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Martin Bier vs Joseph Blackburne
"Bier Guts" (game of the day Mar-31-2019)
4th DSB Congress, Hamburg (1885), Hamburg GER, rd 12, Jul-22
Scandinavian Defense: Ilundain Variation (B01)  ·  1-0

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Dec-25-10  WhiteRook48: black has no answer to the kingside threat
Mar-17-11
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  GrahamClayton: A costly loss for Blackburne against the tail-ender at Hamburg. A victory would have given Blackburne the tournament, 0.5 points ahead of Isidor Gunsberg.
Mar-31-19  OrangeTulip: What happens if black takes the pawn on c4 ( move 20)? Was Blackburne not an endgame player?
Mar-31-19  sfm: <OrangeTulip: What happens if black takes the pawn on c4 ( move 20)? Was Blackburne not an endgame player?> You must mean "move 30". I asked myself the same question. If 30.-,bxc 31.Rxc4 we have this position


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The d-pawn is heavily bombarded, but black has problems with the c-pawn. The direct
31.-,Rxd5 32.RxR,RxR 33.Rxc7+,QxR 34.QxR
seems to favor White.

The Black king is vulnerable from events on the 7th rank. It could be that both White and Black saw something alone these lines. What follows in the game is much safer - if not simply better - for Black, but he messes up terribly. 38.-,Kf7 looks like a horrible mistake, and also 40.-,R5?d7, missing 41.Qe6

Mar-31-19
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  HeMateMe: The bier-whiskey variation!
Mar-31-19  Ironmanth: Can't recall a game like this against Blackburne - just being ground down. Wow; thanks chessgames!
Apr-06-25
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  Sally Simpson: Bier who only won two of his 17 games was frustrating Blackburne's attempts to try and get things going.

Just when Blackburne gave up trying to win and accepted the game was drawn he blundered by moving the wrong Rook.


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40...R5d7 and Bier was alert enough to seize the chance that dropped into his lap. 40...R1d7 and a draw was on the cards.

<Graham> states a draw would have given Blackburne a tie for first place but chess tournaments are rife with if's and buts.

Tarrasch, who like Blackburne finished ½ pt.behind Gunsberg misplayed a won game v Gunsberg and went onto lose. Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1885

Englisch, as White, also joint 2nd failed to find one of the handful of forced mates v Gunsberg in this position.


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The game was eventually drawn. Englisch vs Gunsberg, 1885

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