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Mikhail Chigorin vs Julius Irving Livingston
"Dr Livingstone, I presume?" (game of the day Oct-13-2022)
Blindfold simul (1889) (blindfold), New York, NY USA, May-25
Danish Gambit: General (C21)  ·  0-1

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rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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Jul-26-12
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  GrahamClayton: One of the rare examples where the player who accepts the double rook sacrifice manages to win.
Mar-10-14
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  SwitchingQuylthulg: <GrahamClayton> Funnily enough, the double rook sac here was actually perfectly sound; White had to play 14.Qc7!


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14...d5 (14...Na6 15.Qd8 and Black's king is in too much trouble; 14...Kxf8 15.Qd8#) 15.Qxc8 Nd7 (there's nothing better) 16.Qxa8 Nxf8 and suddenly it's White who's a piece up. (With the usual thanks to my silicon friend.)

May-18-16  RookFile: That's an important difference. On c7 the queen also hits the bishop on c8, will still having the possibility of going to d8.
Oct-13-22  Brenin: After the 14 Qc7 line Black has 3P for the B, but he's going to lose at least one of them on the Q-side, so it looks like a win for White, though not an immediate one.
Oct-13-22  Cheapo by the Dozen: Fun game.

Interesting enough to justify the really lame pun ... but the pun was lame indeed, and could have been better, e.g. "Livingston found healthy" or, getting away from the explorer reference, "Livingston right?"

Oct-13-22  Cheapo by the Dozen: Based on the course of the game, I might favor

Livingston Discovers A Win

Oct-13-22
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  Teyss: After 14.Qc7 and the best sequence 14...d5 15.Qxc8 Nd7 16.Qxa8 Nxf8 17.Bb3 Qxh2 18.Qxb7 White has B vs 3Ps but more will fall on the Qside. SF rates this at +2.0 (30 ply).


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It was a blindfold simul after all, rather normal Chigorin didn't see it or maybe he did intend Qc7 and said Qe7 instead.

Re. the pun, agree with <Cheapo by the Dozen>. "I didn't see Dr Livingstone"?

Oct-13-22
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  HeMateMe: Were those the first words spoken on the telephone?
Oct-13-22
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  MissScarlett: <Get off the line....there's a train coming!>
Oct-13-22  YoungEd: Imagine my disappointment when it dawned on me that this was not a game by Dr. J., Julius Erving.

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