Chess game: Mackenzie x Mason

[Event "Paris"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1878.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mackenzie, George"] [Black "Mason, James"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [Annotator "Academia Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1878.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.20"] {[%evp 0,43,19,19,48,36,32,38,63,19,11,7,37,15,24,23,22,11,61,70,62,75,100,112, 131,86,80,93,95,102,148,146,156,160,222,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995, 29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000] According to the Chessmetrics website, George Mackenzie was the third best player in the world from 1881 to 1882. This is his most famous game. How to play with white in the diagram position?} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 Ne7 $2 {A horrible move} (8... Be6 $11) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 $16 Kg7 11. Qh5 Rh8 12. f4 c6 13. Rf3 Ng6 14. Raf1 Qc7 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Ng3 Rag8 $2 {[#]} 17. Qh6+ $3 Kxh6 18. Nhf5+ Bxf5 19. Nxf5+ Kh5 20. g4+ ({20.Rh3 would also be winning} 20. Rh3+ Kg4 (20... Nh4 21. Rxh4+ Kg6 22. Rh6#) 21. Nh6#) 20... Kxg4 21. Rg3+ Kh5 22. Be2# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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