Henry Edward Bird vs Joseph Henry Blackburne (1878)

Henry Edward Bird vs Joseph Henry Blackburne
Paris (1878) · Bird Opening: General (A02) · 0-1

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Jan-25-08		Knight13: Blackburne sacrifices 2 pawns to get his rooks down on the seventh rank! After that, Bird is roasted.

Dec-01-08		YoungEd: You're right, <Knight13>. The opening is interesting, because Black seems to achieve White's basic goal as well as White does! A Q-side fianchetto against Bird's Opening seems pretty sensible. A side point: I don't like 11. Bd4 because the c5 push turns out to be useful for Black anyway.

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