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Isidor Gunsberg vs Amos Burn
Amsterdam (1889), Amsterdam NED, rd 8, Aug-31
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation (C11)  ·  0-1

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Oct-24-14  TheFocus: The final move here is wrong.

Correct is 41...Ne5, whereupon Gunsberg sealed 42.g4, which loses the Exchange after 42...fxg4 43.Nxe4 Bf5 44.Nxe5 Bxh3 45.Nc6+ Kd6 46.Nxa7 Ra8.

See Liverpool Weekly Times.

Feb-11-15  poorthylacine: THE FOCUS?
of course you mean 43.Nxg4 Bf5, NOT 43.Nxe4?? ( 43...gxh3 )
Mar-20-23
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  fredthebear: This is the first example in this database of Amos Burn playing the Burn variation of the French Defense. (Amos had played other French Defense variations prior to this.)

French defence
C11 Sub-variants:

French defence
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6

French, Swiss variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3

French, Henneberger variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3

French, Steinitz variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5

French, Steinitz, Bradford attack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4

French, Steinitz variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6

French, Steinitz, Brodsky-Jones variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Nf3 f6

French, Steinitz variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3

French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3

French, Steinitz, Gledhill attack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4

French, Burn variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4

Amos Burn was not the first player to use the Burn variation, but he played it more frequently and more successfully than those of earlier times.

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