[Event "London Haringay"]
[Site "London Haringay"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne. This is the first game I ever
played with Professor Anderssen, the greatest German player,
and at that time in the zenith of his fame. For a novice to
offer so brilliant an expert the Muzio was like Ivanhoe
challenging Bois-Gilbert in the lists at Ashby, but we were
nothing if not daring in those days, and the cautious modern
safety-loving youth of today had not yet been evolved. It
shows what a change has come over chess during the last forty
years.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qe7
7.d3 Nc6 8.Bxf4 Nd4 9.Qf2 Ne6 10.Be3 Bg7 11.d4 Nf6 12.Qf3 d6
13.Nc3 O-O 14.d5 Nc5 15.Bg5 Ncd7 16.Rae1 Ne5 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Qh4
Nxc4 19.Rxf6 Qd7 20.Rh6 Qg4 21.Rxh7+ Kg8 22.Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qh6+
Kg8 24.Bf6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O h6
7.Re1+ Be6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Ng6 fxg6 10.Rxe6+ Kf7 11.Re1 c6 12.Be3
Qc7 13.Qf3 Bxh2+ 14.Kh1 Bd6 15.c4 Rhe8 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nc3 Nb6
18.Rac1 Qd8 19.g4 a6 20.Rg1 g5 21.Bf5 g6 22.Bb1 Rc8 23.a3 Bb8
24.Ba2 Kg7 25.Kg2 Qd7 26.Kf1 Re7 27.Ke2 Bf4 28.Kd2 Ne4+ 29.Kc2
Nxc3 30.bxc3 Na4 31.Kd2 Bxe3+ 32.fxe3 Nb6 33.Rgf1 Qd6 34.Rf2
Rec7 35.e4 dxe4 36.Qxe4 Re7 37.Qf3 Rce8 38.Rh1 Qf4+ 39.Qxf4
gxf4 40.Rb1 Nc8 41.Bd5 Nd6 42.Rb6 Rd8 43.Re2 Rxe2+ 44.Kxe2 Rd7
45.c4 g5 46.Kd3 Kf8 47.Bh1 Ke8 48.a4 Kd8 49.c5 Nf7 50.Rxb7
Ne5+ 51.Kc3 Nxg4 52.Rxd7+ Kxd7 53.d5 h5 54.d6 Nf2 55.Bb7 h4
56.Kd4 h3 57.Ke5 Nd3+ 58.Kf5 Nxc5 59.Bf3 Ne6 60.Kg4 h2 61.Kh3
Nd4 62.Bh1 Kxd6 63.Kxh2 g4 64.Bb7 a5 65.Bc8 Nf3+ 66.Kg2 Nh4+
67.Kg1 g3 68.Bb7 Ke5 69.Kf1 f3 70.Kg1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Dundee Congress"]
[Site "Dundee Congress"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gustav Richard Neumann"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4
{This form of the gambit is almost out of date. Chigorin,
however, ocassionaly plays it, and with success. h4 instead,
bringing about the Allgaier or Kieseritzky, is now more
frequently adopted.} Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. O-O h6 7. g3 g4 8. Ne1
{This was the generally acknowledge best square for the Knight
to play to, but in actual practice, my experience is that Nh4
is equally effective.} f3 9. c3 Nd7 10. Na3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Qe7
12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Nf4 h5 {The beggining of a strong
counter-attack which is often the best line of defence.}
14. Qd3 h4 15. Nb5 hxg3 16. hxg3 {It is obvious that White
cannot take Pawn + without immediate loss. For instance
16.Nxc7+ Kd8 17.Nxa8 Rxh2 and he has no defence.} c6 {The
editor of the Chess World says: "A daring move, the main
object of which is to prevent White establishing a Knight on
d5 and for this Black sacrifices Rook for Knight".} 17. Nc7+
Kd8 18. Nxa8 Nf6 {The same critic goes on to say: "Again bold
play, and even losing time by capturing the Knight".} 19. Nxb6
