| Jun-03-05 | | Granite: Is the result of this game correct? Looks like a draw to me! |
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| Jun-03-05 | | paladin at large: Sure does. For white, how about 61. Qh7+. I am not sure white can successfully invade - he will have to bring his king up - but black would be very cramped while trying to defend f6. |
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| Oct-13-14 | | joddon: Caro ran out of time...this is a draw, however these two guys were ready for a blood brawl.....looks like they were ready to fight in those times without computer assistance, this game was right to the edge of the universe as it gets.you got to calculate a lot of opening blunders in order to get this far in the game. |
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Sep-23-15
 | | dernier loup de T: Joddon: check it by a computer: Blackburne could win after 61.Qh7+!! A database says that "Blackburne, "unsatisfied with the obvious draw, preferred to resign"; in my opinion, he was upset because of missing the opportunity to win at move 61... |
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| Aug-08-16 | | Straclonoor: <dernier loup de T> Yes, of course!
Analysis by Stockfish 260616 64 POPCNT:  (2.69): 61.Qh7+ Kc8 62.Kg2 Qe8 63.Qg7 a4 64.bxa4 Qd7 65.Qg8 Qxa4 66.Qe6+ Kb7 67.Qxd6 Qc2+ 68.Nf2 Bc7 69.Qxf6 Qxb2 70.Qe6 Qd4 71.f6 b3 72.f7 Qd6 73.Qd5+ Kb8 74.Nd1 Qh6 75.Qd7 Bd6 76.Kf1 Bf8 77.Ke1 Qg7 78.Ke2 Ka8 79.Qc8+ Ka7 80.Qc7+ Ka8 81.Kf1 Qh6 82.Qxe5 Kb7 83.Qb2 Qb6 84.Ke1 Kc8 85.Qe5 Qa5+ 86.Ke2 Qa2+ 87.Nb2 Kb7 |
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| Dec-11-19 | | Straclonoor: Deep analysis shows how to breakthrough black's position Analysis by Stockfish 051119 64 BMI2:
+- (7.08): 61.Qh7+ Kc8 62.Kg2 Qe8 63.Qg7 a4 64.bxa4 Qd7 65.Qg8 Qxa4 66.Qe6+ Kc7 67.Nxf6 Bxf6 68.Qxf6 Qc2+ 69.Kh3 Qd1 70.Qg7+ Kd8 71.Qg8+ Kd7 72.Qg2 Ke7 73.Kh4 Qe1+ 74.Kg4 Kf8 75.Qh2 Kg7 76.f6+ Kxf6 77.Qh6+ Ke7 78.Kf5 Kd7 79.Qe6+ Kc7 80.Qe7+ Kb6 81.Qxd6+ Kb7 82.Ke6 Qg1 83.Kd7 Qg7+ 84.Qe7 Qg8 85.b3 Qg6 86.Qxe5 Qc6+ 87.Ke7 Qg6 88.Qd5+ Ka7 89.Qxc5+ Kb7 90.Qd5+ Qc6 91.Qxc6+ Kxc6 92.Ke6 Kc5 |
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| Dec-11-19 | | Carrots and Pizza: Blackburne was born around the same time as Morphy and he remained competitive even after the turn of the century. In that sense, he was like Bird, who seemed to get better in his later years. It's pretty impressive for Blackburne because he really remained in the top group, even after the era of Steinitz, Lasker, and the Hypermoderns. |
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| Dec-11-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: 61. Qh7+ Kc8 62. Kg2 Be7=
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| Dec-11-19 | | Straclonoor: <61. Qh7+ Kc8 62. Kg2 Be7=> No. White king moves h3, h4, h5, g6 and wins 'f6' pawn. |
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| Dec-11-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: <Straclonoor>
Ok, thanks. |
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| Dec-12-21 | | Retireborn: Megabase has a surprising quote at the end of this game; "Blackburne, unsatisfied with the obvious draw, preferred to resign." They don't give a source for this. Can it really be true? Perhaps Blackburne, after 38 rounds and 82 moves just wanted to go home. |
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| Dec-12-21 | | Nosnibor: According to "The Field", 30 July 1898, " A steady game resulting in a drawn position, and eventually resigned by Blackburne, who did not care to to play it out." Of course in those days they did not have "Stockfish". |
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| Dec-12-21 | | Retireborn: <Nosnibor> Thanks. Presumably Horatio turned down a draw offer at some point. |
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