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

    First Game of the match between Messrs. Richhelm [sic; Reichhelm] and Mackenzie, played at the Philadelphia Athenaeum, on the 26th inst. [sic; ult.], for the championship of the United States.
The Albion, New York, 1867.06.01
Mackenzie,GH — Reichhelm,G
(1)
C01/12
French: Exchange
1867.05.26
USA Philadelphia, PA (Athenaeum)
Annotations by Mackenzie
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
** Black exposes his king too much by this move.
9.Bg3
** By sacrificing the knight for two pawns, White might have got up somewhat of an attack, but scarcely sufficient to have compensated for the loss of a piece.
9...Bxg3 10.fxg3 Ne4 11.c4 Nc6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Be6 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Ne5
** It was suggested by Stanley, who was present while the game was being played, that 15.Nh4 would have given White a winning game, for suppose: 15.Nh4 gxh4 16.Rf5 Be6 17.Qg4+ Kh8 18.Qh5 and must win.
15...Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qe7 17.Rf6 Qxe5 18.Rxh6 Be4 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.Qh5 Qe5 21.h4 Rad8 22.Rf1 Rd6 23.Rff6
** This compels Black to exchange the queen for the two rooks.
23...Qxf6 24.Rxf6 Rxf6 25.Qxg5+ Rg6 26.Qe5 Rd6 27.g4 Rfd8 28.h5 c6
29.h6 Rg6 30.g5 Rf8 31.Qe7 Re6 32.h7+ 1-0.
**
The Albion, New York, 1867.06.01

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