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Charles Vezin vs James Thompson
Philadelphia (1845), Philadelphia, PA USA
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21)  ·  1-0

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Oct-10-14  Karpova: This game was played in the Athenaeum.

<Mr. James Thompson in those days was the Murat of chess and more feared than stronger but duller players. In this partie the genial master of the Athenaeum gives Mr. T. a dose of his own medicine.>

On 6...f6, the annotator notes that <A modern would play P-Q 5.> (6...d4), but 6...Nh6 looks interesting.

10...fxe5 received a <?>, but it doesn't look bad. Maybe 10...cxd4 was somewhat better.

16.Qh5: <This whole combination shows that Mr. Vezin was a very brilliant player and had keen sense of the beautiful in chess.>

After 22...Qxd2, the game score says <White mated in two moves.>, so 23.Qxg7+ Kh5 24.g4# was probably played.

Source: G C Reichhelm & W P Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, 1898, p. 67

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