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

Reichhelm,G — Mackenzie,GH
(4)
C51/03
Evans Gambit: Morphy
1867.05.29
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.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd3 Ne7 11.Ng5
** This appears to be a favorite mode of continuing the attack with Reichhelm, but we do not think it gives so enduring an attack, as the more commonly played move of 11.d5.
11...h6 12.Qh5 0-0 13.e5 Bf5 14.Bxf5 Nxf5 15.Nge4 g6 16.Qf3
** 16.Qh3 we should have preferred.
16...Bxd4 17.Nf6+ Kg7 18.g4 Bxe5 19.Nfd5 Nh4
** Perhaps 19...Qh4 would have given Black a better chance of winning.
20.Qe3 g5 21.f4 gxf4 22.Nxf4 Qg5 23.Nh5+ Kh8 24.Qh3 Qg6 25.Qxh4 Bxc3
26.Nf6 Kg7 27.Nh5+ Kh7 ½-½.
**
The Albion, New York, 1867.06.08

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