Walter J Lewis vs W Perry (1819)

Walter J Lewis vs W Perry
USA Queen corr 1819 · Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack (C45) · 0-1

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Oct-13-06		Autoreparaturwerkbau: Lovely old-times attack.

Nov-15-06		Quintiliano: Is this the oldest American chess game on record? Can't we do better than that?

Mar-31-07		gauer: http://web.ncf.ca/bw998/canchess.ht... has an entry about a William Perry in Canadian Chess fame.

Feb-08-08		wolfmaster: It also must be understood that this Lewis is not William Lewis.

Jan-26-12		master of defence: What´s wrong with 10. Na3? It´s best than 10. Nxc7 because loses the knight.

Apr-07-12		estrick: It's still before coffee, but I don't quite see why White resigned at this point. Of course, if he plays 22. Kh3, he gets mated. But if he plays 22. f3, the best I can see is Black comes out a piece ahead after 22 ... Nxe3+ 23. Kh1 Nxd1 24. fxe4 Nf2+ Does Black have a forced mate if White plays 22. f3?

Apr-07-12		NM JRousselle: If 22 f3 Ne3 23 Kh1 and now the black queen retreats to either e6 or c6 and White is down a lot of groceries.

Jul-02-12		offramp: It also might be the oldest Scotch Game in the world. There is a Turk game that might be older but no one knows when it was played.

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