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Jacob Sarratt vs NN
Casual (1818), ENG
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Saratt Variation (C44)  ·  1-0

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Jun-14-05  Knight13: 4... Bxd4 would've been better. That way Black stops the threat of Nxf7 2 moves later.
Dec-03-06  BaranDuin: Black's resignation seems a bit premature to me
Dec-26-06  Rubenus: Perhaps he was impressed of the 'brilliant' combination? Or it is an incomplete game.
Feb-28-07  Rubenus: And 5. Nh6 would also have been better because it develops a piece.
Feb-28-07  Rubenus: See: A Meek vs Morphy, 1855
Mar-12-20
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  FSR: It's ridiculous for Black to resign. The position is equal.
Mar-13-20
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  Telemus: <FSR: The position is equal.> Black loses at least a pawn and should be much worse. SF 11 confirms with evaluations around +2.
Mar-15-20
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  FSR: <Telemus> Sorry. I miscounted pawns and thought Black would have material equality after he dropped the pawn on d4.
Mar-15-20
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  Telemus: <Rubenus: Or it is an incomplete game.> The Oxford Encyclopedia and the Whitehead database give the same gamescore and do not indicate that it is incomplete.

The Encyclopedia's source is a manuscript by Harold James Ruthven Murray. Of course, that's not a primary one. But Whitehead, as far as I understood, used solely primary sources. So where did he get it from?

Apr-26-24  generror: For once, NN resigned like a grandmaster.

Also, hooray to good old Sarratt for pioneering the good old Rosentreter Gambit -- 4.d4 in Giuoco Piano's face! I'm surprised it's not a favorite of IM Rosen, not just because of the name, but because it's just full of traps for the unprepared, and even if Black plays accurately, Stockfish says it's pretty equal. Plus "Rosentreter" means "kicker of roses".

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