Excelsior!

Serafino Dubois – General Sir W. More
Rome, April 21, 1852
King’s Gambit C39

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 f3 8. g3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 d6 11. Bf4 Bh6 12. Qd2 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qf6 14. Qe3 Qh6 15. Qxh6 Rxh6 16. Nc3 c6 17. Kf2 Bd7 18. d5 c5 19. Rhe1 0-0-0 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 f5 22. Bb5 Rf6 23. Rae1 a6 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Na4 b6 26. Re6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Kc7 28. Rc6+ Kb7 29. Rxb6+ Ka7 30. c4 Re8 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Kb7 33. Nxc5+ Kc6 34. Nd3 Kd6 35. Nf4 Nf6 36. b4 Ne4+ 37. Ke3 Nxg3 38. c5+ Ke7 39. a4 Ne4 40. c6 Kd6

41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Nc3 43. Nxh5 Kxe6 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. h5 Nd1+ 46. Kd2 f2 47. Ke2 g3 48. Ng2 f4. And wins. This beautiful game was played according to the international rules in Rome, April 21, 1852. Especially the ending deserves special attention, due to the masterful handling of the Knight and the Pawns by the second player. (Brief notes by La Rivista degli Scacchi, 1859, page 158).