Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 115 of 184
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Event
London Provincial
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
2(2)
White
Ranken, Charles Edwards
Black
Hodges, William
Result
1-0
- 19…Nf5 This is not at all commendable.
- 24…Rc7 K. R. to K's sq., with the view to bring his Q. to K. B's sq. immediately, would have been much better play.
- 28.R5e2 R. to K.'s 8th looks to me more forcing. In that case, the following variation is not improbable: 28. K. R. to K's 8th. 28. R. takes R. or (A.) 29. R. takes R. (ch.) 29. K. to B's 2nd. 30. B. takes K. Kt. P. (ch.) 30. P. takes B. 31. Q. to K. R's 8th. And wins. (A.) 28. B. to K. B's 4th. (If he play the B. to R's 4th, White exchanges the Rooks and Queens,, and wins the Bishop.) 29. B. takes B. 29. P. takes B. 30. Q. R. to K's 6th. 30. R. takes K. R. (best) 31. R. takes R. (ch. best) 31. K. to B's 2nd. 32. R. to K. R's 8th. 32. K. to K's 3rd, or (B.) 33. Q. to K's 3rd (ch.) 33. K. to B's 2nd. 34. Q. to K's 8th (ch.) 34. K. to Kt.'s 2nd. 35. P. to K. R's 5th. 35. Q. to K's 2nd (best) And Black mates in two moves. (B.) 32. R. to K's 2nd. 33. Q. takes R. P. (ch.) 33. K. to K's 3rd. 34. Q. to Kt.'s 8th (ch.) 34. R. to B's 2nd (best) 35. R. to R's 7th. 35. Q. to K's 2nd or Q's 2nd. 36. P. to K. R's 5th. And wins, as White has no power to prevent the Pawn queening. The situation is so instructive that I cannot resist appending a diagram of it before Black's 28th move.
- 29…Qc7 The natural move of Q. to K. Kt.'s 6th would have been fatal to him, as Black would immediately have played K. R. to K's 7th, winning.
- 32…Qc7 Intending to draw the game, at least, if Black thoughtlessly advanced his K. Kt. P.