Joseph Blackburne vs Johannes Zukertort (1881)

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Joseph Blackburne vs Johannes Zukertort
Blackburne - Zukertort (1881), London ENG, rd 8, Jul-12
Italian Game: Classical Variation. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) · 1/2-1/2

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Feb-07-13		optimal play: This was the eighth game of the match between Blackburne and Zukertort played at London in 1881 After round 8 the match score stood at:- ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 ½ [+4 =3 -1] (5 ½ / 8) Zukertort ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ [+1 =3 -4] (2 ½ / 8) Blackburne With the victor to be determined by the first player to seven wins (draws not counting) Zukertort maintained his lead over Blackburne at 4 wins to 1 win.

Feb-07-13		optimal play: <<The eighth game, played on Monday [sic], July 12, at Simpson’s. This game which lasted somewhat less than two hours requires little comment. The opening was the same, Giuoco pianissimo, as in the fourth and six games, with the modification that Blackburne in his development dispensed with the retreat of the B to Kt 3, and the advance of P to K R 3. The nature of this opening, at least in the form favoured by Blackburne, did not apparently allow the first player to profit much by the gain of those two moves, and the respective positions stood about even when Blackburne instituted an exchange of two minor pieces and the Q, which resulted in Black’s K being temporarily shut up, while White’s rooks were doubled on the K file. Zukertort then promptly opposed his Q R, protected by the Kt, and a few moves after the additional exchange had been effected, the game presented such an even position, with little scope for action on either side, that a draw was declared by mutual consent.> The Field, London, 1881.07.16> http://www.chessarch.com/archive/18...

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