Through untold ages

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Notes by Daniel Willard Fiske

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Serafino Dubois – S. Lécrivain
Paris, September 9, 1855
King’s Gambit C33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5. The game is opened in accordance with the old or so-called classical method of conducting the Bishop’s Gambit. 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. e5 0-0 9. Ne4 h6 10. h4 b6 11. Kg1 g4

12. Nfg5 Ng6. If 12. .. hxg5 13. hxg5 Qg6 14. Bd3 [Ed. Note: The immediate 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. exf6 wins as well] 14. ... Nf5 15. Qxg4 d5 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 and wins. 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Bd2 a5 15. Rf1 Nce7 16. Rxf4 Nxf4. Permitting his adversary to terminate the contest at once, but in any case White’s position is a winning one.

And Mr. Dubois mates in two moves [Ed. Note: 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Qh7 mate]. 1 : 0. As in many previous instances we are indebted to our correspondent, Mr. Louis Centurini, of Genoa, Italy, for the manuscript of this game. It was played at Paris, September 9th, 1855. (Daniel Willard Fiske, The Chess Monthly, Vol. V, 1861, page 144).