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Carroll Smyth vs August Vorrath
Team Match Junior CC vs New York City CC (1892)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. General (A30)  ·  1-0

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Nov-02-14  Karpova: The move was not annotated, but 12.Nxc6 looks like a mistake, allowing 13...Qxa2. Instead, Black blunders with 13...Be6, but White refrains from 14.Qxg7.

15...Qxa2: <Pawn hunger kills him.> Now, this move was wrong and 15...Nxc3 advisable. Black gives White another opportunity to play Qxg7, and this time he takes it. He may have ended the game quicker with 18.Qxf7+, though.

Source: G C Reichhelm & W P Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, 1898, p. 101

Feb-26-15  heuristic: 5.Be2 is rare
5...h6 is only game

13...Be6?!
13...Qxa2 14.Qxb4 Qxb2 15.0-0 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.Rxc3 Bd7

14.0-0?!
14.Qxg7 0-0-0 15.0-0 Rhg8 16.Qe5

15...Qxa2??
15...Nxc3 16. Rxc3 0-0 17.Rxc6 Qxa2

16...Kd7?
16...0-0-0 17.Bg4 Nxc3 18.Bxe6+ fxe6 19.Rxc3

17.Bg4!

18.Bxe6!?
18.Qxf7+ M4

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