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Edwards vs NN
corres GBR (1963) (correspondence)
King's Gambit: Accepted. Cunningham Defense (C35)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
1-0

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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May-08-04  Wild Bard: The opening of the day taking a drubbing....
May-08-04  notsodeepthought: Even in a correspondence game, NN does not change his penchant for spectacular defeats - speaking of which, could one find out who NN was from the postal records? But maybe it's better not to find out.
Dec-29-04  GoodKnight: What a sequence! One sac after another.
Mar-27-06  McCool: <notsodeepthought> Maybe the NN was too embarassed about his play to want to be identified.
Jul-22-07
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Anyone else get the feeling that this might be a composed game?
Jan-12-09  psmith: After 11. d4+ white is better if not winning. The mate is forced after 11...Kxd4. the best defense seems to be 11...Kd6 12. e5+ Ke7 (all others lead to mate) 13. exf6+ gxf6, for example 14. Qg7+ Kd6 15. Bf4+ Kc6 16. d5+ Kb6 17. d6 cxd6 18. Qxh8 Nc6 19. Nc3 Ne5 20. Nd5+ Ka6 21. Qxh7 b6 22. Qxh2 Ne7 23. Qe2+ Kb7 24. Nxf6 Nxf6 with advantage. If instead 13...Nxf6 14. Qxg7+ Ke6 15. Nc3 wins. Analysis aided by Fritz 5.32.

It is unclear whether there is a better defense than 10... Bf6. The following is a sample of what I found using Fritz 5.32 (analyzing with the computer, not just letting it run):

10... Kd6 11. e5+ Kc5 12. b4+ Kb6 13.
Qd4+ Ka6 14. b5+ Ka5 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Bc3+ Kxb5 17. Qd5+ Kb6 18. Na3 a6 19. Bd4+ wins.

Apr-06-09  WhiteRook48: all those sacs!
6. Bxf7+
8. Qg4+
12. Be3+
15. Qg2+
Oct-09-10  chesschampion11: GREAT!!!
Oct-09-10  Dionysius: Hmm,I agree with An Englishman (and good evening to you too, Sir). Looks cooked up to me. And coincidentally Edwards seems to have had a playing pan of more than 80 years. Hmm, and again I say hmm.
Oct-09-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: I'm not denying that games get cooked up, but I see no reason to suspect this one in particular. After all, it's not that unusual a theme. People have been sacrificing piece after piece to draw the Black king forward in various brands of the King's Gambit since I don't know when. Here's another example, bearing some resemblance to this game: H Ohman vs G Buk, 1932
Nov-12-10  Knight13: Is 6. Bxf7+ sound?
Nov-13-10
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  Sastre: I don't think Black is any danger after <7...Kf8 8.O-O+ Bf6 9.hxg3 d6 10.Nc4 Be6>. Therefore 6.Bxf7+ doesn't appear to be sound.
Nov-13-10  Shams: 5.Ke2 is, I think, the modern treatment.
Nov-13-10  whiteshark: <Shams: 5.Ke2 is, I think, the modern treatment.> It's 2.Ke2! according to User: WannaBe.
Aug-23-11
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  profK: Aggression and gambits usually takes a drubbing in high level correspondence games, unless your opponent plays into it !!!
Sep-10-12  JonathanJ: Why not 9. Qf5+?
Oct-09-14  TheTamale: Only NN could be defeated in such a manner. Thank God for NN.
Dec-09-18  sfm: Can't recall any other game ever where Nb1's first move is to mate.
Mar-26-19  sea7kenp: Hmmm...: I think it's time to Develop my Queen Knight.
Dec-13-22  YoungEd: I'd prefer 16. Na3# myself!
Feb-24-23
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  fredthebear: Here are some more front-rank miniatures for the warhawks: https://www.nobleknight.com/Publish...

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