggest 26...c4. If then 27. Rf3, then Qg4 is blocked so Black has time to consolidate with 27...Kh7. Or if 27. Re3 Bf4 28. Re2 Bxd2 29. Rexd2 Ne5. The exchange of bishops reduces White's attacking chances.

Dec-28-10  bolek88: 33...Kh5 ? Maybe 33... Rg8.
Sep-08-13
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  keypusher: Looked at this briefly with Shredder.

19.g3 was just a blunder. After 19....fxg3 20.Rg2 Bf4! followed by ...Ne5 is overwhelming. When Williams played 20....Nh5 (which still leaves him with a very good game) he presumably overlooked Harrwitz's fine Ne3-f5 maneuver.

Better that 27....Kh7 was ....c4 first, gaining the c5 square for the knight.

Presumably Williams overlooked 28.Nxh6.

It's hard to blame Williams for not seeing that, instead of 33....Kh5, he had 33....bxc3! If 34.hxg5 fxg5 35.Bxg5+ Kh5, White is lost after 36.bxc3 Rb2+ 37.Kg1 (37.Kh1 Rf3!!) 37....Rg8 38.Bf4 Nf3+.

After 34.hxg5, 34....bxc3 still saves Black.

Very interesting game. But I doubt Paul Morphy would have been impressed, even at the age of 9. :-)

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