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John Cochrane vs Howard Staunton
Casual game (1842), London ENG
Scotch Game: Lolli Variation (C44)  ·  0-1

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Sep-04-05  fred lennox: The strategy of queen exchange seems neglected in chess lore. Yet no one less then Alekhine wrote it is usually no simple matter, and even GM's can easily error. I believe Staunton was the first to really exploit the richness of this important strategy and his games show such richness as no other 19th century master. After move 17 white has the better pawn structure and bishop pair in a wide open game. This was easily forseen at the just about forced queen exchange - where was the white queen to go at the price of a tempo? - Staunton saw further.
Sep-10-05
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  beatgiant: <fred lennox>
<After move 17 white has the better pawn structure and bishop pair in a wide open game.> Agreed. White looked fine until he hung a pawn. To avoid that, White needs to improve on the 18th or 19th move. For example, maybe 18. c3 or 19. Kf1 would work?
Sep-18-05  fred lennox: 18 c3 looks like a fine move to restrict the black knight. The problem with black's position is it is behind in development and the bishop on the exposed e file gives black the initiative with...Re8. The knight is well placed on c6 and has scope even after 18 c3. Basically, Staunton gives some postional advantages for the sake of intiative and superior development, but this may not be accurate, though i think it is. The position on move 18 is interesing.
Sep-27-05
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  beatgiant: <fred lennox>
Even with 19. Kf1 followed by simple development, I think Black's initiative evaporates: 19. Kf1 Bf5 20. c3 d5 21. <Bf3!> Rad8 22. Be3, etc. still with some structural weaknesses for Black.
Nov-19-07
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  FSR: beatgiant's analysis looks right. The opening is interesting, by the way. Everyone automatically plays 3...exd4 these days. But 3...Nxd4 4.Nxe5 Ne6, as in the game, was considered a significant line in the 19th century. I have a copy of Freeborough and Ranken's Chess Openings, Ancient and Modern (3rd ed. 1896), which analyzes it. By contrast, "The Scotch" by Botterill and Harding doesn't even mention 3...Nxd4 or 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 (which is an option for White if, after 3...Nxd4, he plays 4.Nxd4 instead of 4.Nxe5). To its credit, ECO (Volume 3, 3rd edition 1997) does analyze 3...Nxd4, and concludes that it equalizes after both 4.Nxe5 Ne6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Be3 d6 8.Nd3 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 d5 (251 n.28) or 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.Qxd4 (Wikipedia calls the rather silly 5.Bc4 the Napoleon Gambit) Ne7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Qd5 Qf6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.Be2 c6 10.Qb3 Ng6 11.f4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 d6 (252 line 1).

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