Joseph Henry Blackburne vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury
2nd Anglo-American Cable Match (1897)  ·  Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Perreux Variation (C55)  ·  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Anglo-American Cable Match"] [Site "London ENG / New York USA"] [Date "1897.02.12"] [EventDate "1897.02.12"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 {I like this better than Ng5 at once.} exd4 5.Ng5 {Castling brings about a form of the "Max Lange".} Ne5 6.Qxd4 Qe7 {Nxc4 followed by d5, leads to a drawing position.} 7.O-O h6 8.Nf3 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 d6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bf4 {White has now the better position. Perhaps Re1 was stronger than the text move.} Nh5 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 h5 14.Rfe1 h4 15.g4 Qe5 16.Qf2 Qa5 17.Kh1 Bd7 18.a3 Be7 19.Qd2 Qc5 {Black has improved his position, and it is now slightly in his favor.} 20.Bf1 O-O-O 21.Qe3 Qxe3 22.Rxe3 Be6 23.Bd3 Bf6 24.Nd1 d5 25.e5 Bg5 26.Re2 g6 {To prevent the exchange of Bishops.} 27.Nf2 c5 28.Nh3 Bh6 29.c3 c4 30.Bc2 Kc7 31.Rd1 b5 32.Ng1 a5 33.Ree1 {The beginning of a combination which saves the game.} b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Ne2 bxc3 36.Nxc3 Kc6 37.b3 d4 38.Be4+ Kc5 39.Na4+ Kb4 40.bxc4 Kxa4 {Black must play now to draw.} 41.Ra1+ {It was not necessary to do more than draw, as the match was safe in hand. Had it been otherwise I would have tried to win by Rb1.} Kb4 42.Reb1+ Kc5 43.Ra5+ Kxc4 44.Ra4+ Kc5 45.Ra5+ Kc4 46.Ra4+ Kc5 47.Ra5+ Kc4 48.Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

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Jun-17-07    waddayaplay: This game is from the second cable chess match between Great Britain and the United States, that began on February 12, 1897. Jul-02-09    Calli: 35...Ra8 36.Ra1 Bg7! seems to force Rxa8 and cede the a-file to Black After 37.Rxa8 Rxa8 it looks like a won position.

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Featured in the Following Game Collections [what is this?] tactics 2 by tactics Match 2, Board 1 (February 12, 1897) from Anglo-American Cable Matches, 1896-1911 by Phony Benoni

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