Nxe4 20. Nxd7 Nxg3 21. Ne6+ {Something must be done, but
perhaps Ng2 instead would have been slightly better.} fxe6
22. Qg6 Rh2 {This move which wins the game by force, was
evidently not expected by White. I candidly confess that it
was not forseen when I played c6. However nothing venture,
nothing win. I have a vivid recollection of Herr Neumann's
countenance when this move was made. He gave a slight start,
turned round to the Rev. G. A. Macdonnell, who was looking on,
shrugged his shoulders and smiled, but it was a sickly sort of
smile.} 23. Rxf3 {He has nothing better, for if Kxh2 mate
follows in two moves by Qh4+ and Ne2 mate.} gxf3 24. Kxh2 Qh4+
25. Kg1 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Nf1+ 28. Kf4 Qxg6 29. Kxf3
Nh2+ 30. Kf2 Kxd7 31. Bf4 Qf5 32. Kg3 Qg4+ 33. Kxh2 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden ;HCL 35"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3
Bg4 8.f5 d5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qd6 12.Bg5 Rad8
13.Bc2 h6 14.Bc1 Kh7 15.g4 Rh8 16.Nd2 b5 17.Nb3 b4 18.Bd2 bxc3
19.bxc3 Na5 20.O-O-O Nc4 21.Kb1 Qa6 22.Bc1 Ba3 23.Ka1 Bxc1
24.Rxc1 Qa3 25.Rb1 Rd6 26.Rh2 Rb8 27.Bd3 Na5 28.Nxa5 Qxc3+
29.Rhb2 Rxb2 30.Rxb2 Rxd3 31.Qe2 Re3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1872.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4
5.Ne5 Bg7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.exd5 O-O 9.Nc3 c5 {First Nh5,
then this move gives Black a safe game.} 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Nxc6
bxc6 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Be5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qb6 15.Qd2 Qc5 16.Qg5+
Ng7 17.Bd3 Re8 18.O-O-O Rxe5 19.Qh6 Bf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Ne4
Qe5 22.Rhe1 Rb8 23.Nc3 Qc7 24.Qd6 {White seeks an exchange of
Queens in order to facilitate his attack on the weak Pawns.}
Qb7 25.b3 Ne6 26.Ne4 Qb4 27.Rf1 Ra5 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Nd7 Qxd6
30.Rxd6 Rb7 31.Rxf7 Nc5 32.Rxc6 Kg8 {Ofcourse if the White
Knight be taken mate follows.} 33.Re7 Nxd7 34.Rc8+ Nf8 35.Rxb7
Rxa2 36.Kd2 Ra1 37.Ke2 Ra6 38.Ke3 h5 39.Ke4 Rf6 40.Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Site "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oscar Gelbfuhs"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.c3
O-O 8.O-O b6 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.Nbd2
Nd5 14.Bg3 Bd6 15.Rae1 Qd7 16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Kh8 18.f4 Ndb4
19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.Qc3 Nxd3 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Nf3 Qb5 23.Nd4 Qxb2
24.Qxb2 Nxb2 25.Rb1 Nc4 26.Nb3 Nd2 27.Nxd2 Rxd2 28.Rf2 Rfd8
29.Rb2 Rd1+ 30.Rf1 c5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "George Alcock MacDonnell"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Nb3 {A suggestion of mine, and played occasionally, but not
so good as the usual Be3.} Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 {Zukertort played
