Henry Edward Bird vs Joseph Henry Blackburne (1879)

Henry Edward Bird vs Joseph Henry Blackburne
London 1879 · Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) · 1-0

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Given 24 times; par: 91 [what's this?]

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Oct-24-04		Knight13: "Bird is a Provisional Defender as in Advanced Attacker." -- Knight13

Jul-01-05		Knight13: I would rank this game as Bird's best game ever played using the Bird's Opening.

Dec-14-05		notyetagm: 21 e6! g8 22 d5 f6 23 xd7 xd7 24 e6+ xe6 25 dxe6 is a nice sequence by Bird, exploiting the weak e6-square to win the exchange with a knight fork.

Apr-16-07		Paul123: How about Tartakower? He played the hell out of the Bird. Won most of his games too.

May-21-08		YoungEd: I agree that this is a pretty game! Black was busted by move 32, though. Down an exchange and a pawn, with not even a hint of an attack! Bird does a good job of mopping up.

Aug-21-08		TheaN: I like how <42.Qd5†!> lays traps on Black. <42....Ke8 43.Qg8† Qf8 44.Rd8† > <42....Kf8 43.Rd8† Kg7 44.Qg8† Kh6 (Kf6 45.Rf8† Qxf8 46.Qxf8† ) 45.R1d6†! Nxd6 46.Rxd6† Qxd6 47.cxd6 > <42....Kg7 43.Rd7! Rxd7 44.Qxd7 Kf6 (Qxd7 45.Rxd7† Kf6 46.c6) 45.Qxe7† Kxe7 46.c6! > If 46....Nd6 47.c7 Nc8 (Kd7 48.Rxd6† ) 48.Rd8 .

Jul-14-09		acolyte: Cracks me up that he didn't even touch his e-pawn. It's like rubbing it in.

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