Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 56 of 184
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Event
London m4
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
7
White
Black
Von Jaenisch, Carl Friedrich
Result
1-0
- 3…Bg4 Preparing to advance the K. B. P. a most important step; in the present opening.
- 7.Qe2 A sacrifice ventured only after long deliberation, and which, but for an unlucky error afterwards, would have obtained for Black a very powerful attack.
- 19.Bf2 An attempt to defend the Bishop either with the Queen or the Kt. must have cost White at least a Piece. Playing hrs Q. to K. B's 5th, too, would have proved equally disastrous, as the following variation shows. 19. Q. to K. B's 5th. 19. P. to K. Kt.'s 3rd. 20. Q. to K. R's 3rd. 20. R. takes B. &c.
- 22…Re2 This was a fatal slip. I give a diagram of the field before Black made this move.