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

    This contest came to a close on Monday last, the score at the termination of the Ninth Game being: Mr. M. 7, Mr. R. none; drawn 2.
The Albion, New York, 1867.06.08
Mackenzie,GH — Reichhelm,G
(9)
C84/01
Spanish: Closed (Knight Attack)
1867.06.03
USA Philadelphia, PA (Athenaeum)
Annotations by Mackenzie
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Be7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.h3 Na5 9.d3 Nxb3 10.axb3 h6
** An oversight which loses a valuable pawn.
11.Nxb5 Be6 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Nh2 g5 14.d4 c6 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Qe2 Qb7 17.Ra5 Bd6 18.Be3 Bc7 19.Ra4 Nd7 20.Rd1 0-0 21.Qh5 Kg7 22.Bxg5
** A tempting sacrifice, though perhaps not strictly sound.
22...hxg5 23.Qxg5+ Kh7 24.Ng4 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Bd8
** Black should have played 25...Nc5 and might still have made a stubborn resistance.
26.Qf5+ Kg7 27.Rxd7 Qb8 28.Rc4 Qc8 29.g5 1-0.
**
The Albion, New York, 1867.06.15

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