Isidor Gunsberg vs Joseph Henry Blackburne
USA-06.Congress New York 1889  ·  King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation (C44)  ·  0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"] [Site "USA-06.Congress New York"] [Date "1889.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Isidor Gunsberg"] [Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "104"] 1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.a3 {A favorite move of Mr. Gunsberg's but wasting time.} g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nge7 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bb5 O-O {White has the offer of a Pawn, but it is no good gift.} 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 {If 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc6 Nxe3 12.Qxd8 Nxc2+ and Black has a good game.} Qxd5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Re1 Rfd8 14.c3 Qc4 15.Qf3 Bb7 16.Qg3 Rd7 17.Nf3 f6 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.Bxa7 {This takes the Bishop out of play.} c5 21.Bb8 Qb3 {Threatening Bxf3.} 22.Qh3 Rd1 23.c4 f5 24.Bxc7 Bxf3 25.Ba5 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Qd1 27.gxf3 Qxe1+ 28.Kg2 Bxb2 29.Qh4 Bd4 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qc7+ Kh6 32.Qg3 Qe2 33.a4 Qxc4 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.a5 Qe2 36.a6 Bf6 37.Qf4 {It will now be seen that if 37.Qa4 Bd4 38.a7 Qxf2+ 39.Kh3 Qxf3+ 40.Kh4 Bf6 mate.} Qxa6 38.Qc7+ Kh6 39.Qxc5 Qe6 40.Qf8+ Bg7 41.Qd8 Qf6 42.Qc7 Qe5 43.Qc4 Qd4 44.Qc1+ Kh5 45.Qc7 Qe5 46.Qd7 h6 47.f4 Qd4 48.Qc7 Qe4+ 49.Kf1 Qd3+ 50.Kg2 Bd4 51.Qc1 Qe2 52.Kh1 Qf3+ 0-1

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Annotations by Joseph Henry Blackburne.      [148 more games annotated by Blackburne]

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Jul-07-08    YoungEd: At least Blackburne gives a couple of lines of analysis here, which makes it a whole lot better than most of his annotations! :)

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Featured in the Following Game Collections [what is this?] Annotated Games by Morphischer tactics 2 by tactics T338-1 EFIMB from ANNOTATED GAMES by gambitfan Joseph Henry Blackburne by capybara New York 1889 by suenteus po 147

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