1.
e4
e6
2.
d4
d5
3.
exd5
exd5
4.
c4
Nf6
5.
Nc3
Bb4
6.
Qb3
Nc6
7.
Be3
O-O
8.
Nf3
h6
9.
Bd3
dxc4
10.
Bxc4
Bd6
11.
Qc2
Ne7
12.
Ne5
Bf5
13.
Qb3
Bxe5
14.
dxe5
Ng4
15.
Rd1
Qc8
16.
Bc5
Qe8
17.
O-O
Nxe5
18.
Rfe1
N5g6
19.
Nd5
Be6
20.
Nxe7+
Nxe7
21.
Bxe6
fxe6
22.
Rxe6
Kh8
23.
Rxe7
Qh5
24.
Bd4
Rg8
25.
Rde1
Rad8
26.
Qc3
Qg4
27.
f4
Rd6
28.
h3
Qg6
29.
f5
Qg5
30.
Rxc7
b5
31.
Ree7
Rgd8
32.
Rxg7
Qf4
33.
Rg4+
Qxd4+
34.
Rxd4
1-0
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Site
London
Date
1851.??.??
Round
2
White
Black
Williams, Elijah
Result
1-0
- 22.Rxe6 In this and the next two games Black appears to have roused himself into something like action; the stimulus, however, was evidently insufficient to sustain him long against the insupportable tedium of his adversary's play. There are positions, every one knows, occurring occasionally in a game, where even the clearest and farthest-seeing head requires a long time to unravel all the intricacies of the maze. In such cases deliberation is a duty, and none, except a very unreasonable opponent, would object to it; but when a player, upon system, consumes hours over moves when minutes might suffice, and depends, not upon outmanoeuvring, but out-sitting his antagonist, patience ceases to be a virtue, and one cannot help expressing deep regret that there is not some legal or moral force which may be brought to bear upon the offender, so that, in default of accelerating his pace, he should be held disentitled to a victory gained by such unworthy strategy.
- 33.Rg4+ This suffices for the end to be answered; but a much more scientific way of terminating the game would have been to play as follows: 33. Q. R. to K. R's 7th (double ch.) 33. K. to Kt.'s sq. 34. K. R. to K. Kt.'s 7th (ch.) And mate next move.
[Event "London knockout playoff-3pl"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Staunton, Howard"] [Black "Williams, Elijah"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Qb3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Bc5 Qe8 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Rfe1 N5g6 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Kh8 23. Rxe7 Qh5 24. Bd4 Rg8 25. Rde1 Rad8 26. Qc3 Qg4 27. f4 Rd6 28. h3 Qg6 29. f5 Qg5 30. Rxc7 b5 31. Ree7 Rgd8 32. Rxg7 Qf4 33. Rg4+ Qxd4+ 34. Rxd4 1-0