James Moore Hanham vs Jackson Whipps Showalter - 6th American Chess Congress 1889.05.13

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James Moore Hanham vs Jackson Whipps Showalter
6th American Chess Congress New York, NY USA round 36 1889.05.13
Amazon Attack 1-0

[Event "6th American Chess Congress"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1889.05.13"]
[EventDate "1889.03.25"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.f4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.c3
c6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Ne5 O-O {Ne4 was the correct play
in order to keep possession of the hole in the center, and
also to prepare driving off the hostile Knight by f6.} 9.O-O
c5 {Black thus qualifies his fifth move as loss of time, and
in trying to rectify the omission on the Q wing, he loses
sight of the danger to which his K side is exposed. Again Ne4
was the proper play.} 10.g4 Be4 11.g5 Ne8 12.Nxe4 dxe4 {Of
course a blunder which costs the exchange, but his game was
already bad even after 12...Bxe5 13.dxe5 dxe4 14.Qc2 f5 15.Bc4
Nc7 16.Qb3, etc.} 13.Nxd7 cxd4 {If 13...Qxd7 14.dxc5 wins a
clear piece.} 14.Nxf8 d3 15.Bxd3 exd3 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxd3 Qe7
18.e4 e5 19.f5 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Rd8 21.Qf3 Bb6 22.h4 a5 23.f6 Qf7
24.Qe2 gxf6 25.gxf6 Nd6 26.Be3 Bc7 27.Bh6 Bb6 28.Rad1 Ne8
29.Qb5 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Bc7 31.Rg1+ Kh8 32.Bg7+ {32.Qd5 Qxd5
33.exd5 Nxf6 (or 33...Nd6 34.f7 Nxf7 35.Bg7+ Kg8 36.Bxe5+ and
wins) 34.Bg7+, etc, would have won more quickly.} Nxg7 33.fxg7
Kg8 34.Qd5 Qxd5 35.exd5 1-0

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Updated: 19 January, 2022
Created: 19 January, 2022