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C57 Two Knight's Game

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Traxler Counterattack King March line

Christophe Van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983

1-0, 49 moves ("Van de Loo Industries")

[Event "Weekend Tournament, Holland"]
[Site "*"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Christophe Van de Loo"]
[Black "M Hesseling"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Ke3 Qe7 8.c3 Nd4 9.Kxe4 Qh4+ 10.Ke3 Qf4+ 11.Kd3 d5 12.Bxd5 Bf5+ 13.Kc4 b5+ 14.Kc5 Qh4 15.Nxe5 O-O-O 16.c4 Rxd5+ 17.cxd5 Rd8 18.Nc3 Nc6 19.Qa4 {!! "Probably the most stunning theoretical novelty on record." -- Soltis } Qe7+ 20.Kxb5 Qxe5 21.Qc4 Nd4+ 22.Ka4 Bd7+ 23.Ka5 Nc6+ 24.Ka6 Nb8+ 25.Kxa7 c6 26.Nb5 Bf5 27.d4 Rd7+ 28.Ka8 Qe7 29.dxc6 Be4 30.d5 Bxd5 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Na7+ Kd8 33.Kxb8 Qc7+ 34.Ka8 Ra5 35.Bg5+ Rxg5 36.Rad1+ Ke8 37.Rhe1+ Kf8 38.Rd7 Qxh2 39.Ree7 Qxg2 40.Rb7 Rc5 41.c7 Qg4 42.Rf7+ Ke8 43.b4 Rc2 44.a4 h5 45.a5 h4 46.b5 h3 47.Nc6 h2 48.Rxg7 1-0

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