Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 141 of 184
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Event
London m3
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
7
White
Loewe, Edward
Black
Deacon, Frederic
Result
1-0
- 10.Be2 B. to Q. B's 5th looks a telling move at this moment,
- 17…Be6 B. to Q. Kt.'s 2nd would, perhaps, have been better.
- 20.Qc5 Taking the Q. B. Pawn would have been imprudent.
- 21.Bd4 The fine position this Bishop occupies, raking almost the whole diagonal up to the adversary's K. R's sq., more than compensates for the Pawn Black threw away.
- 22…Rf7 Had he ventured to take the K. B. P., it would have cost him at least a Piece; ex. gr.—22. Q. takes K. B. P. 23. Q. to K's 7th. 23. Q. to her B's 2nd. (If B. to K. B's 2nd, White wins evidently at once by Q. to K. B's 6th.) 24. Q. takes B. (ch.) &c. &c.
- 26.Rab1 Well played. This move adds greatly to the strength of Black's game, because it enables him to play away his Bishop without apprehension of his opponent's forcing an exchange of Queens.
- 26…h6 If White had endeavoured to exchange Queens, the game would probably have proceeded thus— 26. Q. to her 3rd. 27. Q. to Q. R's 5th. 27. Q. to K's 2nd. 28. Q. to K's 5th, &c. &c.
- 27.Be5 By this and his next move, Black appears to me to precipitate the attack too much.
- 28…Qxb8 Manifestly ruinous. Why not have left the Queen, and by capturing the other Rook with Rook, have drawn the game? For instance 28. R. takes K. R. 29. R. takes Q. 29. Q. R. to Q's 7th (ch.) 30. K. to his 3rd. 30. Q. R. to Q's 6th (ch.) Having perpetual check. I give a diagram of the board before White's 28th move.