Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 165 of 184
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Event
Match Horwitz-Bird +7-3=4
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
5
White
Bird, Henry Edward
Black
Horwitz, Bernhard
Result
1/2-1/2
- 5…Nf6 P. to K. Kt.'s 3rd, followed by B. to K. Kt.'s 2nd, is undoubtedly a much better line of play.
- 9.Bxd5 The object of this move was to enable White to advance his Q. B. Pawn, and at the same time prevent Black from advantageously throwing forward his Pawn to Q's 4th. The more natural-looking move of Q. Kt. to K's 2nd, it will be found, does not effect the same purpose.
- 11…Na6 The Bishop is badly posted here. He should rather have occupied the Q. Kt.'s 2nd sq.
- 18…Qg6 This was mere lost time. He would have done better by moving K. R. to B's 2nd, with the view to double, and bring his Rooks into good play.
- 32.R1e3 Had he taken the Pawn with Pawn/White would hare retorted with Q. Kt. to K. R's 3rd, &c.
- 41.Qf7+ I should have preferred taking the K. P. with the Queen. In this case it appears to me impossible for Black to escape both the Scylla and Charybdis of checkmate, or the loss of his Knight; for suppose 41. Q. takes K. P. 41. Kt. to K. R's 4th. (This appears his only feasible move. If Q. to K. B's 5th White can mate in five moves.) 42. P. to K. Kt.'s 6th. And wins.
- 43.Qe7+ If, instead of taking the Kt., he had simply moved P. to K. Kt.'s 6th, he would have won immediately.
- 45.Qc6 Again, by playing P. to K. Kt.'s 6th, White must have ensured an easy victory. I give a diagram of the position.