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Frederick Esling vs Louis Goldsmith
Casual game (1880), Melbourne
King's Gambit: Declined. Classical Variation General (C30)  ·  1-0

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Nov-20-13  optimal play: Admittedly this opening is not played very often nowadays, nevertheless despite white's emphatic win, 5.b4 does not appear to have been played in another game until just last year.

[Event "ch-TUR 2012"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[White "Hatipoglu,Halil"]
[Black "Kaplan,Mehmet Emin"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. b4 Bb6 6. Bb2 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe7 9. a4 a6 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nd2 Ngf6 12. h3 Ba7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Nb3 O-O 15. f5 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Rde1 Qxb4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6 21. Rh4 Qc4+ 22. Kb1 Qd5 23. Qd1 Rad8 24. Rf4 c5 25. Re1 cxd4 26. g4 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. h4 Qe5 29. Rf1 Qe4+ 30. Ka2 Qxg4 31. Qc1 Qe2 32. Rg1 Qe3 33. Qd1 b5 34. a5 Qe4 35. h5 Qd5 36. Re1 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Qxf5 38. Qe7 Qd7 39. Qe5 d3 40. Qg3 Nxh5 41. Nd2 Qd5+ 42. Kb1 Bd4 43. Qxd3 Qh1+ 44. Bc1 Bf6 45. Ne4 Qe1 46. Kc2 Qxa5 47. Nxf6+ Nxf6 48. Qg3 Qa4+ 49. Kb2 Qb4+ 50. Kc2 Qc4+ 51. Kb2 Qg4 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qc7 Qe4 54. Qxf7 Qd4+ 55. Kb1 Qe4+ 56. Kb2 a5 57. Ka1 Qd5 58. Qa7 Qd1 59. Kb1 a4 60. Qc7 b4 61. Ka1 a3 62. Ka2 Qd5+ 63. Ka1 Qd4+ 64. Ka2 Nd5 65. Qc2+ g6 66. Qb3 Nc3+ 67. Ka1 Ne2+ 68. Ka2 Nxc1+ 0-1

And black scores a win 132 years later.

Maybe Halil should have also followed up with 6.a4

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