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

Reichhelm,G — Mackenzie,GH
(6)
C51/02
Evans Gambit
1867.05.31
USA Philadelphia, PA (Athenaeum)
Annotations by Mackenzie
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Re1 Bg4 10.Bb2
** 10.Bb5, is, we think, the best move at this point.
10...Nh6 11.d5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne5 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Qg3
** We should have preferred taking off the knight with bishop.
14...Nhg4 15.Re2 h5 16.h3 h4 17.Qc3 a6 18.Ba4
** Reichhelm appears to have overlooked the object of Black’s last move, or in all probability he would have taken knight with pawn.
18...Nxf2 19.Kh2
** White would have lost the exchange at least, had he captured the knight.
19...Qf6 20.Qd2 Nf3+ 21.gxf3 Qxf3 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7
** This was played without suffecient consideration; by simply playing 22...Kg8, Mackenzie must have won the game in a move or two.
23.Qc3+ Qxc3 24.Nxc3 (...) 0-1.
** The game was prolonged for about thirty more moves, and finally won by Black.
The Albion, New York, 1867.06.08

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