Henry Edward Bird vs James Mason - Bird - Mason Match 1875-76 1876.01.04

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Henry Edward Bird vs James Mason
Bird - Mason Match 1875/76 New York USA round 17 1876.01.04
French Defense: Exchange Variation 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bird - Mason Match 1875/76"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1876.01.04"]
[EventDate "1875.12.28"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "Dubuque Chess Journal, n72, April 1876, pp170-172"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O Be6
7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.Ne2 Ne4 11.Qe3 f5 12.Bf4 O-O
13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qf4 Qe7 15.Rfe1 g5 16.Qc7 Rab8 17.Ng3 Rfc8
18.Qa5 a6 19.Re2 g4 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Ne1 Kh8 22.Qd2 Rf8 23.c3
Qf6 24.Nc2 Qg6 25.Rae1 Rbe8 26.c4 h5 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.Nf1 h4
29.Re3 Nf6 30.Qb4 Rf7 31.Qd6 Nh5 32.g3 hxg3 33.fxg3 Nf6
34.R3e2 Nh7 35.Nd2 Ng5 36.Kh1 Nf3 37.Rd1 Qh5 38.Nf1 Qh6
39.Nce3 Kh7 40.Rc2 Rd7 41.Rc7 Rxc7 42.Qxc7+ Qg7 43.Qb6 Ng5
44.Rc1 Qf6 45.Qc7+ Re7 46.Qf4 Rf7 47.Qxf6 Rxf6 48.Rc7+ Rf7
49.Rxf7+ Nxf7 50.Ng2 Nd6 51.Nf4 Bf7 52.Ne3 Nb5 53.Nxg4 Nxd4
54.Nxd5 Kg7 55.Nc3 Be6 56.Ne3 Bd7 57.Kg2 b5 58.a3 a5 59.b4
axb4 60.axb4 Bc6 61.Kf2 Kf6 62.h4 Ke5 63.g4 Kf4 64.h5 Kg5
65.Kg3 Nb3 66.Ne2 Bd7 67.Nf4 Nd4 68.Nh3+ Kh6 69.Kf4 Nc6 70.Nd5
e3 71.Nxe3 Nxb4 72.Nf5+ Bxf5 73.Kxf5 Nc6 74.Nf4 Nd4+ 75.Ke4
Nc6 76.Kd5 Nd8 77.Nd3 b4 78.Nxb4 Kg5 79.h6 Kxh6 80.Ke4 Kg5
81.Kf3 Nf7 1/2-1/2

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Updated: 10 December, 2021
Created: 10 December, 2021