Joseph Henry Blackburne vs Lomax - Blindfold simul, 10b 1862.04.26

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Joseph Henry Blackburne vs Lomax
Blindfold simul, 10b Manchester ENG 1862.04.26
French Defense: Exchange Variation 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul, 10b"]
[Site "Manchester ENG"]
[Date "1862.04.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Lomax"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 {This game was
played when Nc3 had just been introduced by Paulsen, and the
text move was the usual one. I can almost tell from the moves
what year I played a certain game in.} exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be3 a6
6.Bd3 Bg4 7.c3 h6 8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nf6 11.O-O Ne7
12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 {This loses a valuable Pawn.} 14.Bxe4
dxe4 15.Qxe4 Qd5 {Simpifying the win. It is to my advantage to
exchange now.} 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.Bd4 Nf4 18.g3 Ne2+ 19.Kg2 Nxd4
20.cxd4 O-O-O 21.Rfd1 Rd5 22.Rd3 Rhd8 23.Rad1 c5 24.Kf3 c4 {If
...Rxd4, White changes off the Rook and regains the Pawn by
Ke4.} 25.R3d2 b5 26.Ke4 g6 27.f4 R8d7 28.g4 Kd8 29.f5 Ke7
30.f6+ Ke6 31.a3 a5 32.h4 b4 33.axb4 a4 {He did not take the
Pawn because he was afraid of Ra1.} 34.b5 Rb7 35.Rc1 Rdxb5
36.Rxc4 Ra7 37.Rdc2 Rb6 38.Rc7 Rxc7 39.Rxc7 1-0

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