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NN vs George Henry Mackenzie
New York (1868)
Latvian Gambit: Accepted (C40)  ·  0-1

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Jan-10-06  EmperorAtahualpa: 19.Rxg1 Nf2#
Jan-17-11
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  Phony Benoni: After <18.Bb3>:


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Mackenzie seems to have had a liking for this mating pattern. He published the following game in his column in the <Albion> for June 30, 1866. (No date or place is given, but he notes that it was played a few years before against "Herr Cohn ... the secretary of the Stettin Chess Club."

Mackenzie, George Henry - Cohn
[Albion, 1866.06.30]

<1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5.dxe5 d5 6.Bxd5 Nc5 7.Be3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bxc5 Bxc5 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Qe2 Bxb3 13.axb3 c6 14.Ne4 Qb6 15.Nfg5 h6 16.Qh5 Nxc2 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Qxf7 Nxa1>


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<19.Qg8+ Rxg8 20.Nf7#> 1-0

Jul-01-19
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  master8ch: Unnecessarily fancy. 14...Nxf2+ 15.Rxf2 Bxf2 with unstoppable threat of 16...Qg3.

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