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George Medley vs Augustus Mongredien
Medley - Mongredien (1850), London ENG, rd 15
Bird Opening: General (A02)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 1...d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nh6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 ⩱ -0.66 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.58 (28 ply)better is 2...c5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Nc6 6.d3 Bg7 7.c3 d5 = 0.00 (47 ply) 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 Ng4 ⩲ +0.53 (42 ply)better is 3...g6 4.g3 d6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nc6 = -0.23 (29 ply)better is 4.b3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O = +0.45 (30 ply)better is 4...g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 b6 7.d3 Bb7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 = -0.28 (30 ply)better is 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O g6 8.b3 Bg7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nc3 = +0.40 (31 ply) 5...Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.O-O Bb7 = -0.17 (30 ply)better is 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 b5 8.Qe2 Nb4 9.d3 bxc4 10.dxc4 Bb7 ⩲ +0.67 (29 ply) 6...Be7 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 b5 9.O-O Rb8 10.d3 O-O 11.Bb2 = 0.00 (30 ply) 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.d3 d5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 ⩲ +0.98 (29 ply)= 0.00 (30 ply) after 7...Nc6 8.O-O b6 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Bf1 Qe8 better is 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.a3 Bc7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.h3 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 = +0.42 (28 ply)better is 8...b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qe1 Nc6 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.a3 Rad8 = -0.15 (30 ply)= +0.46 (29 ply) 9...b6 10.h3 Bb7 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nh4 Qe8 13.Qe2 Ng6 14.Ng2 = 0.00 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.80 (29 ply) 11.Re1 Qe8 12.g3 Bb7 13.Bf1 Ne7 14.Bg2 h6 15.d3 g5 16.a3 ⩲ +0.78 (31 ply) 11...Bb7 12.Qe1 Qe8 13.h3 Qh5 14.a3 Rfe8 15.Qg3 Qf7 = -0.33 (30 ply) 12.cxd5 exd5 13.d4 c4 14.bxc4 dxc4 15.Ne5 Na5 16.Ne2 b5 ⩲ +0.74 (32 ply) 12...dxc4 13.bxc4 Bb7 14.d4 Qe7 15.Ne5 Rad8 16.Qb3 Na5 = -0.45 (30 ply) 13.cxd5 exd5 14.d3 Nf6 15.d4 Bd6 16.Ne5 Ne7 17.Ba3 Qc7 ⩲ +1.38 (32 ply)= +0.26 (32 ply) 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.d4 Bd6 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.dxc5 ⩲ +0.88 (33 ply) 14...d4 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.exd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.h3 g5 ⩱ -1.26 (32 ply)= 0.00 (36 ply) 17.Ne2 e5 18.b4 exf4 19.c5 Bb7 20.Bc2 bxc5 21.Bb3+ Kh8 = 0.00 (32 ply) 17...e5 18.Ne2 Bb7 19.b4 Ne3 20.Rf2 exf4 21.Bc2 Rf6 ⩱ -1.07 (31 ply)= 0.00 (31 ply) 19...b5 20.Re1 Rb8 21.c5 Qd7 22.a3 a5 23.Bc2 g6 24.Nf1 = -0.48 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.82 (31 ply) after 20.d4 Bd6 21.a3 Ra7 22.b4 b5 23.Re1 Re7 24.c5 Bc7 25.Ba2 20...Qg6 21.d4 Bd6 22.a3 b5 23.d5 exd5 24.cxd5 Ne7 25.Qd4 = +0.43 (31 ply) 21.Ba3 b5 22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.d4 Bd7 24.Ne2 Qa3 25.c5 Qb2 ⩲ +1.45 (32 ply) 21...Qf7 22.a3 Rb8 23.d5 exd5 24.cxd5 Qxd5 25.Nh5 b5 = 0.00 (33 ply)+- +5.88 (34 ply)better is 26.Re7 Rf6 27.Bxf5 Bd6 28.Bxg6 Bxe7 29.Bf5 Bc5+ 30.Kf1 +- +10.49 (36 ply)+- +4.48 (34 ply)better is 27.Rxc6 Rxc6 28.Bxf5 Qf6 29.Be4 Rd8 30.Bxc6 Rd1+ 31.Kf2 +- +5.10 (34 ply) 27...Rxe6 28.Bxg6 Rxg6 29.Qc2 Re6 30.Qf5 Rae8 31.Qg4 ± +1.91 (38 ply)+- +7.38 (36 ply)better is 32.Nf5 Qf6 33.Qc2 Qxb2 34.Qxb2 Rd2+ 35.Qxd2 Bxd2 36.Ne7+ +- +7.20 (35 ply)+- +2.58 (34 ply) 35...Qf8 36.Ke2 Rd2+ 37.Ke1 Qe7+ 38.Ne4 Rd6 39.Ba3 Qh4+ ± +2.49 (34 ply)+- +7.30 (32 ply)+- mate-in-6 after 39.Bd5+ Kh7 40.Be4 Re1+ 41.Kxe1 Qxe4+ 42.Qxe4+ g644...Kf8 45.c5 Ke7 46.c6 h5 47.c7 Kd7 48.Kf2 h4 49.Be2 +- +58.49 (40 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-27-12  DanielBryant: In retrospect, Black practically begs for the exchange sacrifice by putting his knight on e3 on move 17. That long diagonal is just too useful for White, and the well-placed f4 pawn prevents Black from blunting the bishop's power.
Jul-31-22  YoungEd: White had to calculate that Black's attack would fizzle out eventually; it looks sort of scary for a while.
Sep-22-22
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  MissScarlett: The <CPC> gives this as the final game in a match won by Medley +7 -4 =4.

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