1.
e4
e5
2.
Nf3
Nc6
3.
Bc4
Bc5
4.
d3
d6
5.
Be3
Bxe3
6.
fxe3
Na5
7.
Bb5+
c6
8.
Ba4
b5
9.
Bb3
Nxb3
10.
axb3
Nh6
11.
O-O
O-O
12.
Nc3
Kh8
13.
Qe1
a5
14.
Ne2
g6
15.
d4
Ng4
16.
Qd2
f5
17.
exf5
e4
18.
Ne1
Qh4
19.
h3
Bxf5
20.
hxg4
Bxg4
21.
Rxf8+
Rxf8
22.
Nf4
g5
23.
Nh3
Bd7
24.
d5
c5
25.
Nf2
a4
26.
bxa4
bxa4
27.
b3
Bb5
28.
c4
Bd7
29.
bxa4
Bf5
30.
Rb1
g4
31.
Rb7
Kg8
32.
Qb2
Qg5
33.
g3
Bc8
34.
Ra7
h5
35.
Ng2
Rf3
36.
Qb8
Rf8
37.
Qc7
Bf5
38.
Nf4
Qh6
39.
Nxh5
Qh8
40.
Qe7
Bg6
41.
Qe6+
Bf7
42.
Qxg4+
Kh7
43.
Qf5+
Kg8
44.
Nf6+
1-0
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Site
New York
Date
1889.??.??
Round
9
White
Gunsberg, Isidor
Black
Gossip, George Hatfeild
Result
1-0
Score
Game 105 in Wilhelm Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 137–138.
- 5.Be3 Usually the QKt is brought out first to B3 before opposing Bishops.
- 7.Bb5+ This diversion from the ordinary course in similar situations, namely, to retreat B—Kt3 at once or to develop QKt—Q2, is, if anything, slightly in Black's favor, for the latter aims at an attack on the Q wing, and White's course of play, therefore, only aids his development of Pawns on that side.
- 10…Nh6 Very good and original. This placement of the Knight has its favorable aspects, as it neither obstructs the KBP nor shuts out the Queen from the K side even temporarily, and one or the other would be the case if this Knight had developed elsewhere.
- 14…g6 With the object, probably, of advancing P—KB4 and to retake with the KtP if White then exchanged Pawns. This would have been a good plan eventually, and so far from Black having anything to fear on the K side from breaking open his KKt file, he was likely to be the first to obtain an attack on that wing.
- 17…e4 Black enters here on a high-spirited attack that on its true merits, as far as its inception and conduct for some time is concerned, deserved a better fate than was accorded to it.
- 23…Bd7 Black has played remarkably well up to this after the sacrifice of the piece, but his calculations go astray here altogether. 23...BxKt; 24 PxB, 24 QxP; 25 Kt—Kt2, 25 P—KR4, with the view of removing the Queen eventually to Kt5 or Kt6 and to advance the RP ultimately to R6, was the only right course, and we believe it would have secured Black a draw, with some winning chances.
- 24.d5 White ought not to have given the opponent another opportunity of exchanging, and Kt—B2 at once was better.
- 27.b3 White assumes the attack, and his skill being supported by a piece ahead, the result is a foregone conclusion.
- 44.Nf6+ The termination is pretty.
[Event "USA-06 Congress Grand Tournament"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1889.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Gunsberg, Isidor"] [Black "Gossip, George Hatfeild"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nh6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Kh8 13. Qe1 a5 14. Ne2 g6 15. d4 Ng4 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf5 e4 18. Ne1 Qh4 19. h3 Bxf5 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh3 Bd7 24. d5 c5 25. Nf2 a4 26. bxa4 bxa4 27. b3 Bb5 28. c4 Bd7 29. bxa4 Bf5 30. Rb1 g4 31. Rb7 Kg8 32. Qb2 Qg5 33. g3 Bc8 34. Ra7 h5 35. Ng2 Rf3 36. Qb8 Rf8 37. Qc7 Bf5 38. Nf4 Qh6 39. Nxh5 Qh8 40. Qe7 Bg6 41. Qe6+ Bf7 42. Qxg4+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ 1-0