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

Mackenzie,GH — Reichhelm,G
(3)
C10/10
French: Rubinstein
1867.05.28
USA Philadelphia, PA (Athenaeum)
Annotations by Mackenzie
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
** This is equally good with 3.exd5.
3...dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.0-0 Bd7 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.c3 0-0-0 11.b4 Ne7 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nf4 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 15.g3 Qf6 16.a4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qe7 18.a5 f6 19.a6 Bc6 20.axb7+ Kxb7 21.b5 Be8 22.Be4+ Kb8 23.Rxa7
** The sacrifice of this rook might perhaps have been made more advantageously a move or two earlier.
23...Kxa7 24.Ra1+ Kb6 25.Ra6+ Kc5 26.Qe3+
** This is lost time; White should have gone at once to 26.Qb2.
26...Kc4 27.Qe2+ Kc5 28.Qb2 Rd1+ 29.Kg2 1-0.
**
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