Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 127 of 184
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Event
London Provincial playoff 3pl
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
4
White
Brien, Robert Barnett
Black
Hodges, William
Result
0-1
- 16…Nc4 K. B. to Q. Kt.'s sq. seems better Chess,
- 18.Nce4 An oversight, I presume.
- 28…Ba7 A tempting move, but I like K. R. to Q. B's sq. much better.
- 46.Bd7 An ingenious resource. Intending to play the B. to the Q. Kt.'s 7th, &c.
- 48.a7 This nullifies the effect of his clever move of the B. to Q's 7th: he ought here to have played the B. to Q. Kt.'s 7th. He would still have had a bad game, but one not so utterly beyond redemption as the move in the text gives him.
- 52…Kc7 It is curious that if the White King had been one square more distant from the adverse Pawn, Black's ingenious manoeuvre for exchanging the Bishops would have succeeded, and given him the game.