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The Oldest Recorded Chess Game
What can modern analysis reveal about the oldest recorded chess game?
Site ValenciaEventDate 1475White CastellviBlack Vinoles 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Qxb7 Nbd7 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nxa7 Nb6 11. Nxc8 Nxc8 12. d4 Nd6 13. Bb5+ Nxb5 14. Qxb5+ Nd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. Rxd5 Qg6 19. Bf4
19...Bxf4 20. Qxd7+ Kf8 21. Qd8# 1-0 What if Black played 19...Qe4+! (19... Qe4+ 20. Kd1 Qxf4 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. c4 Kc8 23. Qc6 Nb6 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rd8+ 26. Kc2 Qxf2+ 27. Kb3 Rd3+ Yeah I know Black is still lost, but maybe this is the earliest attempt at a comeback.
What if Black played 19...Qe4+!
(19... Qe4+ 20. Kd1 Qxf4 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. c4 Kc8 23. Qc6 Nb6 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rd8+ 26. Kc2 Qxf2+ 27. Kb3 Rd3+
Yeah I know Black is still lost, but maybe this is the earliest attempt at a comeback.
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