Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 107 of 184
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Event
London Provincial
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
1(1)
White
Wellman, B
Black
Hodges, William
Result
0-1
- 10.c4 This seems unnecessarily to block up his own best Bishop.
- 13.b3 Here is a second obstacle to the action of his Bishop, which is now locked in, as will be seen, to the end of the chapter.
- 14.Bb2 This Bishop seems destined to almost as inglorious an inactivity as his brother.
- 18.f4 Another error, as the adverse Kt. can now be planted securely at his K.'s 6th in two or three moves.
- 23.Rf1 What was the object of this move? Would not Kt. to K. Kt.'s 2nd have been more to the purpose?
- 31…d3 A good and decisive move. If White take the R. he loses his Q.; and if he does anything else, his defeat, though protracted, is alike inevitable.