Phony Benoni: Posiiton after <26.Rc6>
click for larger viewI'm looking at the score in the "American Chess Bulletin, March 1913, p. 57, which may well be the only source for this game. The continuation is as follows (translated from Descriptive) <26...Ra8 37.Rgc1 Nd7 28.d4 Re6 29 R6c2 c5 0-1> Obviously, there is a conflict between Black's 26th and 28th moves. The assumption appears to have been (as here) that 26..Ra8 is correct -- after all, Black has to protect the a-pawn. For Black's 28th move, ../Qe7 was selected probably because it fits reasonably well with the position. But it's still a guess. I suggest that move 26 is the typo, and should be replaced with <26...Re8>. The rest of the score flows more smoothly, and there's no ned to come up with a move like 28...Qe7 out of thin air. Yes, White can play 27.Rxa6, but after 27..c5 he will find the additional pawn means little ecause he may never be ale to connect his rooks, the main source of his counterplay. Another point in favor of this suggestion is that in the current score White could safely play 26.Bxc7. | 
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