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Francois Philidor vs John Bruehl
Casual game, rook odds for pawn and move (1788) (unorthodox), London, ENG, May-??
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Aug-22-10  rapidcitychess: <chessgames.com> Is white lost here? On the contrary isn't white winning? What is going on, am I missing something big? I think this game should either be tweaked or taken out of the database.
Aug-22-10  vonKrolock: Evidently, considering only this game, von Brühl was not a <rookie> (someone whom You can give a ♖ for just a ♙ and still win).
Aug-22-10  rapidcitychess: Therefore, what in the world is going on?
Aug-22-10  rapidcitychess: Ah, sorry, I have missed something. Was it an odds game before? Was it just changed? What is wrong with me?
Sep-11-10  blusiryn: What's wrong with 6...Bh4+? White is forced to move the king to e2 or d2 hampering his development, since 7.Nxh4 Qxh4+ will end badly for white.
Mar-29-13  ikarus260: computer says that the black wins, however,
Jan-20-15  Oliveira: <vonKrolock> haha, boa!
Jan-17-23
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  jnpope: Source: <Selection of Games at Chess Actually Played by Philidor>, G. Walker, London, 1835, pp36-37.

The <Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games>, Oxford 1981, p13, dates the game to May, 1788.

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