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[Event "London m3"] [Site "London"] [Date "1846.02.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Howard Staunton"] [Black "Bernhard Horwitz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C60"] [Annotator "Mythrill"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1846.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. Nd5 $146 {(M) Punishing black's queen for coming out too early. In this setup, black cannot play Qe7.} ({ Relevant:} 5. d3 h6 6. Nd5 Qd8 7. d4 Nxd4 (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 (8... a6)) 8. Nxd4 c6 9. Nf5 Bf8 10. Bc4 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Qf6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nd6+ Kd8 14. Nxf7+ Kc7 15. Qc5+ Nc6 16. Qd5 Rh7 17. f4 Nb4 18. Qd1 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. c3 Nc6 21. fxe5 g5 22. Qf3 Ne7 23. b4 Bxb4 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. Bd5 Nxd5 26. Ba3 Qa4 27. Bd6+ Kb6 28. Rab1+ Ka6 29. Qd3+ b5 30. exd5 Rg7 31. Rb4 Qa5 32. a4 Rg8 33. Rxb5 { 1-0 Araujo,M (1969)-Oliveira,J (1573)/Portugal 2003/EXT 2005}) 5... Qg6 (5... Qd8 $5 {(M) A natural move. Avoids traps.} 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 {(M) Trying to transpose to an alapin-like sicilian.} O-O {(M) And black is cramped, but doing ok here.}) 6. d3 {(M) A natural move, solidifying white's position.} Nce7 (6... h5 $6 {(M) Looks inferior, but very interesting.} 7. Nh4 Qg4) 7. Nh4 Qe6 8. Ne3 Bc5 $6 {(M) I originally thought f6?? would be safer, but it turns out it traps the queen. Given this position, this is indeed the best move. Qf6?!, however, is playable.} (8... f6 $4 9. Bc4 {(M) Traps queen...}) (8... g5 $6 9. Nf3 $1 Qf6 (9... h6 $2 10. d4 $1 exd4 11. Qxd4 Ng6) (9... f6 $4 10. Bc4 Qg4 11. h3 Qh5 {(M) Black is relatively safe, but will be several tempos down and the kingside is extremely weakened. He may still castle queenside.} 12. g4 Qg6 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Ge4f5,Gg4f5] (M) A strong outpost for the knights.} 13. Qe2 { (M) Houdini says more accurate is h4!} b6 14. a4 (14. Bd2 Bb7 15. O-O-O O-O-O { (M) This seems safer for both sides, but white has the edge!}) 14... a5 15. c3 {(M) White's king can be in the middle, or castle queenside.} (15. Nf5 {(M) It looks good at first, but this may lead to a position where it is white's queen who gets passive.} Nxf5 16. exf5 Qg7 17. O-O h5 18. Kg2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh6 20. Qe4 c6 21. c3 Bb7 22. b4 Rb8 $1) 15... h5 $1 16. gxh5 Rxh5 {(M) White's dark-squared bishop is weak.})) 9. Bc4 Qf6 10. Nf3 d6 $6 {(M) Black misses another chance to escape.} 11. c3 {(M) White misses a chance to either castle the king into safety or to attack white's queen.} (11. g4 $5 {(M) Aggressive. Threatening to trap black's queen, and possibly forcing g5, weakening black's kingside, who is behind in space and development.} g5 12. h3 {(M) Or else white's pawns would be vulnerable. I think white can safely castle kingside here...} h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Nxe5 Rh7 15. N3g4 $1 (15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qe2 {(M) I think black looks better here.}) 15... Qh8 16. Nxf7 (16. Nf3 Rg7) 16... Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxg5 Qxb2 {(M) This position is a complete mess, but white is certainly better.}) 11... Nh6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. a4 a5 15. Bd2 {(M) Black cannot castle, for 15. ...0-0?? 16. Bg5! Qg6 (forced) 17. Bxe7+-.} Qg6 (15... Qh6) 16. h3 Nf6 17. d4 exd4 (17... Bb6 {(M) Houdini's move, avoiding making the center very vulnerable.} 18. Bb5+ c6 19. Bd3 O-O {(M) And black is worse here, but still has chances.}) 18. cxd4 Bb6 19. e5 Nd7 $4 {(M) I thought this was the move that lost the game for black, but it was lost much earlier.} (19... d5 {(M) It turns out this is actually worse.} 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bd3 O-O 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Re3 {(M) Black can still fight here.} f6 25. Qe2 fxg5 26. Re6 Qd7 27. Bxh7+ Kh8) 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bd3 Qh5 22. Kh2 f5 $5 {(M) Tries to create escape squares for the queen. The only problem is that it allows d6!, making black lose an extra tempo.} (22... O-O 23. g4 $1 {(M) So, again, black cannot castle...}) 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rae1 Nfg8 25. Bg5 {(M) From now on, black's position seems pretty much lost. Let's see.} Qf7 (25... h6 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bg3 Kd7 (27... Kf7 $4 28. Ne5+) 28. Bb5+ c6 29. Bd3 Re8 (29... Bc7 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Qe8 33. Bxh8 {(M) Black can still play, but his position is much worse.} (33. Bf5 Nxf5 34. Qd6+ Qd7)) 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33. Qxb7+) 26. Ne5 Qe6 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ hxg6 29. Qxh8 Qd6+ 30. f4 Re8 31. Re2 Bxd4 32. Rfe1 Kf7 33. Qh7 Nf6 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Bxg6+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ng8 37. Bxe7+ 1-0

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