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Francis Lee vs Mikhail Chigorin
London (1899), London ENG, rd 6, Jun-06
Queen Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack (D00)  ·  0-1

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May-01-10  Sebastian88: WOW!! 34. Qc6!! A very nice Trap!

After: 37. Qg2+ Lee think he won a pawn, bot 37. Ng3+! Won the game for Black.

Chigorin was a Genius. Wonderful trap.

Dec-11-16
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  KEG: I agree with Sebastian88 that Tchigorin was a tactical genius and that his 34...Qc6 here was lovely. However, I would not call this move a trap. Rather, it was one of two ways to win an already won game (34...a5 also wins) after some poor play by both sides.

Lee actually had the better position through move 10, but then played three some howlers in a row (11. Nxd7, 12. g4, and 13. Ne2) that left him in bad shape. Tchigorin somehow missed the punishing 13...c5, and let Lee back in the game. When Tchigorin finally did play c5 (on move 31) it was a mistake (31...BxN would have been much better here). But after the awful 34. c3, Lee was lost.

Following Tchigorin's gorgeous 37...Ng3 check, Lee was lost yet again. But he failed to put up any sort of resistance thereafter. His 39. Bh4 check was silly (39. Kg1 anybody?), and his 42. c4 was the equivablent of resignation. The Tournament Book's claim that Lee would have had a playable game with 42. h3 is a gross overstatement, but 42. h3 would certainly have been better than Lee's pathetic move.

In short, Tchigorin's 34...Qc6 and 37...Ng3 check were wonderful, but there are far better examples of Tchigorin's genius than this game.

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