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John Owen vs Paul Morphy
Pawn and Move Odds match (1858) (unorthodox), London ENG, rd 5, Aug-??
Chess variants (000)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 3...dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 = -0.11 (29 ply) 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 f5 8.Nc3 Nge7 ⩲ +0.80 (24 ply) 4...dxe4 5.Bxe4 Bg7 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 = -0.07 (26 ply) 5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bh6 Nc6 9.Bg7 ⩲ +1.34 (22 ply) 5...dxe4 6.Bxe4 Nf6 7.Bc2 Nc6 8.Bg5 cxd4 9.Nxd4 h6 = +0.03 (26 ply) 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Na3 Bd7 8.c4 Qh5 9.Nb5 Rc8 10.dxc5 ⩲ +1.23 (22 ply) 6...dxe4 7.Bxe4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bg7 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.Be3 = +0.27 (24 ply) ± +2.26 (24 ply) 8...Be6 9.Ng5 c4 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Bc2 Nf6 12.Nd2 O-O-O ± +1.92 (23 ply) 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.b4 Qd6 11.Qa4 f6 12.Ba3 Qf4 13.Bb5 Bd7 +- +2.84 (23 ply) 9...cxd4 10.Qf3 Nh6 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Qxd5 O-O 13.Qb5 Qxb5 = +0.25 (21 ply) 10.dxc5 Qd8 11.Nf3 O-O 12.b4 a5 13.b5 Nb8 14.Ba3 Nbd7 ± +1.55 (25 ply)-+ -3.01 (23 ply) 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.g3 Kf8 13.b4 b6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.h4 bxc5 -+ -2.62 (22 ply) 11...fxg6 12.Bg5 Qxb2 13.Nd2 Kf8 14.dxc5 Qxc3 15.Rc1 Qd4 -+ -7.04 (23 ply)+- +3.63 (25 ply) after 12.Qf3 Kf8 13.Bh6+ Kg8 14.Qf4 Qd8 15.Re3 Rh7 16.Qg5 Ne8 13.Qd3 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Bxf7 Kxf7 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.h3 +- +3.01 (23 ply) 13...Ne4 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Nd2 Bf5 17.dxc5 ± +1.55 (25 ply) ± +2.41 (22 ply) after 14.h3 Bd7 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Nd2 Rg7 17.Bh6 Kg8 18.Rad1 Rf8 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Qf5 Bg6 18.Qe6+ Kg7 19.Nd2 d4 20.Nf3 ± +2.07 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.18 (23 ply)better is 17.dxc5 Bxc2 18.cxb6 Kxf6 19.bxa7 Rxa7 20.Re2 Bg6 21.Nd2 ± +1.66 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.99 (26 ply) 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Qe6+ Kg7 20.Nd2 Rf8 21.Nb3 Qb6 22.Qe3 ⩲ +1.02 (23 ply)= 0.00 (29 ply)better is 19...Kh6 20.Qd6 Be7 21.Rxe7 Nxe7 22.Qxe7 Qxb2 23.Qe3+ = 0.00 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.52 (26 ply) 22.Re6 Rf8 23.Nb3 Qd8 24.Qg3 Qb8 25.Rd6 dxc3 26.bxc3 Rd8 ⩲ +0.63 (26 ply) ⩱ -1.29 (27 ply) 23.Qxb6 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 axb6 25.cxd4 Bf5 26.Kg2 Kf7 27.Kg3 ⩱ -1.22 (25 ply)-+ -4.37 (25 ply) 27...Bg5 28.Qb4 Bxe3 29.Qh4+ Kg7 30.Qe7+ Kh6 31.Qxe3+ -+ -4.39 (29 ply) ∓ -1.66 (26 ply) 29.Rg1 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Re8 31.e4 Qf6 32.Qe3 Kh7 33.Rg5 Rc8 ∓ -1.92 (28 ply)-+ -2.90 (27 ply) 30.Qxe3 Qxe3 31.Rxe3 Rg7 32.Kh2 Rc7 33.Kg3 b6 34.a3 Kg7 -+ -2.52 (29 ply)-+ -11.05 (28 ply) 31...Bf7 32.Qc3+ Rg7 33.Re1 Qg6 34.Qxg7+ Qxg7 35.a3 Qb2 -+ -11.15 (27 ply)-+ -5.08 (32 ply)-+ mate-in-2 after 37.Qe1 Qxe1+ 38.Kh20-1

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