Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 111 of 184
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Event
London Provincial qual m2
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
3
White
Gilby, W
Black
Deacon, Frederic
Result
0-1
- 4…b6 Most players would have preferred taking P with P., and then, by exchanging Queens, preventing the adversary from Castling.
- 17…Qc8 Very cleverly played. After this move, I see no means by which White can avert the loss of his Q. P.; for if he play, in the first place, Kt. to Q. B's 3rd, then the Q. Kt. takes Q. P., and when the R. takes Kt., the Q. to Q. B's 4th will win the R. If, in the second place, he move P. to K. Kt.'s 4th, Black then again takes the Q. P. with Q. Kt., and on his other Kt. being captured, he takes K. B. with Kt., checking, and afterwards Q. B. with Q., &c.
- 25.b3 This is fatal.
- 26.Bd2 The reader will be curious, as am I, to know the subtle purport of this move.