Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852)
Game 179 of 184
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Event
London m6
Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
11
White
Williams, Elijah
Black
Result
1-0
- 12…f5 He should have taken off the Knight at once.
- 18…Qe6 This was highly important, both to protect the Q. B., which is threatened next move, and also to prevent the adverse Rook from being planted presently at Q. B's 7th.
- 20…a6 It was necessary to make this precautionary move before playing out the Q. B., lest White should answer with B. to Q. Kt.'s 5th, and then B. to Q's 7th, &c.
- 24…Rc8 Black refused to accept White's offer of a drawn battle here, preferring to hazard the loss of the game by the obviously bad move of R. to Q. B's sq., rather than endure another thirteen hours' sitting.
- 30…Ne6 K. to B's 2nd would have been much better play.