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Joseph Blackburne vs Francis Lee
Blackburne - Lee (1890), Bradford & London ENG, rd 5, Jul-22
French Defense: Classical. Rubinstein Variation (C14)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-30-22
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  offramp: For 20 moves just the ♘♘♘♘s were floating around all over the board. Very tricky endings. Blackburne <may> have thought that the game was drawn.


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Whatever happened, White manoeuvred better!
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White could have played 36. Nc5+ which is very strong. But the same opportunity a few moves later in an even better position:


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Blackburne could have played 38. Nc5+. In response Black could have played ...NxN, then dxc5 followed by Kd4 <and> the white knight picking up pawns.

Here is a possible line:
38...Nxc5
39.dxc5 Nc8
40.c6+ Kxc6
41.Nxe6 g6
42.Nf8 Ne7


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43.Kd4 b4
44.axb4 axb4.


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I think Black is near to Zugzwang.

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