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Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell
La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 5th Casual Match (1834), London ENG, rd 3
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51)  ·  1-0

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Oct-01-04  Knight13: 26... Bf5?? I don't get why Black played this move. I think 26... dxe5 were better.
Oct-01-04  maoam: <Knight13>

<I don't get why Black played this move.>

It clears the third rank so that after <26...dxe5>?? 27.Qg3+ and mate can only be delayed for a couple of moves.

Oct-01-04  admiralnemo: 26..dxe5 27.Qg3+ and the only way to prevent mate is to sacrifice the bishop and queen or vice versa, after which it is still mate.
Jan-15-06  MorphyMatt: whats with 13. Kh2?
Feb-15-06  Drew Barker: 27.Qg3+ does work because of 27..KxR 28.BxB 28..Kh8 and I dont see a way of mate from there.
Oct-02-07  sneaky pete: William Greenwood Walker (1836) gives 27... Bxh7 28.Nh6# as the final moves.

Another deviation in his score is 6.. d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 (the move order 6... Bb6 with 8... d6 to reach the normal position was used only by De La Bourdonnais).

Oct-02-07  psmith: <MorphyMatt> 13. Kh2 is intended to unpin the f-pawn so White can play f4.
May-10-09  sfm: 15.-,g5??
With his opponent clearly indicating his intentions to play f4, well, this is some invitation.
Feb-01-12  Knight13: <psmith: <MorphyMatt> 13. Kh2 is intended to unpin the f-pawn so White can play f4.> And also to prevent a possible eventual ...Bxh3, which McDonnell has used a few times against La Bourdonnais in different games. Otherwise Kh1 is better.
Jul-29-20  schnarre: ...Ouch!

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