Nge7.} 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Qe7 9.Bd3 g5 10.Bg3 d5 11.O-O Bg4 12.Qd2
O-O-O 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bf5+ {This loses a Pawn. Nxd5 was
better.} Bxf5 15.Nxd5 Qe4 16.Nxb6+ axb6 17.Qc3 Qxc2 18.Qf6 Be6
19.f4 g4 20.f5 Bd5 {The capture of the Knight gives Black an
advantage.} 21.Rf2 Qe4 22.Rc1 h5 23.Nd2 Qe8 24.b4 {White now
establishes a crushing attack.} Rd7 25.b5 Nb8 26.Qxb6 Qd8
{Nothing better. If 26...Bc6 27.bxc6 cxb6 28.cxd7+ Kxd7
29.Rc7+ Kd8 30.Nf1 h4 31.Rd2+ Nd7 32.Bf4 followed by Rxb7,
etc.} 27.Qa5 Re8 28.b6 Rde7 29.bxc7 Re1+ 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Nxf1
1-0

[Event "Manchester ENG"]
[Site "Manchester ENG"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "1880.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilson"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4
5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 Nxe4 7. d3 Ng3 8. Bxf4 Nxh1 9. Bg5 Be7
10. Qe2 O-O {If Black plays 10...Ng3 White has a mate with
11.Nf6+ Kf8 12.Bh6. The best move for him is ...f6 or ...h6.}
11. Bxe7 Re8 12. Nh6+ {Note-It will be seen that the opening
of this game bears a curious resemblance to the well-known
game of mine with Mr. Burt.} 1-0

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "H Heyermans"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 {Bb5+
was a move recommende by Zukertort but the more approved
continuation now is d3.} Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.Nge2 Bc5
8.Ng3 {d3 leads to a freer game.} Qd4 {Opening a sharp
attack.} 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Qf1 Nb4 11.Bb3 O-O-O 12.Nce2 Qd7 13.f5
{If a3 the sequel might have been 13...e3 14.d3 Nxd3+ 15.cxd3
Qxd3 16.Nc3 Qd2+ and mate next move.} Rhe8 14.h3 Nd3+ 15.Kd1
Nf2+ 16.Ke1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 e3 18.d4 Qxd4 19.c3 Qf4 20.Qf3 e2
21.Bxf4 Rd1+ 22.Bxd1 exd1=Q# 0-1

[Event "DSB-02.Kongress Berlin ;HCL 12"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Paulsen"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2 Rc8
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bxc5 Qxc5 10.Bd3 f6 11.Qe2 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5
13.Qxe5 Nf6 14.O-O O-O 15.Nd2 Rce8 16.h3 Bb5 17.c4 Qb4 18.Qe2
Bc6 19.Rab1 g6 20.a3 Qd6 21.b4 b6 22.Rfe1 Nh5 23.Qe5 Qd7
24.Bf1 Rf5 25.Qb2 Ref8 26.f3 Qd6 27.cxd5 exd5 28.Qd4 Nf4
29.Ne4 Qd7 30.Nf2 Ne6 31.Qe3 Nf4 32.Ng4 Qg7 33.Qe7 R5f7 34.Qg5
Qd4+ 35.Kh2 Rg7 36.Red1 Ne6 37.Nh6+ Kh8 38.Rxd4 Nxg5 39.Re1
Rd7 40.Ng4 Kg7 41.h4 Nf7 42.Rc1 Bb7 43.Bb5 Re7 44.Rd2 h5
45.Nf2 Ne5 46.Re2 a6 47.Rce1 Kf6 48.f4 Nc6 49.Rxe7 Nxe7 50.Bd7
Rd8 51.Bh3 Bc8 52.Nd3 Bxh3 53.Kxh3 Nf5 54.Rc1 Nd4 55.Ne5 Kf5
56.g3 Rd6 57.Kg2 Nb3 58.Rc3 Nd2 59.Rc1 b5 60.Kf2 Nc4 61.Nf7
Rd7 62.Ng5 d4 63.Nf3 d3 64.Rd1 Rd6 65.Ne1 d2 66.Nf3 Rd3 67.Ke2
Re3+ 68.Kf2 Rxa3 69.Nxd2 Ra2 70.Ke1 Nxd2 71.Rxd2 Rxd2 72.Kxd2
Kg4 73.Ke3 Kxg3 74.Kd4 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "DSB-02.Kongress Berlin ;HCL 12"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Jacques Schwarz"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bd3 c6 7.O-O
