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Joseph Henry Blackburne vs NN
"Blind Date " (game of the day Oct-12-08)
Blindfold simul 1863  ·  Danish Gambit: General (C21)  ·  1-0


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Oct-06-05   aw1988: Ne5??

We can tell Black is NN...

Oct-06-05   schnarre: <aw1988>Ah, the immortal amateur!
Jan-20-06   LluviaSean: i love this opening
Aug-17-06
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  aazqua: Black is absolutely atocious in this game. Can you imagine the indignity of having to listen to a grizzled and gravely voiced blackbourne snobbishly annouce "Mate in three, chap." I'd have punched him right through that blindfold.
Oct-05-06   prinsallan: Superb. Period.
Feb-01-07   black knight c6: Lol at position on move 8. White is squarly two pieces ahead in development, and has option to stop black king from castle. You can see how this turned into such a nice game for white.
Aug-17-07
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  frank124c: Let's go King hunting!
Feb-25-08
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  sallom89: that was impossible! wow.
Jun-27-08
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  jmuller: >> Kenkaku: Wow, talk about an attack, and played blindfold too.

In a *simultaneous* blindfold exhibition, according to Renaud and Kahn in *The Art of the Checkmate*.

It's more than I can imagine!

Jul-29-08   vijaymathslpjz: 9....g6 would have cost black queen
Jul-30-08   blackburne: This is a blindfold game in a simoltaneous.
Oct-12-08   newzild: This is a pretty game, although the sacrifices aren't too difficult for those of us who try to solve the Friday/Saturday/Sunday puzzles on this website.

However, the fact that Blackburne was blindfolded makes this much more impressive.

Oct-12-08   MarkusKann: Just Amazing
Oct-12-08   Xeroxx: The notes are awesome
Oct-12-08   cyclon: Astonishing BLIND-play by Blackburne! Pb4+! to block b4-square by black piece. I did n`t find ( at least immediately ) Bb6+!.
Oct-12-08
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  whiteshark: Blackburne is my favourite annotator: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... !
Oct-12-08
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  johnlspouge: < <newzild> wrote: This is a pretty game, although the sacrifices aren't too difficult for those of us who try to solve the Friday/Saturday/Sunday puzzles on this website. However, the fact that Blackburne was blindfolded makes this much more impressive.>

Just a little.

I can just imagine doing the Sunday puzzle blindfold: you get one look at the position and then you have to close your eyes :)

Oct-12-08   panzerkampf: this opening is always very dangerous against beginners
Oct-12-08   ThePawnOTron2: Ouch... 6...Ne5?? loses a pawn for nothing! Going in the opening blunders collection, although I wouldn't call it that instructive... :-)

--ThePawnOTron2

Oct-12-08   ForeverYoung: Magnificent play by "the Black Death". Truly awesome the rook sacrifices on moves 16 and 17!!!
Oct-13-08
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  kevin86: I heard a long time ago that Blackburne announced and executed a mate in SEVENTEEN moves while blindfold.
Oct-22-08
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  whiteshark: I always mix 17 with 70.
Dec-21-08   WhiteRook48: NN: Hmm why do I always lose
Jan-09-09   Crocomule: Julian Hodgson gives this as Plaskett-Tarsh Bath '84 in his Chess Travellers Quiz Book!?
Jan-14-09   WhiteRook48: NN gets burned... and Blackburne's white.
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