Williams, Elijah VS Wyvill, Marmaduke 1851.??.??

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Game VII. Seventh and last game between Messrs. Wyvill and Williams (Third Series), won by Wyvill with the Black pieces to decide the match and carry him into the final against Anderssen. Sicilian Opening.

1. 10.Kg2 I have tried, in vain, to discover the object of this move. It appears to me a sheer loss of time.
2. 11.Qe1 This is not quite so inscrutable as the preceding. The object here is to afford a retreat for the Q. Kt., if the adverse Q. P. advances.
3. 17.Kg1 We now see the error White committed in heedlessly playing forward his King at move 10.
4. 17…Qd5 Black has already a position presaging victory.
5. 21…Qd7 Opening a retreat for his Q. Kt.
6. 23…Rad8 Kt. to K's 6th looks promising, but Black is flying at higher quarry.
7. 24…Ba8 Well played, and with a far-sighted object, as the sequel shows.
8. 28…Kg8 Part of a profound and beautiful combination, which never could be perfected while the K. stood at his R's sq.
9. 29.Bf1 This enables Black to make a decisive demonstration much sooner than he could have hoped for.
10. 29…Ncxe5 I give a diagram of this instructive situation, as the forces stood after Black's 29th move.

Howard Staunton, The Chess Tournament (1852) · Public domain · source