Kid Galahad

Serafino Dubois – Conrad Woldemar von Ekstädt Vitzthum
Rome, May 29, 1857
Evans Gambit C52

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qe7. Better 7. ... Qf6. 8. Kg1/Re1. Ed. Note: One of the modes of Castling allowed by the Italian Chess Code. 8. ... d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Qf6

11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qb5+ c6 13. Rxe5+ Be6 14. Qxa5 b6 15. Qa4 Qxe5 16. Qxc6+ Kd8 17. Qxa8+ Kd7 18. Nd2 dxc3 19. Nf3. He gives up. 1 : 0. This game was played at the Caffè degli Scacchi on May 29, 1857. (Notes by Serafino Dubois, La Rivista degli Scacchi, 1859, pages 30-31).