George Hatfeild Gossip vs John Washington Baird - 6th American Chess Congress 1889.04.08

Tags:

George Hatfeild Gossip vs John Washington Baird
6th American Chess Congress New York, NY USA round 13 1889.04.08
Vienna Game 1-0

[Event "6th American Chess Congress"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1889.04.08"]
[EventDate "1889.03.25"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5
Bg4 6.h3 Bd7 7.Bxc6 {? Being a move ahead it was better to
play d3.} Bxc6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.d3 h6 {?} 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Be3 Nf6
12.g4 g5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Rhf1 Bb4 15.Bd2 Ne8 16.Qh2 f6
17.Qf2 Kb8 18.Be3 Bxc3 19.Bxa7+ Ka8 20.Bc5 Qe6 {Bxb2+ was now
the right play.} 21.bxc3 Qxa2 22.Kd2 Ba4 23.Ke3 Qe6 {? He
could have safely taken the c-pawn.} 24.Ra1 Qc6 25.Ke2 Kb8
26.Ra2 Kc8 27.c4 {!} Kd7 28.Nxe5+ {!} fxe5 29.Qf5+ Qe6 30.Rxa4
Nd6 31.Bxd6 cxd6 32.Ra7 Rb8 33.Qf7+ Qxf7 34.Rxf7+ Kc6 35.Rg7
Kb6 36.Ra2 Kc6 37.Rb2 Rhf8 {?} 38.Rg6 Rf4 39.Rxh6 Rbf8 40.Kd2
Rf2+ 41.Kc3 R8f3 42.Rb5 Rf6 43.Rh7 Rf7 44.Rh5 Rh2 {?} 45.Rxg5
Rff2 46.Rb2 Rxh3 47.Rg7 b6 48.g5 Re2 49.Ra2 Rhh2 50.g6 Rhg2
51.Rg8 Rg3 52.Ra7 b5 53.cxb5 Kxb5 54.Rb8+ Kc6 55.g7 Reg2
56.Rbb7 Rg1 57.Rc7+ Kb6+ 58.Rab7+ Ka6 59.Rb4 Rxg7 60.Rc6+ Ka7
61.Rxd6 1-0

Download PGN

Updated: 2 February, 2022
Created: 2 February, 2022