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Charles Fisher vs John Wisker
Casual game (1877), Sydney AUS
King's Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritsky Gambit Long Whip (C39)  ·  1-0

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May-18-14  optimal play: <<<Mr. Wisker in Sydney.>

The event of the epoch, of course, is Mr. Wisker's advent into chess circles at Sydney.

This distinguished visitor is a representative of the front rank of English players.

He carried off the Challenge Cup against De Vere and Blackburne, and has been successfully matched against such masters as McDonnell and Bird, and he is also the champion of the British Counties Chess Association.

It is no wonder, then, that his arrival in Sydney produced eager excitement among the chess votaries there.>

- South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA) issue Saturday 10 March 1877>

Perhaps this game is an indication of the “eager excitement” surrounding Mr Wisker’s arrival down under, which even the visitor seemed to have got caught up in ;)

After a routine KGA opening, the safest continuation would be 9.Nc3 but Mr Fisher decided to make things interesting with 9.Bxf4?!

Following 9...Bxf4 10.g3 Wisker would have been better to just continue with 10...Be3+ but instead, obviously caught up in the “eager excitement” of his own visit, chose to take up the challenge with 10...Bxe5?!

After 11.Rxf6 Bxf6 he had given up his Q for R+B+N and although ahead materially, has left his King dangerously exposed.

From that point onward, Fisher, who at that time was Australia's best player, does not put a foot wrong in his demolition of the British Counties Champion!

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