Joseph Henry Blackburne – John Wisker
Mongredien Tourney; London, 1868
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Mongredien Tourney; London, 1868
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Position #692
Notes by Johann Jacob Löwenthal and George Webb Medley, “The Transactions of the British Chess Association for the Years 1868 and 1869”, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer., London, 1869, pp. 90-91.
Places the Queen’s Knight on both sides on King’s Bishops’s square, and the King’s Bishop on Queen’s Knight’s square.
1. d4 d5 2. c3 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng3 Ng6 5. Nf5 Bxf5. It is difficul to give an exact opinion upon the value of opening moves in such novel specimens of Chess skill as these displaced games, but on principle the exchange of the Bishop for the Knight cannot be recommended at this stage of the game, as the two Bishops would presently have been in full co-operation.
6. Bxf5 e6 7. Bc2 Qd6 8. g3 0-0 9. h4 Ne7 10. Ne5
Places the Queen’s Knight on both sides on King’s Bishops’s square, and the King’s Bishop on Queen’s Knight’s square.
1. d4 d5 2. c3 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng3 Ng6 5. Nf5 Bxf5. It is difficul to give an exact opinion upon the value of opening moves in such novel specimens of Chess skill as these displaced games, but on principle the exchange of the Bishop for the Knight cannot be recommended at this stage of the game, as the two Bishops would presently have been in full co-operation.
6. Bxf5 e6 7. Bc2 Qd6 8. g3 0-0 9. h4 Ne7 10. Ne5
10. ... Nd7 (RR ⌓ 10. ... c5)
11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qd7 13. Qd3 g6. Black has now a compromised position.
11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qd7 13. Qd3 g6. Black has now a compromised position.
14. Bh6. Better to break up the game first with 14. h5.
14. ... Bxe5. At all hazards the Rook should have been moved to e8.
15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. 0-0-0 c5 17. h5 b5 18. Rh3 Bg7 19. Rdh1 b4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qe3 f5 22. Rh7 bxc3 23. Qxc5 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Rf7 25. Qb4 Nc6 (RR 25. ... Qc7! 26. Qh4 Qe5⇄)
26. Qh4 Rf8 27. Ba4 Qc8 28. g4 Na5
14. ... Bxe5. At all hazards the Rook should have been moved to e8.
15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. 0-0-0 c5 17. h5 b5 18. Rh3 Bg7 19. Rdh1 b4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qe3 f5 22. Rh7 bxc3 23. Qxc5 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Rf7 25. Qb4 Nc6 (RR 25. ... Qc7! 26. Qh4 Qe5⇄)
26. Qh4 Rf8 27. Ba4 Qc8 28. g4 Na5
29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. g5 Rg8 31. Qd4+ 1 : 0. And Black cannot avert the threatened mate.
This is a favourable specimen of a first player’s attack in displaced games of this description, as the advantage of the first move is maintained throughout the contest.
This is a favourable specimen of a first player’s attack in displaced games of this description, as the advantage of the first move is maintained throughout the contest.
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