Adolf Albin vs Jacques Mieses - Hastings 1895.08.19

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Adolf Albin vs Jacques Mieses
Hastings Hastings ENG round 11 1895.08.19
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1895.08.19"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
d6 5.Bxc6+ {The usual move 5 d4 is better.} bxc6 6.d3 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.Qe2 Ne7 {!} 9.h3 f5 10.Bg5 f4 11.O-O-O h6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.d4 {This move is not good, because it opens the diagonal to
the hostile King's Bishop.} exd4 14.Nxd4 c5 {Black plays too
hastily to get an attack. The advantage of the two Bishops
would yield the second player a superior game if he adopted a
line of play to slowly and gradually improve his position. The
proper move would be ...Bd7 15 Qf3 O-O to be followed by Qf7
and c5.} 15.Nd5 Qf7 16.Nf3 c6 17.Nc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxa2 19.Qd3
O-O 20.Nh4 Be6 21.Nxg6 Bc4 22.Qf3 Rab8 23.Kd2 Rb2 24.Rc1 Bb3
25.Qd1 Rb8 26.Nxf4 Bxc2 27.Qg4+ Kf8 28.Qf5+ Ke8 29.Qg6+ Kd7
30.Qg7+ Kc8 31.Ke3 Bb3 {?? Black need not have lost the game
if he had not made such a blunder.} 32.Ra1 a5 33.Rxa2 Bxa2
34.Rd1 R8b7 35.Qf8+ Kc7 36.Qxd6+ Kb6 37.Nd3 Rb5 38.Ne5 a4
39.Qxc6+ Ka7 40.Rd6 Ra5 41.Rd7 1-0

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Updated: 18 January, 2022
Created: 18 January, 2022