1.
e4
e5
2.
Nf3
Nc6
3.
Bc4
Bc5
4.
b4
Bxb4
5.
c3
Ba5
6.
O-O
Nf6
7.
d4
O-O
8.
Nxe5
Nxe4
9.
Qh5
Nxe5
10.
dxe5
c6
11.
Nd2
Nxd2
12.
Bxd2
Bb6
13.
Bg5
Qe8
14.
Rae1
Bd8
15.
Bf6
d5
16.
Qg5
1-0
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Site
New York
Date
1889.??.??
Round
3
White
Showalter, Jackson Whipps
Black
Burille, Constant Ferdinand
Result
1-0
Game No. 316 in William Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 385–386.
- 8.Nxe5 8 P x P, 8 Kt x P; 9 R—K sq., gives White a more lively attack. Compare a game, played between the editor and Mr. Devidé and published in the August number, 1890, of the International Chess Magazine, page 246.
- 9…Nxe5 The proper plan of defence was 9...P—Q4; and if 10 Kt x P, 10 R x Kt; 11 B x P, 11 Kt—Q3, and should win.
- 10…c6 Simply 10...P—Q3; and if 11 P x P, 11 P x P, would have now improved his game.
- 11.Nd2 Finely conceived.
- 11…Nxd2 If 11...B x P (or 11...Kt x QBP; 12 B—R3, etc.); 12 Kt x Kt, 12 B x R; 13 QB—KKt5, 13 Q—K sq.; 14 Kt—B6 ch., 14 P x Kt; 15 QB x P, and wins. But 11...Kt—QB4 was now his best defence.
- 12…Bb6 This feeble move loses in a short time. 12...P—Q4; and if 13 P x P en pass., 13 P x P, left him still with a Pawn ahead on the Q side and a defensible game on the other wing.
- 15.Bf6 White conducts the attack with irresistible power.
[Event "USA-06 Congress Grand Tournament"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1889.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Black "Burille, Constant Ferdinand"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe4 9. Qh5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 c6 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bb6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Rae1 Bd8 15. Bf6 d5 16. Qg5 1-0