John Washington Baird vs Henry Edward Bird (1889)

John Washington Baird vs Henry Edward Bird
USA-06.Congress New York (20-2) 1889 · Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) · 1-0

Annotations by Wilhelm Steinitz. [129 more games annotated by Steinitz]

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Dec-11-03		Whitehat1963: Bird is crushed in the Bird Defense of the Ruy Lopez. Notes by Lasker.

Dec-11-03		ughaibu: What's wrong with 11....Be6? I quite like this quick advance of the g and h-pawns, it seems in the spirit of this opening.

Dec-11-03		Whitehat1963: Nothing wrong with 11...Be6 as far as I can see.

Dec-11-03		Shadout Mapes: Are the notes by Lasker of Steinitz?

Nov-21-05		tintin: 11... Be6 12 Bb5 and Black still has to move his king anyway, but, i is still perhaps a better option. Any comments from people who might be better that me (and probably there are quite a few!)

Jun-26-06		sneaky pete: If 11... Be6 12.Qe5 .. white wins pawn g5, e.g. 12... Qf6 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Qxf6 Nxf6 15.Bxg5 .. etc.

Apr-04-08		Knight13: All because of 7...d5 and 12...Qf6 he gets THIS!!??

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