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The Matches of the 3 Great Players In The 1800's
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This collection contains the matches of Henry Bird, Joseph Blackburne, and Adolf Anderssen. Not really "matches" but it's a collection of all of these 3 players playing against each other in different periods packed in one.

The first 32 games are Bird vs Blackburne. The second 10 games are Bird vs Anderssen. The third 10 games are Blackburne vs Anderssen.

Overall records: Joseph Blackburne beat Henry Bird 23 to 5, with 4 draws. Henry Bird beat Adolf Anderssen 6 to 4.
Adolf Anderssen beat Joseph Blackburne 6 to 3, with 1 draw.

Game 1
Blackburne vs Bird, 1880 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 2
Blackburne vs Bird, 1873 
(C25) Vienna, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 3
Bird vs Blackburne, 1873 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 0-1

Game 4
Bird vs Blackburne, 1878 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 49 moves, 0-1

Game 5
Blackburne vs Bird, 1878 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 0-1

Game 6
Bird vs Blackburne, 1879 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 7
Bird vs Blackburne, 1880 
(B06) Robatsch, 73 moves, 0-1

Game 8
Bird vs Blackburne, 1881 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 59 moves, 0-1

Game 9
Blackburne vs Bird, 1882 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 10
Bird vs Blackburne, 1882 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Game 11
Blackburne vs Bird, 1883 
(B34) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 12
Bird vs Blackburne, 1883 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 67 moves, 1-0

Game 13
Bird vs Blackburne, 1883 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 51 moves, 0-1

Game 14
Blackburne vs Bird, 1885 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Game 15
Blackburne vs Bird, 1885 
(A81) Dutch, 74 moves, 1-0

Game 16
Bird vs Blackburne, 1886  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Game 17
Blackburne vs Bird, 1887  
(C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 18
Bird vs Blackburne, 1888 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 48 moves, 0-1

Game 19
Bird vs Blackburne, 1888  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Game 20
Blackburne vs Bird, 1889 
(A81) Dutch, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 21
Bird vs Blackburne, 1889 
(A10) English, 53 moves, 0-1

Game 22
Blackburne vs Bird, 1892 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 66 moves, 0-1

Game 23
Bird vs Blackburne, 1892  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Game 24
Blackburne vs Bird, 1892 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 25
Blackburne vs Bird, 1892 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 26
Bird vs Blackburne, 1893 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 39 moves, 0-1

Game 27
Bird vs Blackburne, 1895 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1

Game 28
Blackburne vs Bird, 1895 
(C25) Vienna, 44 moves, 1-0

Game 29
Bird vs Blackburne, 1895  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 30
Blackburne vs Bird, 1896 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0

Game 31
Blackburne vs Bird, 1899 
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0

Game 32
Bird vs Blackburne, 1899 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 59 moves, 0-1

Game 1
Bird vs Anderssen, 1851 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

Game 2
Bird vs Anderssen, 1857 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

Game 3
Bird vs Anderssen, 1862 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

Game 4
Bird vs Anderssen, 1862 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 64 moves, 0-1

Game 5
Anderssen vs Bird, 1873 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 6
Bird vs Anderssen, 1873 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

Game 7
Anderssen vs Bird, 1873 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1

Game 8
Anderssen vs Bird, 1878 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 0-1

Game 9
Bird vs Anderssen, 1878 
(B40) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 1
Anderssen vs Blackburne, 1862 
(C01) French, Exchange, 53 moves, 1-0

Game 2
Blackburne vs Anderssen, 1862  
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Game 3
Anderssen vs Blackburne, 1862 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 4
Blackburne vs Anderssen, 1870 
(C25) Vienna, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 5
Anderssen vs Blackburne, 1870 
(C15) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 6
Blackburne vs Anderssen, 1873 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0

Game 7
Anderssen vs Blackburne, 1873  
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

Game 8
Anderssen vs Blackburne, 1873 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 9
Anderssen vs Blackburne, 1878 
(C14) French, Classical, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 10
Blackburne vs Anderssen, 1878 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 0-1

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