Julius Mendheim vs City of Wroclaw - Correspondence 1829.??.??

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Julius Mendheim vs City of Wroclaw
Correspondence Prussia round - 1829.??.??
Italian Game: Bird’s Attack 1-0

[Event "Correspondence"]
[Site "Corr"]
[Date "1829.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julius Mendheim"]
[Black "City of Wroclaw"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 {Notes from "Handbuch des Schachspiels" 1843 p. 127
(extracted by Jeremy P. Spinrad)} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3
Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd5 Nxf2 8.Kxf2 dxc3+ 9.Ke1 cxb2
10.Bxb2 {According to Lolli the game is equal, in that the
three pawns are worth as much as the knight. Lolli has black
play 10...Ne7 and gives three continuations, of which the last
is 11.Bb3 d5. We are not sure of this line, because we would
play 12.exd6, and Black's pawns lose their strength, since he
is no longer three pawns stronger on the queen side, instead
just 3 against 1 and on the king side 3 against 2, while the
opponent has a strong piece. Since 10...O-O would have been
dangerous because of the white bishop, the best move on the
board is:} Qe7 11.Bxc6 {So that the knight cannot move to d8
and e6.} dxc6 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Nbd2 O-O-O 14.Ke2 g6 {To free the
rook on h8, without leaving the pawn on h7 en prise; the move
14.Bd5 might have been even better.} 15.Ne4 Bb6 16.Qa4 Bd5
17.Rhc1 {Moving the rook on a1 here would have been better.}
f5 18.Ned2 {Perhaps 18.Nf6 would have been better, even though
Mendheim says it would have been a mistake, as it would have
forced him to take the bishop on d5, undoubling black's
pawns. To us this seems like a lesser evil than leaving this
dangerous bishop in the middle of the board.} Bxf3+ {This move
of Breslau is not well considered, since White can take back
with the other knight. Mendheim says that 18...g5 would have
put White into a difficult position.} 19.Nxf3 g5 20.Rf1 Rd5
21.Rad1 g4 {Breslau moved 21...g4 here, made a few weak moves,
and eventually lost.}  22. Nd2 Ra5 23. Qc4 Rb5 24. Ba1 Rf8
25. Qf4 Rb4 26. Nc4 Kb8 27. Qc1 Bc5 28. a3 Ra4 29. Qc2 b5
30. Rb1 Kc8 31. Nd2 f4 32. Rb3 a6 33. Re1 Bd4 34. Qxc6 Qxe5+
35. Kd1 Qd6 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Qxe8+ Kb7 38. Rd3 Qd5 39. Qe2 h5
40. Bb2 c5 41. Nb3 Qf5 42. Nxd4 cxd4 43. Ke1 Rc4 44. Rxd4 Rxd4
45. Bxd4 Kc6 46. Kd2 f3 47. gxf3 gxf3 48. Qe5 Qg4 49. Bf2 Kd7
50. Ke3 Kc8 51. Qe8+ Kc7 52. Qf7+ Kc8 53. Bg3 Qg5+ 54. Kxf3 Qg4+
55. Ke3 Qg5+ 56. Kd4 Qd8+ 57. Ke4 h4 58. Be5 a5 59. h3 1-0

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Updated: 6 February, 2022
Created: 6 February, 2022