[Event "Hastings"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "1895.08.09"] [EventDate "1895.08.05"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Georg Marco"] [Black "Amos Burn"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.e4 {Notes by J. H. Blackburne}e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 {Recommended by Lasker} 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 {Mr. Burn is of opinion that this is the best way of taking the bishop, and probably he is right.} 7.c3 {Unnecessary at present; therefore better to develop by Bd3.} f5 8.Ng3 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Qb6 11.Bxc6+ {This gives Black the better game, stronger would have been Qe2.} bxc6 12.O-O h5 {Better than taking the b-pawn as White might, in that case, have obtained some attack by Ne5 followed by Qh5.} 13.Qd2 h4 14.Ne2 Ba6 15.Rfe1 {Timidly played. Castling on the queen's side must be prevented at all hazards, therefore dxc5 followed by b4 was more to the purpose.} O-O-O 16.a3 Rh7 17.b4 c4 18.a4 Rg7 19.Reb1 Rdg8 20.Ne1 Bb7 21.f3 Qd8 22.b5 {A bad move; Qa2 attacking the c-pawn would have given a little relief.} c5 23.Qe3 Qc7 24.a5 Bg5 {Well played, forcing f4, thereby weakening White's position.} 25.f4 Be7 26.g3 Qd7 {This also is the right move. The latter part of this game is a good specimen of Mr. Burn's play.} 27.dxc5 hxg3 28.hxg3 Qd5 29.c6 Bc5 30.cxb7 Kxb7 31.Nd4 Rxg3+ 0-1