John Washington Baird vs Henry Edward Bird (1889)

John Washington Baird vs Henry Edward Bird
USA-06.Congress New York (20-2) 1889 · Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Polerio Defense Suhle Defense (C59) · 1-0

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Feb-24-08		Knight13: How is this 1-0? Black's clearly winning. 10...Bxh3 may be tempting but it's better to keep the bishop since it's a lot stronget than that dude on h3.

Nov-21-08		Calli: I am shocked and dismayed that there is no kibitzing. Also Bird was drunk! That's okay because really didn't play. The game is Makovetz - Loman at Dresden 1892 went on for 59 moves. [Event "DSB-07.Kongress"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "1892.07.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Makovetz,Gyula"] [Black "Loman,Rudolf"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C59"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nh3 Bd6 10.d3 0-0 11.Ng1 Nd5 12.c4 Ne7 13.Nf3 f5 14.Nc3 c5 15.0-0 Bb7 16.Ne1 Ng6 17.Bf3 e4 18.dxe4 fxe4 19.Bh5 Ne5 20.b3 Nd3 21.Nxd3 exd3 22.f4 Bxf4 23.Bxf4 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Qxf4 26.Qxd3 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Qg5+ 28.Kf2 Qxh5 29.Qd5+ Qxd5 30.cxd5 Kf7 31.Ke3 Rb8 32.Ne4 Rd8 33.Rf1+ Ke7 34.d6+ Ke6 35.Rg1 Kf7 36.Kf4 Nc6 37.Rc1 Nd4 38.Ke5 Nf3+ 39.Kf4 Ng5 40.Nxg5+ hxg5+ 41.Ke5 Re8+ 42.Kd5 Re2 43.Kc6 Rxh2 44.Rxc5 Kf6 45.d7 Rd2 46.Kc7 g4 47.Rc3 Kf5 48.a4 Kf4 49.d8=Q Rxd8 50.Kxd8 g3 51.b4 g2 52.Rc1 Kf3 53.b5 Kf2 54.a5 g1=Q 55.Rxg1 Kxg1 56.b6 axb6 57.axb6 g5 58.b7 g4 59.b8=Q 1-0

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