Henry Bird vs Preston Ware (1882) Worse for Ware

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Henry Bird vs Preston Ware
"Worse for Ware" (game of the day Nov-04-2022)
Vienna (1882), Vienna AUT, rd 27, Jun-13
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation (A03) · 1-0

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Jul-06-05		Knight13: 32. Nxg7! is the move that won the game with 35. Rg6!!. Good game with an interesting final position.

May-15-07		keypusher: <32. Nxg7! is the move that won the game with 35. Rg6!!.> Well, 35. Rf6, if you want to be picky about it.

Nov-04-22		Korora: 37...♖g8 38.f7+ ♖g7 and White has the choice of taking the crow with ♗ or ♕; it's checkmate either way.

Nov-04-22		al wazir: 34...Nxe5 would not have saved black. After 35. hxg6, 35...Qxg6 forces the ♕ swap and material is even. But 35. Qg5 prepares for 36. Rf6, and mate or loss of the ♕ is unavoidable.

Nov-04-22		offramp: <keypusher: <32. Nxg7! is the move that won the game with 35. Rg6!!.> Well, 35. Rf6, if you want to be picky about it.> Ware?

Nov-04-22		goodevans: After an opening sequence that at times looked like it had been concocted by a random move generator, the game somehow arrived at an interesting and balanced position. The tide started to turn against Black with <21.c4?> which conceded the a1-h8 diagonal and, in particular, d4 for White's N. Perhaps the best alternative, <21...Nb6 22.bxc5 Nc4>, would have been difficult to find OTB. A more bizarre error occurred half a dozen moves later. White signalled his intention to double up rooks on the f-file with <27.Rf2> and Black's surprising response was <27...e5?>. "Hey, Mr Bird. Would you like to open up that file before you double your rooks on it?". <32.Nxg7!> was indeed a very beautiful move. <al wazir> You're not wrong with anything you've written but <34...Nxe5 35.Bxe5+> looks simpler to me and equally devastating, if not more so. <offramp> In Hertfordshire, of course. A highly enjoyable game to play through and an amusing and apt pun to boot.

Nov-04-22		Check It Out: I didn't expect much from this game after the...questionable opening, but it turned out to be very interesting. Black had dark square issues the whole way, and g7 and f6 proved to be his downfall.

Nov-04-22		boz: Nice strategical victory. This must have been the kind of game Bird envisioned when he conceived his opening.

Nov-04-22		ajile: I like the way White was patient and slowly built up his attack. At one point Black almost had no good moves.

Nov-05-22		keypusher: <A more bizarre error occurred half a dozen moves later. White signalled his intention to double up rooks on the f-file with <27.Rf2> and Black's surprising response was <27...e5?>. "Hey, Mr Bird. Would you like to open up that file before you double your rooks on it?".> <good evans> is absolutely right, but I think Black had a plan, which unfortunately had a giant tactical hole in it. Seeing that tactical hole is an important takeaway for those of us permanently resident in the patzer league. I think Ware played ...e5 because he was hoping to later play ...Nxe5 with that juicy f3 square available. Unfortunately after 28.Nf5 Bg6 29.fxe5 Qe6 30.Rbf1 click for larger view 30....Nxe5 loses to 31.Bxe5 Qxe5 32.Qxe5 Rxe5 33.Ne7+ Rxe7 34.Rxf8#. So Ware played 30....h6 to give his king an escape square, but after 31.h4 he still couldn't play ...Nxe5 because of 32.Bxe5 Qxe5 33.Qxe5 Rxe5 34.Nxh6+. So Ware tried 31....h5 to undermine the knight. We all saw what happened after that.

Nov-06-22		boz: Excellent detective work <keypusher >. Crucial to understanding the game.

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