Henry Edward Bird vs John Washington Baird - 6th American Chess Congress 1889.03.25

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Henry Edward Bird vs John Washington Baird
6th American Chess Congress New York, NY USA round 1 1889.03.25
King’s Gambit 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th American Chess Congress"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1889.03.25"]
[EventDate "1889.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Qb3
Bxf3 6.gxf3 Qh4+ 7.Kd1 Bb6 8.a4 Qf2 9.Be2 a5 {He could not
venture on 9...Nc6 10.a5 Nxa5 11.Rxa5 Bxa5 12.Qb7, followed by
Qb5+ and Qxa5.} 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Na3 Nf6 12.Nc4 Nc6 13.Nxb6
cxb6 14.Rf1 Qc5 {Qxh2 was superior.} 15.Qb5 O-O 16.Qxc5 bxc5
17.b3 Rfd8 18.Kc2 Rac8 19.d3 Nd7 20.f4 Re8 21.f5 f6 22.Rg1 Kh8
23.Bh5 Re7 24.Rg3 Nf8 25.Ba3 b6 26.Rag1 Rd7 27.Bc1 Rcc7 28.Bh6
Na7 29.Kd2 Re7 30.Be8 Nc8 {Black prudently does not accept the
proferred saccrifice of two Bishops against Rook and Pawn, for
the opponent was sure afterward to win also the b-pawn, and
Black's Rook and two Knights were then no match against the
adverse combined two Rooks which would have made havoc among
Black's isolated Pawns.} 31.Bb5 Nd6 32.Bc4 Nxc4+ 33.bxc4 Rf7
34.h4 Rce7 35.h5 Nd7 36.Ke2 Nf8 37.Be3 h6 38.Rb1 Rb7 39.d4
cxd4 40.cxd4 exd4 41.Bxd4 Rfc7 42.Rc3 Nd7 43.Rb5 Nc5 44.Bxc5
Rxc5 45.Ke3 Kg8 46.Kd3 Kf7 47.Rcb3 Rc6 48.Rxa5 Rbc7 49.Rd5
Rxc4 50.Rd7+ Rxd7+ 51.Kxc4 Ra7 52.Kb4 Ke7 {The game has been
well defended by Black, and the position had assumed a drawish
character for some time.} 1/2-1/2

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Updated: 8 February, 2022
Created: 8 February, 2022