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Jackson Showalter vs Amos Burn
6th American Chess Congress, New York (1889), New York, NY USA, rd 35, May-11
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Rosenthal Variation (C67)  ·  1-0

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Aug-09-04
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  Chessical: A dynamic Showalter attacking sacrifice, and moreover against a renowned defender.

I do not believe that <21.Bxh6> is a forced win, but it put too many problems in front of Burn. <26...f6?> allowing Showalter to play his N to g6 probably decided the game. He could have continued to defend with 26...Rad8.

An attractive attack.

May-02-17  Straclonoor: Obvious 26...f6? - mistake.
Best line is
Stockfish 300417 64 BMI2 0.50 (depth 28) 26...Kg8 27.Rg4 f6 28.f4 Bf5 29.Rhg3 Bxg4 30.Nxg4 Bxf4 31.Nh6+ Bxh6 32.Qxh6 Qxg3 33.hxg3 Rf7 34.c5 Re8 35.Qg6+ Kf8 36.g4 a5 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.c3 b5 39.Qg6+ Kf8 40.Qh6+ Kg8 Looks like draw

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