Edmund Thorold un excelente jugador

Thorold,Edmund - Watkinson,John [C51]
Sheffield match, 1861
[Guillermo Muñoz Portugal]

C50: Gambito Evans 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ac4 Ac5 4.b4 Axb4 5.c3 Ac5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ab6 9.Cc3 Ag4 10.Da4 Axf3 11.d5 Ag4 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Dxc6+ Ad7 14.Dd5 Ae6 15.Ab5+ Rf8 16.Dd3 f6N [16...Ce7 17.Cd5 Axd5 18.exd5 Cg6 19.Ab2 Dg5 20.Tae1 Cf4 21.De4 f5 22.Df3 Cg6 23.Te6 Rf7 24.Tfe1 Thf8 25.Dc3 Ce5 26.T1xe5 dxe5 27.Dxe5 Rg8 28.Te7 Tf7 29.Txf7 Rxf7 30.De6+ Rf8 31.Aa3+ Kolisch,I-Maude,G London 1860 1-0 (31); 16...h5 17.h3=] 17.Rh1 [17.Ac4 Axc4 18.Dxc4 Ce7+/=] 17...Ce7+/= 18.Aa3 [18.f4+/=] 18...h6? [18...h5!?=]

19.f4+/- Rg8 [19...h5!?+/-] 20.e5 Cf5 21.Ac4 [21.exd6 Cxd6 22.Ac6 Ac4 23.Ad5+ Axd5 24.Cxd5 Rf7+-] 21...Axc4 22.Dxc4+ Rh7

23.Cd5 [23.Dd3 g6 24.Cd5 Ad4+/-] 23...fxe5? [>=23...De8 24.g4 Cd4 25.Dd3+ Dg6 26.Dxg6+ Rxg6 27.f5+ Rf7 28.e6+ Cxe6 29.fxe6+ Rxe6+/=] 24.fxe5 Dg5 [24...Tf8 25.De4 Rh8 26.Txf5 Txf5 27.Dxf5+-] 25.De4 Thf8

26.g4 Tae8 27.Txf5 Txf5 28.e6?? [>=28.Ab2 Tef8 29.gxf5 Dxf5 30.Dxf5+ Txf5 31.e6+-] 28...Txe6+/= 29.Dxf5+ Dxf5 30.gxf5 Te5 31.Cxb6 axb6 32.Tc1 c5 33.Tb1 Te3 34.Ac1 [34.Tb3!? Te1+ 35.Rg2 Te2+ 36.Rf3 Txh2 37.Ac1 Txa2 38.Txb6+/-] 34...Te1+= 35.Rg2 b5 36.Rf2 Td1 37.Re2 Th1 38.a3 Txh2+ [38...c4 39.Re3=] 39.Rd1 Tf2 40.Txb5 Txf5 [40...h5!?+/=] 41.a4+/- h5 42.a5 h4 [42...Tf2 43.Tb3 Tf7+/-] 43.a6 Tf8 [43...Tf2 44.Tb3 Tf7 45.Tb7 Tf1+ 46.Rc2+-] 44.a7 Ta8 45.Tb7 h3 [45...Rg6 46.Af4+-] 46.Af4 Rg6 [46...d5 47.Ab8+-] 47.Axd6 Td8 [47...Rf6+-] 48.Tb8 Txd6+ 49.Re2 Ta6 50.a8D Txa8 51.Txa8 Rf5 [51...Rg5 52.Th8 Rg4 53.Rf2 g5 54.Th6 h2 55.Txh2 Rf4 56.Th1 Re4 57.Tg1 Rd3 58.Txg5 c4 59.Tg7 Re4 60.Td7 c3 61.Re2 c2 62.Tc7 Rd4 63.Txc2 Re4 64.Td2 Rf4 65.Td4+ Rf5 66.Rf3 Re5 67.Td3 Rf6 68.Rf4 Re6 69.Td1 Rf6 70.Te1 Rg6 71.Te6+ Rf7 72.Rf5 Rg7 73.Te7+ Rf8 74.Rf6 Rg8 75.Tb7 Rh8 76.Rg6 Rg8 77.Tb8#] 52.Ta5 [52.Th8 Rg4 53.Rf2 c4 54.Tc8 h2 55.Rg2 h1D+ 56.Rxh1 Rf5 57.Txc4 Rg5 58.Rg2 Rf5 59.Rf3 Re6 60.Te4+ Rd5 61.Tg4 g6 62.Txg6 Re5 63.Tg5+ Re6 64.Re4 Rd6 65.Td5+ Re6 66.Td3 Rf6 67.Td6+ Re7 68.Re5 Rf7 69.Rf5 Re7 70.Td5 Rf7 71.Td7+ Re8 72.Re6 Rf8 73.Rf6 Rg8 74.Tb7 Rh8 75.Rg6 Rg8 76.Tb8#] 52...g5 [52...h2 53.Ta1 Rf4 54.Rf2 c4 55.Th1 Re4 56.Txh2 c3 57.Re1 Re5 58.Tc2 Rd5 59.Tg2 Rc4 60.Txg7 Rd3 61.Tc7 c2 62.Tc6 c1D+ 63.Txc1 Rd4 64.Rd2 Rd5 65.Rd3 Re5 66.Tc5+ Rd6 67.Rd4 Re6 68.Tc6+ Rf5 69.Tb6 Rf4 70.Tb5 Rf3 71.Tf5+ Rg4 72.Re4 Rg3 73.Re3 Rg4 74.Tc5 Rg3 75.Tg5+ Rh4 76.Rf4 Rh3 77.Rf3 Rh2 78.Tc5 Rh1 79.Rg3 Rg1 80.Tc1#] 53.Txc5+ [53.Txc5+ Rf4 54.Tc4+ Re5 55.Rf3 Rf5 56.Tc6 Re5 57.Tc5+ Rf6 58.Rg3 h2 59.Rxh2 Re6 60.Rg3 Rf6 61.Rg4 Re6 62.Txg5 Rd6 63.Rf4 Re6 64.Re4 Rd6 65.Tg6+ Rc5 66.Th6 Rc4 67.Th5 Rc3 68.Tc5+ Rb4 69.Rd4 Rb3 70.Tc4 Rb2 71.Rd3 Rb3 72.Tg4 Rb2 73.Tb4+ Ra3 74.Rc3 Ra2 75.Ta4+ Rb1 76.Ta8 Rc1 77.Ta1#; 53.Rf3 h2 54.Txc5+ Rg6 55.Rg2 h1D+ 56.Rxh1 Rf6 57.Rg2 g4 58.Rg3 Re6 59.Th5 Rd6 60.Rxg4 Re6 61.Rf3 Rd6 62.Re4 Rc6 63.Th6+ Rc5 64.Tg6 Rc4 65.Tg5 Rc3 66.Tc5+ Rb4 67.Rd4 Rb3 68.Tc4 Rb2 69.Rd3 Rb3 70.Te4 Rb2 71.Tb4+ Ra3 72.Rc3 Ra2 73.Ta4+ Rb1 74.Ta8 Rc1 75.Ta1#] 1-0