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C13 French (+Alekhine-Chatard)

French Defense: Classical Variation. Richter Attack

1-0, 17 moves

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]
1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.e5 Be7 9.h4 f6 10.Ng5 fxg5 11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.hxg5 Kg8 13.Rh8+ Kxh8 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.g6 Rf5 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8# {Note - A curious fact about this game is that move for move I played it exactly in the same way twice in one week, once at Hastings and once at Eastbourne, in the year 1894.} 1-0

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