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Harry Pillsbury vs Charles Newman
Blindfold simul, 20b (1900) (blindfold), Franklin CC, Philadelphia, PA USA, Apr-28
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation (D50)  ·  1-0

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Aug-07-09
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  sleepyirv: 9.Ne5 starts the Pittsburgh trap, apparently named by someone who doesn't know Pennsylvania too well.
May-19-10
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  GrahamClayton: Pillsbury could have also won with the prettier move 17.♕f3!, forking both Queen and Rook:


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eg 17...♕f3 18.♖g1+ ♔h8 19.♗g7+ ♔g8 20.♗f6#

May-19-10
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  Pawn and Two: One of 20 games from the blindfold exhibition given at the Franklin Chess Club in Philadelphia on April 28, 1900.

Pillsbury's score: +14 -1 =5

Aug-16-20
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  fredthebear: <GrahamClayton: Pillsbury could have also won with the prettier move 17.♕f3!, forking both Queen and Rook: [see diagram] eg 17...♕f3 18.♖g1+ ♔h8 19.♗g7+ ♔g8 20.♗f6#>

Harry Nelson Pillsbury did not actually play the well-known pattern "Pillsbury's Mate" by the rook on the open g-file that is named after him!! (Morphy's Mate is similar, with mate by the bishop against the cornered king.) Pillsbury's Mate is post-game analysis of a flashier alternative as given by GC.

Pillsbury played similarly in this game: Pillsbury vs F J Lee, 1899 The kibitzing addresses the Pittsburgh Trap and Pillsbury's Mate that could have occurred.

Aug-16-20
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  fredthebear: Seize the long diagonal and the open g-file.

Pillsbury's Mate:


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Morphy's Mate:


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