[Event "Bird - Mason Match 1875/76"] [Site "New York USA"] [Date "1876.01.03"] [EventDate "1875.12.28"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Henry Edward Bird"] [Black "James Mason"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Dubuque Chess Journal, n72, April 1876, pp164-167"] [PlyCount "159"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 h6 9.Be3 c5 10.Nh2 Be6 11.Qf3 c6 12.b3 Kh7 13.Na4 Nd7 14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.Nc3 Rae8 17.g4 g5 18.Nd1 f6 19.Ne3 Rf7 20.h4 Rg7 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.gxf5 Nf8 23.Kh1 Qf7 24.Rg1 Nd7 25.Rg3 Rh8 26.Rag1 Kg8 27.Be3 b6 28.Rh3 a5 29.c4 Bf8 30.Rgg3 Rhh7 31.Ng4 h5 32.Nxf6+ Qxf6 33.hxg5 Qd6 34.g6 Rh8 35.Rxh5 Nf6 36.Rxh8+ Kxh8 37.Rh3+ Kg8 38.Bg5 Rd7 39.Qe3 Bg7 40.f4 exf4 41.Bxf4 Qd4 42.Qe2 Ne8 43.Bh2 Re7 44.Bg1 Qe5 45.Qh5 Nf6 46.Qh4 Nd7 47.Rf3 Qf6 48.Qh2 Ne5 49.Rg3 Rd7 50.Qh3 Qd6 51.Bh2 Qe7 52.Re3 Nxd3 53.Bg3 Ne5 54.Re1 Bf6 55.g7 Bxg7 56.Bh4 Bf6 57.Rg1+ Kf8 58.Bxf6 Qxf6 59.Qh5 Rf7 60.Rg3 Ke7 61.Qg5 Rh7+ 62.Kg2 Rh2+ 63.Kf1 Qxg5 64.Rxg5 Rxa2 65.Rg7+ Kf6 66.Rh7 Nf7 67.Rh3 Ra3 68.Rg3 Ne5 69.Rg8 Rxb3 70.Rf8+ Kg5 71.Re8 Kf4 72.f6 Kf3 73.Ke1 Rb2 74.Rxe5 Ke3 75.Kd1 Kd3 76.Kc1 Rh2 77.Rf5 Rh8 78.f7 Rf8 79.e5 Ke4 80.e6 1-0