[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1895.08.23"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Schiffers} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bd6 { A defence adopted formerly by Kieseritzky and
Mayet; it has not been practised for a long time by strong
players, which circumstance partly explains the success
attending Mr. Pillsbury's revival of it at Hastings.} 6.d4 Nf6
7.Ng5 {Weak; he ought to have played 7 O-O, with the
continuation Re1, Ng3 (via d2 and f1), etc.} O-O 8.Nxf7
{Anderssen in a game with Kieseritzky, continued : 8 f4 exf4 9
e5 Bxe5 10 dxe5 Nxe5 11 Bb3 h6 12 Nh3 g5 13 O-O d6 by which
Black obtains four pawns in exchange for the Bishop.} Rxf7
9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.f4 exd4 {!} 11.e5 Be7 12.exf6 Bxf6 {Black has
now three Pawns to compensate for the exchange, and his
position is unembarrassed.} 13.O-O d5 14.Nd2 dxc3 15.Nf3 Kg8
16.Rb1 b6 17.Be3 Bg4 18.Qa4 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Qd6 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Rh3
d4 22.Bc1 Qe6 23.Qc2 d3 {! A move which leads to a speedy
victory.} 24.Rhxd3 Nd4 25.f5 Qe4 26.Ba3 {Just before the end,
Mr. Bird has a joke in his well-known style; if 26 Nxc2, White
mates in four.} c5 {!} 27.Qf2 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Qxd3
30.Qxe2 Qxf5+ 31.Kg1 Qb1+ 32.Kf2 Bd4+ 33.Kg3 Qg6+ 34.Kh3 h5
35.g3 Qg4+ 36.Qxg4 hxg4 37.Kxg4 Be3 38.Kf3 Bh6 39.Ke2 c2 0-1