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Philadelphia vs New York
corr (1856) (correspondence), rd 2, Feb-22
Scotch Game: Napoleon Gambit (C44)  ·  1-0

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Oct-09-14  Karpova: This Correspondence game was played from 1856 to 1857.

The annotator calls 5...Qf6 a weak move.

The Philadelphia Committee's <admirable analysis> showed that <10...Qxe5> would have lost.

14...Bxe5 is forced, to prevent <Qg7>.

The move was not annotated, but 15...Qf6 doesn't look good. Perhaps, 15...Bd4 was better.

Philadelphia wanted to win <in style>, and so preferred 22.f4 over <22.Qg7>.

The Athenaeum players (Philadelphia) published <exhaustive analysis> on the position after 22...e4, demonstrating that White is winning.

Source: G C Reichhelm & W P Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, 1898, p. 62

Oct-09-14  Calli: The Athenaeum players were Mr. P. Randolph, Mr. H. P. Montgomery, Mr. W. G. Thomas, Mr. L. Elkin, Mr. A. E. Dougherty, and Dr. S. Lewis. The game concluded Jan 12, 1957.
Oct-11-14  Calli: The NYC players were Mead, Loyd, Marache, Gallatin, Fuller and Perrin, http://www.chessarch.com/excavation...

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