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The Mackenzie-Reichhelm Match,
US Championship 1867
Researched by Nick Pope

Mackenzie,GH — Reichhelm,G
(5)
C12/02
French: Winawer
1867.05.30
USA Philadelphia, PA (Athenaeum)
Annotations by Mackenzie
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.0-0 c6 11.Qe2 0-0 12.Bd3 Nb6 13.Qe4
** 13.Ne5, followed by 14.f4, in the event of Black’s playing 13...Nd5 would, we think, have been stronger play.
13...Qf5 14.Qe3 Nd5 15.Bxf5 Nxe3 16.fxe3 exf5 17.Rab1 Re8 18.Kf2 f6 19.Rfd1 b6 20.c4 Ba6 21.Rb4 g5 22.d5 Red8 23.Ra4 Bb7 24.Nd4 cxd5 25.Nxf5 Kh7 26.g4 dxc4 27.Rxd8
** After the exchange of rooks we believe White has a forced won game, as in the endgame that follows the knight is of much greater servive than the bishop.
27...Rxd8 28.Rxa7 Rd7 29.e4 Kg6 30.Ke3 h5 31.h3 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kh7 33.a3 Bc8 34.Rxd7+ Bxd7 35.Kd4 b5 36.Kc5 Kg6 37.Kd6 Be8 38.Ne7+ Kg7 39.c3 Bf7 40.Kd7 Kf8 41.Nf5 Bg8 42.Kc6 Ke8 43.Kxb5 (...) 1-0.
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The Albion, New York, 1867.06.08

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