1.
e4
e5
2.
Nf3
d6
3.
d4
Nd7
4.
c3
Be7
5.
Bc4
Ngf6
6.
Qe2
O-O
7.
h3
c6
8.
Bb3
d5
9.
exd5
e4
10.
Ne5
cxd5
11.
Ng4
Nb6
12.
Bf4
Be6
13.
Nd2
a5
14.
a4
Nfd7
15.
O-O
f5
16.
Ne5
Bg5
17.
Nxd7
Nxd7
18.
Bxg5
Qxg5
19.
f3
Rfe8
20.
fxe4
fxe4
21.
Rae1
Nf6
22.
Qe3
Qg6
23.
Rf2
Rac8
24.
Bc2
Bd7
25.
c4
dxc4
26.
Nxe4
Bf5
27.
Nxf6+
gxf6
28.
Bxf5
Rxe3
29.
Rxe3
Qg5
30.
Rff3
Qh4
31.
Re4
Qh6
32.
Bxc8
Qc1+
33.
Kh2
Qxb2
34.
Rxf6
Kg7
35.
Rf3
h5
36.
Re7+
Kg6
37.
Bxb7
Qxd4
38.
Be4+
Kh6
39.
Rh7+
Kg5
40.
Rg7+
Kh6
41.
Rg6+
Kh7
42.
Rf7+
Kh8
43.
Re6
Kg8
44.
Rb7
Kf8
45.
Ra6
Qd8
46.
Rh6
Qd4
47.
Rh8+
Qxh8
48.
Rb8+
Kg7
49.
Rxh8
1-0
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Site
New York
Date
1889.??.??
Round
29
White
Pollock, William Henry Kraus
Black
Hanham, James Moore
Result
1-0
Score
Game No. 343 in Wilhelm Steinitz's The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed page 411; played May 3, 1889. Steinitz's original notes follow. The original analysis is preserved, including the illegal 29...K—B sq. in note (d), where White's Rook controls that square.
- 11.Ng4 Kt — Q2, with the view of playing Kt — KB sq., was, we believe, preferable.
- 14…Nfd7 Anderssen's favorite retreat for the KKt, viz., K sq., would have served Black's purpose better, as it would have given no opportunity to the adversary on the seventeenth move to effect an exchange.
- 19…Rfe8 If 19...P—K6; 20 P—KB4 isolates the advanced Pawn which must soon fall.
- 26…Bf5 An error of which the opponent avails himself most beautifully. K—R sq. was his best defence. If, however, 26...Kt x Kt, the game might have proceeded 27 B x Kt, 27 Q—R4; 28 P—KKt4, 28 Q—R5; 29 B—Q5 ch., 29 K—B sq.; 30 Q x R ch., 30 R x Q; 31 R x R ch., and mates next move.
- 36.Re7+ The mating net could have been drawn tighter here by B (K4)—KB4.
- 42.Rf7+ A much shorter and finer finish is here missed by 42 R—B4, 42 K—R sq.! (or 42...Q—B8; 43 R (B4)—B6, etc.); 43 R—B5, 43 Q—Q8; 44 B—B3, and wins.
[Event "USA-06 Congress Grand Tournament"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1889.??.??"] [Round "29"] [White "Pollock, William Henry Kraus"] [Black "Hanham, James Moore"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. c3 Be7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd5 e4 10. Ne5 cxd5 11. Ng4 Nb6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Nd2 a5 14. a4 Nfd7 15. O-O f5 16. Ne5 Bg5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f3 Rfe8 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rae1 Nf6 22. Qe3 Qg6 23. Rf2 Rac8 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Nxe4 Bf5 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Bxf5 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qg5 30. Rff3 Qh4 31. Re4 Qh6 32. Bxc8 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qxb2 34. Rxf6 Kg7 35. Rf3 h5 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. Bxb7 Qxd4 38. Be4+ Kh6 39. Rh7+ Kg5 40. Rg7+ Kh6 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rf7+ Kh8 43. Re6 Kg8 44. Rb7 Kf8 45. Ra6 Qd8 46. Rh6 Qd4 47. Rh8+ Qxh8 48. Rb8+ Kg7 49. Rxh8 1-0