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Henry Bird vs Nicholas MacLeod
6th American Chess Congress, New York (1889), New York, NY USA, rd 38, May-15
King's Gambit: General (C30)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Steinitz.If 5...Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.fxe5 Be7! 8.d4, with the better game.Losing a pawn. It was necessary now to capture the f-pawn.Not deep enough though rather ingenious up to the point of its incorrectness.It only amounted to a transposition of moves if he checked at once by Nf2 , for he had then to guard against Nc6 disch, or NNg6 disch.The loser. He could at least prolong the struggle by 21...Rxd2 22.Qxa6+ Kb8! 23.Ka3 g5, etc.1-0

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May-02-05  Knight13: This game is blundery and mastery!

Good game.

Jul-14-09  Knight13: 6...a6 is a wasted move; Steinitz was simply being nice on not criticizing it to that degree.

Of course, MacLeod must've realized that his attack wasn't working out (uncoordinated pieces randomly checking the white king isn't going to be enough)

Jul-14-09  WhiteRook48: 22 Qxf7 isn't as good

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