Henry Edward Bird vs Dionisio M Martinez - 6th American Chess Congress 1889.04.24

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Henry Edward Bird vs Dionisio M Martinez
6th American Chess Congress New York, NY USA round 25 1889.04.24
English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation 0-1

[Event "6th American Chess Congress"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1889.04.24"]
[EventDate "1889.03.25"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.c4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.a3
Bc5 {Be7 was better.} 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 Re8 8.b4 Bf8 9.O-O d6
10.Bb2 e4 11.Nf4 Ne5 12.Qe2 g5 13.Nfd5 Nfd7 14.f3 Nd3 15.fxe4
{Black must have overlooked that after this fine move White
will recover the piece in case of 15...Nxb2 by 16.d4.} N7e5
16.Nd1 Nxb2 17.Nxb2 fxe4 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Qh5 {As usual the
simplest was the best, and he should have captured the Rook.}
Re7 20.Bxe4 h6 21.d4 Nd7 22.Qg6 Nxf6 23.Qxf6+ Bg7 24.Qg6 Qg8
25.Rf2 c6 26.Raf1 Bh3 {Black sees through the adverse trap. If
26...Re6 27.Qf5 Rf6 26.Qxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxf6, with a winning
attack.} 27.Bg2 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Rxe3 29.Rf3 Re2+ 30.R1f2 Rae8
31.Qxd6 Qh7 32.Nd3 Qe4 33.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 34.Nf2 Qxc4 35.Qd7 Re1
36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kh8 38.Kh3 {It was very imprudent to play
for more than a draw in this position.} Qxd4 39.Rd3 Qf6
40.Qxf6 Bxf6 41.Rd6 Kg7 42.Ng4 Bb2 43.Nxh6 Bxa3 44.Nf5+ Kf7
45.Rd7+ Kf6 46.Nh6 Bxb4 47.Rxb7 a5 48.Rc7 Rc1 49.Ra7 Rc4
50.Kg2 Kg6 51.Nf7 Kf5 {Overlooking the loss of a pawn by
Black's clever reply.} 52.Rxa5+ Kf6 53.Ra7 Rc2+ 54.Kh3 c5
55.Nd8 c4 56.Kg4 Bd2 57.Ra6+ Ke5 58.Nf7+ Kd4 59.h3 c3 60.Ra4+
Kc5 61.Nxg5 {Fatal infatuation. Ne4 would have still drawn,
and he could expect no more.} Kb5 {A very beautiful display of
ending ingenuity commences here and is continued to the
finish.} 62.Ra8 Rb2 63.Nf3 Rb4+ 64.Kf5 c2 65.Rb8+ Ka6 66.Rc8
c1=Q 67.Rxc1 Bxc1 68.h4 Kb7 69.h5 Kc8 70.Ne5 Rb5 71.Ke6 Rb6+
72.Kf5 Kd8 73.g4 Rb5 74.Ke6 Ke8 75.Ng6 Rg5 76.Ne5 Bb2 77.Nc4
Bg7 78.Nd6+ Kf8 0-1

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Updated: 28 January, 2022
Created: 28 January, 2022