O-O 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.Ng3 Qc7 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Rfe8 12.Rae1 Ne4
13.Qc1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Bxg3 16.Kg2 Bd6 17.Rh1 Nf8
18.Rh3 g6 19.Reh1 Rad8 20.Bg5 Rd7 21.c4 dxc4 22.Bxc4 h5 23.Rh4
b5 24.Bb3 Ne6 25.Bf6 Nf4+ 26.Qxf4 Bxf4 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.Rxh5
1-0

[Event "Simpson's Divan"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Steel"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qb3 {Castling is perhaps best, but
Mr. Steel's move gets us out of the common rut.} Qf6 8.O-O b5
{I was only glad to leave the domain of the analyst and try
for a counter-attack.} 9.Bxb5 Rb8 10.Qa4 Nge7 11.e5 Qg6 12.Ba3
Bb7 {Threatening many things--an obscure mate among them.}
13.Bxe7 Nxe5 14.Nh4 {Very well played, and perhaps the only
way out of the difficulty.} Nf3+ 15.Nxf3 Bxf3 16.Bxd7+ Kxe7
17.Re1+ Kf8 {Touch and go. Kd8 spelt ruin.} 18.Bh3 Bb6 19.cxd4
Bc6 20.Qb4+ Kg8 21.Nc3 h5 22.Re5 h4 23.Qc4 {Mr. Steel, who has
played well up to now, breaks down at last. Ne2 would have
given him a drawing chance; now all is lost.} Bxg2 24.Bf5 Bd5
25.Bxg6 Bxc4 26.Bc2 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "DSB-02.Kongress Berlin ;HCL 12"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carl Wemmers"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 Bd6 6.Ne2 Nbd7
7.Nbc3 c6 8.Bf4 Bxf4 9.Nxf4 Nb6 10.O-O h5 11.Re1 Nbd5 12.Ncxd5
cxd5 13.c3 Kf8 14.h3 g6 15.Nd3 Bd7 16.Qd2 Kg7 17.Qf4 Ne8
18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Qg3 Bc6 20.Bd1 Rd8 21.Bc2 Nd6 22.Rad1 h4 23.Qg4
Rde8 24.Rd3 Nf5 25.Rf3 Nh6 26.Rxf6 Nxg4 27.Rf4 Nf6 28.Re3 Rh6
29.Nd3 g5 30.Rff3 Ne4 31.Ne5 f5 32.Re1 Rf6 33.Rd3 Re7 34.f3
Ng3 35.Rd2 Bb5 36.a3 Rf8 37.Rf2 Kf6 38.Kh2 Rg8 39.Kg1 Rc7
40.Kh2 Ke7 41.Kg1 Kd6 42.Kh2 Nh5 43.Kh1 Be8 44.Kh2 Ng3 45.Kg1
Bh5 46.Bd1 b5 47.Nd3 a5 48.Bb3 Bf7 49.Rc2 g4 50.fxg4 fxg4
51.hxg4 Bg6 52.Nc5 Be4 53.Rf2 Rxg4 54.Bd1 Rg6 55.Bf3 h3
56.Bxe4 0-1

[Event "DSB-02.Kongress Berlin ;HCL 12"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Simon Winawer"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 {At this point probably the best
continuation.} Bxd4 {Not to be recommended. Castling is
better.} 8.cxd4 Qg6 9.O-O d5 {If Qxe4 White obtains a telling
attack.} 10.Nc3 dxe4 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Qxe4 Bf5 {It would have
been better for him to exchange Queens 12...Qxe4 13.Nxe4 f5
14.Ng5 f4 15.Bd2 h6 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Nf7+ Kh7 18.Bxf4 b5 19.Bb3
Nxd4 20.Rae8 Nxb3 with an equal position.} 13.Qh4 Rad8 14.Be2
Rd7 15.Rac1 Be6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Bh5 Qf5 18.Bf3 Ng6 19.Qg3 Nxd4
20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Qxc7 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Qb1 24.h3
Qxa2 25.Qxb7 h6 26.Kh2 Qa5 27.Qb8+ Kh7 28.Be4 Bf5 {This move
lost the game. Its weakness is speedily demonstrated.} 29.b4
Qa1 30.Bxf5 Qxd1 31.Qxa7 Qd8 32.Qc5 Qd2 33.b5 h5 34.b6 h4
