Charles H Blood vs Theophilus Thompson - corr 1874.??.??Tags:Charles-H-BloodTheophilus-ThompsonCharles H Blood vs Theophilus Thompsoncorr USA 1874.??.??Italian Game: Evans Gambit 0-1[Event "corr"] [Site "USA"] [Date "1874.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Charles H Blood"] [Black "Theophilus Thompson"] [ECO "C51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.e4 {Notes from Maryland Chess Review 1874, pp. 168-169} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.O-O d6 9.Nc3 {We prefer 9.Re1; White might also play 9.d5, the usual reply to which is 9...Na5} Nf6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.d5 Na5 12.Bd3 c5 13.h3 Re8 14.Re1 Bd7 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 c4 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 18...Bxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Qb6+ 20.Kf1 Qxb2 21.Qb3 Qd2 22.Ne2 b5 23.Bd3 Qg5 24.Rad1 Re3 25.Kg1 {Bad, but White has no good move.} Bxh3 0-1 Download PGNUpdated: 4 February, 2022Created: 4 February, 2022Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.comments powered by Disqus
