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Frank Marshall vs Joseph Blackburne
Ostend (1905), Ostend BEL, rd 21, Jul-11
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation (D31)  ·  0-1

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May-03-06  who: A very classy technical finish by Blackburne. There are a few only moves in the beginning of the 5-piece endgame (Nalimov).

What I really enjoyed was the use of the bishop on the a8-h1 diagonal for so long during the game. Fritz thinks that the bishop is so strong that 22.Bc6! Bxc6 d5 was called for (+1.56 instead of -1.84).

And of course moves like 22...Rxg2+! (23.Kxg2? Rg8+ 24.Kf1 Qh3+ 25.Ke2 Qxf3+ 26.Kd2 Qd3+ 27.Kc1 Qxb1+ etc.)

May-03-06
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  Pawn and Two: <who> Marshall certainly missed a great move by not finding 22.Bc6!.

I noticed my Fritz 9 gave different evaluations, at move 22, than your Fritz. Fritz 9's evaluations stayed in a very close range, only slightly increasing as it approached 16 ply.

Fritz 9 evaluated the position as winning for White after 21...Qh6, (3.88) (16 ply), and provided the following line: 22.Bc6! Bxc6 23.d5 Bd7 24.Rb7 Rd8 25.dxe6 fxe6 26.Qd5 Rh7 27.Qxf5.

Fritz's 2nd choice was 22.g3, which is also in favor of White, (1.73) (16 ply), with the indicated continuation: 22.g3 Kxd7 23.d5 Ke7 24.dxe6 fxe6 25.Rb6.

After Marshall's 22.Ba4??, Fritz's evaluation was (-2.82) (16 ply). Now Blackburne had the killing 22...Rxg2+!.

Interesting that both players had the opportunity to make a winning move at move 22.

Apr-14-21
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  DaltriDiluvi: 55. - Kd5? is actually a mistake. White could have drawn by playing 56. Kb2!. The move 55. - Kd4 is better.

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