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Joseph Blackburne vs Samuel Rosenthal
Baden-Baden (1870), Baden-Baden GER, rd 7, Jul-24
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Sep-18-05
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  nasmichael: OK, Chess Youth, (where 'youth' is measured in chess sophistication), plug this position in the computer, you control the white pieces, and it is your move. What do you want your opponent to do, and what do you want your pieces NOT to do if you were to find yourself in this position?
Sep-18-05
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  nasmichael: Older folks, don't answer--and younger folks, you don't have to answer here. Keep it for yourself.
Feb-03-11
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  Penguincw: It looks like <1.e4 e5> was very common in the 19th century.
Oct-10-18
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  MissScarlett: Harding's Blackburne biography, p.76:

<36.Rd4 D.S.Z. explained here that White, to gain time, just moved his Rook between d4 and d2 until eventually he tried to play for a win by 44.Rd3. An incorrect continuation is seen in some databases, which omit the repetitions at this point: 36.Rd3 Rxa4 [...] 51.Ke6 Re3+ 1/2-1/2.>

Note that Rosenthal's Rook correspondingly oscillated between c2 and c4.

Jul-10-21  Stolzenberg: <Penguincw: It looks like 1. e4 e5 was very common in the 19th century.> ... and continued to be the most common opening until the end of WW1, although 1. d4 d5 became more and more popular.
Mar-16-22  Stolzenberg: Perhaps simply 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. 0-0-0.

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