Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 135 of 184
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Event
London m3
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
1
White
Loewe, Edward
Black
Deacon, Frederic
Result
0-1
- 5…b6 Anticipating the following variation:—6. B. to K. B's 4th. 6. B. to Q. Kt.'s 2nd. 7. Kt. to Q. Kt.'s 5th. 7. Q. R. to Q. B's sq. 8. Kt. to Q's 6th (ch.) 8. B. takes Kt. 9. B. takes B. 9. K. Kt. to K's 2nd. &c. &c.
- 8…h6 To enable him to play P. to K. Kt.'s 4th, in the event of White moving his P. to K. R's 5th.
- 10.e5 This was anything but prudent. How could White expect, situated as his forces are, to support the Pawn?
- 13.d4 If he had taken Kt. with Kt., Black would still have had the advantage, ex. gr.:—13. Kt. takes Kt. 13. B. takes Kt. 14. B. takes B. (If he take the K. R. P., Black may take his Bishop with the Rook.) 14. Q. takes B. 15. P. to K. B's 4th. 15. Q. to Q. B's 2nd. And retains the Pawn he has won.
- 14…N7c6 He ought rather to have taken the K. Kt. with Kt., winning easily, as a glance at the position shows.
- 18…Nd3+ Young as Mr. Deacon is in Chess, he out-plays the old stager in this game at every point. When he has acquired, by a few years' practice, more readiness of combination, he is likely to take a distinguished rank among the players of the day. At present, the excessive slowness of his calculations detracts greatly from their merit; and, although this tedium is with him a matter of habit,—for he is above the miserable policy of endeavouring to exhaust and irritate his opponent,—the sooner he corrects so grave a fault the better.