The Famous Longest Symmetrical Game: 16 Moves!

Rotlevi – Eljaschoff, St. Petersburg 1909
Four Knights Game, Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation (C49)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bxc6 Bxc3 8. Bxb7 Bxb2 9. Bxa8 Bxa1 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Qxa1 Qxa8 12. Bxf6 Bxf3 13. Bxg7 (13. Bxe5 Bxe4 14. Bxg7 Bxg2 15. Bxf8) 13… Bxg2 14. Bxf8 Bxf1 15. Qxf1 Qxf8 16. Qg2+ Qg7
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