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Joseph Blackburne vs George Mackenzie
5th DSB Congress, Frankfurt (1887), Frankfurt am Main GER, rd 11, Jul-25
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation (D50)  ·  0-1

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Nov-25-04  siggemannen: 33... Be5! is the move interposes the defence of the rook thus winning the exchange
Dec-31-06
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  Jonathan Sarfati: Blackburne caught the world championship contenders Zukertort and Tarrasch in the same trap, winning a pawn by the unexpected retreat 13.Nd2! (threatening Nxh5 then Qh5 winnng back the piece) followed by Qf3 and Nxc4 exploiting the undefended Bb7.

But unlike this game, Blackburn didn't allow those other opponents to escape; Zukertort lost quickly Blackburne vs Zukertort, 1887 while Tarrasch held out for a long time to no avail Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1887.

But McKenzie played much better than the others, and Blackburne played indifferently with f4 devaluing his extra pawn, weakening his K-side, then falling for the interception 33...Be5!

Jan-01-07  who: Actually, Blackburne could have won with the very elegant 30.Rc6! Bxc6 31.Rxc6 Qd8 32.f6! 1.88 (Fritz)
Feb-26-08  Knight13: <who: Actually, Blackburne could have won with the very elegant 30.Rc6! Bxc6 31.Rxc6 Qd8 32.f6! 1.88 (Fritz)> Huh? Tell me about 31...Qxc6.
Mar-25-08
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  Pawn and Two: <Knight13> After 30.Rc6 Bxc6 31.Rxc6 Qxc6, then 32.Nxc6, with threats of 33.Bxd5, or 33.f6 & 34.Ne7+, and White has a winning position.
Dec-27-14  Knight13: It seems that Blackburne got desperate after Black's surprising 33... Be5! and played 37. e4??. He had a won game and lost it--not easy for any serious chess player. Mackenzie, on the other hand, was probably grinning and thinking, "Maybe he's disappointed that his 'cheap' [12. Nd2!] grab-a-pawn trick didn't quite work out as he had intended, haha!"

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