1.
e4
e5
2.
Nf3
Nf6
3.
Nc3
d6
4.
d4
exd4
5.
Nxd4
Be7
6.
Bd3
Nc6
7.
Nxc6
bxc6
8.
O-O
O-O
9.
f4
d5
10.
e5
Bc5+
11.
Kh1
Ng4
12.
Qe1
f5
13.
Nd1
Be6
14.
Ne3
Nh6
15.
Rf3
Kh8
16.
Rh3
Qe8
17.
Qe2
Qf7
18.
Bd2
d4
19.
Nf1
Rae8
20.
b3
Bd5
21.
Ng3
Re6
22.
Qh5
Qxh5
23.
Rxh5
Ng4
24.
Rxf5
Rfe8
25.
Kg1
g6
26.
Rg5
Nh6
27.
Ne2
Nf7
28.
Rg4
Nh6
29.
Rh4
Kg7
30.
Rxh6
Bb4
31.
Rxh7+
Kxh7
32.
Bxb4
Rb8
33.
Bc5
1-0
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Site
New York
Date
1889.??.??
Round
4
White
Judd, Max
Black
Result
1-0
Score
Game 146 in Wilhelm Steinitz, The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed page 189. The source dates the game March 28th, 1889. Original descriptive notation and printed analysis are retained.
- 13.Nd1 White has conducted the attack with remarkable ability, but now we would have preferred the following line of play : 13 Kt— R4, 13 B—Kt3; 14 P— KR3, 14 Kt—R3; 15 P— QB4, 15 PxP; 16 Bx P ch., 16 K— R sq.; 17 B— K3, with a fine attack.
- 15.Rf3 Like most K side attacks, the one here started ought to have been well defensible. We would have preferred B — Q3, followed by R — Q sq. , after which operations with the Pawns on the Q side promised much better than the move in the text, for White had already formed a strong passed Pawn in the centre that enabled him to press for an ending with great advantage.
- 22…Qxh5 A very strange failure of perception, especially for a master like Mr. Blackburne, and, moreover, as 22...R—Kt3 covered one of those brilliant ideas that would have so well suited Black's usual style. For if then 23 B x P, 23 Q x B; 24 Kt x Q, 24 B x P ch.; 25 K—Kt sq., 25 B x R disch. (better than 25...B—B6 disch.; 26 Q x R, etc.); 26 K—B2! (if 26 Kt—Kt3, 26 P—Q6 disch.; 27 K—R sq., 27 B—KKt5, and wins), 26...B x Kt, with three pieces for the Queen and a fine attack.
- 23…Ng4 Black has no means of saving the Pawn which forms the key to his position.
- 29…Kg7 There was little to be done in order to spin out the fight for very long, but anyhow he deprives himself of all such hope by this move.
- 30.Rxh6 White gets hold of the decisive advantage with promptitude,
- 31.Rxh7+ The shortest and best way in order to dispose of further trouble. With two pieces against the Rook and two Pawns, besides that a third Pawn is sure to fall soon. White has an easy task.
[Event "USA-06 Congress Grand Tournament"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1889.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Judd, Max"] [Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qe1 f5 13. Nd1 Be6 14. Ne3 Nh6 15. Rf3 Kh8 16. Rh3 Qe8 17. Qe2 Qf7 18. Bd2 d4 19. Nf1 Rae8 20. b3 Bd5 21. Ng3 Re6 22. Qh5 Qxh5 23. Rxh5 Ng4 24. Rxf5 Rfe8 25. Kg1 g6 26. Rg5 Nh6 27. Ne2 Nf7 28. Rg4 Nh6 29. Rh4 Kg7 30. Rxh6 Bb4 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Bxb4 Rb8 33. Bc5 1-0