Constant Ferdinand Burille vs Henry Edward Bird - 6th American Chess Congress 1889.04.29

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Constant Ferdinand Burille vs Henry Edward Bird
6th American Chess Congress New York, NY USA round 28 1889.04.29
Dutch Defense: Queen’s Knight Variation 0-1

[Event "6th American Chess Congress"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1889.04.29"]
[EventDate "1889.03.25"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qb3
c5 6.Bd3 b6 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.b3 {d5 was
stronger as Black could not capture twice for then White after
pinning with Bc4, could also bring Nf4 and Qd3 to bear upon
it. b4 was also better.} Bb7 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.exd4 Ne7 13.O-O
Rc8 14.Rae1 Ng6 15.Qd2 Ne4 16.Qc1 Qh4 17.f3 Ng5 18.Ng3 {An
error which is severely punished. Bc3 followed by Bd2 was the
right play.} Nf4 19.Qc3 Rf6 20.Bc1 Rh6 {Beautiful and
decisive.} 21.Bxf4 Qxh2+ 22.Kf2 Nh3+ 23.Ke3 Nxf4 24.Kxf4 Rg6
25.Ke3 Rxg3 26.Rf2 Rxg2 27.Ref1 f4 28.Ke2 Bxf3+ 29.Ke1 {There
was no better answer to White's last master move, for if Kxf3
then followed Qg3+ and Qe3+ winning the Rook.} Rxf2 30.Rxf2
Qg1+ 31.Bf1 Be4 32.Rxf4 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.c5 Bg2 0-1

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Updated: 18 January, 2022
Created: 18 January, 2022