City of Edinburgh vs London Chess Club - Correspondence match 1826.10.06

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City of Edinburgh vs London Chess Club
Correspondence match London ENG / Edinburgh SCO round 5 1826.10.06
Dresden Opening: The Goblin 1-0

[Event "Correspondence match"]
[Site "London ENG / Edinburgh SCO"]
[Date "1826.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "City of Edinburgh"]
[Black "London Chess Club"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 {The last and decisive of the correspondence match
between the two cities that saw a surprising win for the
Scots, a match which also included the invention of the Scotch
Gambit.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Ne7
6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qd5 Qf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qc4
Bc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 c6 16. Nc3
Nc4 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. b3 f6 19. Bc1 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bd4 21. bxc4
Bxc3 22. Rb1 b6 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. Rb3 Ba5 25. f3 f5 26. exf5
Re2 27. g4 Rxc2 28. Bf4 Rxc4 29. Bxd6 Re8 30. Ra3 h6 31. Bc7
Re7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rc8 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Ree1 35. Kh3 Rh1+
36. Bh2 Bc3 37. f4 Bd2 38. g3 Ba5 39. Re3 Rc2 40. g5 Rhxh2+
41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kf3 Rhf2+ 43. Ke4 g6 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Ke5 Rc5+
46. Kf6 Rxf5+ 47. Kxg6 Rf8 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Kh6 Bb4 50. Re6
Rf5 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rg6+ Kf8 53. Rxc6 Rc5 54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. g6
Rc3 56. g4 Bf8+ 57. Rxf8+ Kxf8 58. g7+ Kf7 59. Rh8 Rc6+
60. Kh7 1-0

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Updated: 26 November, 2021
Created: 26 November, 2021