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C00 French

French Defense: Alapin Gambit

Curt von Bardeleben vs Henry Edward Bird, 1895

1/2, 26 moves

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]
1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 {Alapin's idea. The sacrifice of the pawn seems to be correct, for after dxe4 4 Nd2 Black would get a very difficult game to defend if he tried to keep the pawn with f5, whilst, after Nf6 5 c3 followed by Qc2 would recover the pawn with a good game.} Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 {f4 appears to be preferable.} c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 Qb6 8.Rb1 cxd4 9.cxd4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Nb3 Nd8 15.Nc1 Bd6 16.Ne5 Be8 17.Ncd3 Ne4 18.Bh5 Bb5 19.Re1 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.Bf3 Ng5 22.Bg4 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Ne4 24.Bf3 Ng5 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Rc2 {The play in this game was tame, and featureless to a degree, and does not require any comment. Apparently both players were satisfied with the result.} 1/2-1/2

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