35.b7 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 f6 37.Qc8 Qd2 {Very finely played. If White
Queens the Pawn Black replies Qc1+ and then Qf4+, drawing by
perpetual check or stalemate. It is a remarkable position, and
I very well remember the crowd that gathered round to see if I
would fall into Winawer's little trap. I kept them on the
tiptoe of expectation by holding my hand above the Pawn for
some time as I meant to move it, but when with the swing of
the arm I suddenly took the Knight instead, there was a loud
burst of laughter, in which Winawer, to do him justice,
heartily joined.} 38.Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "DSB-03.Kongress Nuremberg ;HCL 13"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Weiss"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 g6 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Re1 f5 9.c4 c6 10.Qb3 O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3
13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Ba3 Rf7 15.Re2 Na5 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Ne5 Bxe5
18.Rxe5 Bc6 19.Rae1 Rc8 20.Be7 Qd7 21.Bg5 Bb5 22.Re7 Rxe7
23.Rxe7 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Bxb5 Qxb5 26.h3 Nc4 27.Kh2 Kf7
28.Qe2 Qd7 29.Bf4 Qe6 30.Qxe6+ Kxe6 31.Kg3 Na3 32.Bd2 Nb5
33.Kf4 Nd6 34.f3 Kf6 35.h4 Nc4 36.Bc1 h6 37.g4 g5 38.Kg3 f4
39.Kf2 a5 40.h5 Ke6 41.Ke2 Kd7 42.Kd3 Kc6 43.Kc2 Kb5 44.Kb3
Kb6 45.Kc2 Kc6 46.Kb3 Kb5 47.a4 Kc6 48.Kc2 b5 49.axb5 Kxb5
50.Kb3 Kb6 51.Ka4 Ka6 52.Kb3 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Tnmt, London"]
[Site "Tnmt, London"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bf3 d6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bh6 Ne5
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 f6 14. f4 Nf7 15. Rad1 c6 16. Bc4 Bd7
17. Bxf7 Rxf7 18. f5 Nc8 19. e5 fxe5 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. fxe6
Re7 22. Qg5 Qe8 23. Rd3 Rxe6 24. Rh3 Qe7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rf8+
Qxf8 27. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Melbourne"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John G Witton"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bb4
7.O-O d6 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Nd5 exd5 12.exd5
Ne5 13.Qxb4 O-O 14.Nd4 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Qc4+
Kh8 18.Qxc6 Qe5 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Rad1 Qxb2 21.Qxd6 Qxa2 22.Rd2
Qa5 23.Rfd1 Qf5 24.Qg3 a5 25.Rd7 Qf6 26.h4 h6 27.R1d6 Qa1+
28.Kh2 a4 29.Rg6 Rg8 30.Qf4 Rgf8 31.Rxh6+ gxh6 32.Qxh6+ Kg8
33.Qh7# 1-0

[Event "DSB-04.Kongress Hamburg ;HCL 04"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arnold Schottlaender"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.O-O a5 9.Nbd2 Nge7 10.Nb3 Ng6 11.Nxc5 Qxc5 12.Re1 O-O
13.Qc2 Rac8 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Bg5 Qc5 16.Rac1 a4 17.h4 Qa5 18.Qb1
Rfe8 19.h5 Nf8 20.h6 g6 21.Bf6 Ne7 22.Nh2 Bb5 23.Ng4 Nd7 24.a3
Qa6 25.Rcd1 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Nf5 27.Rd2 Rc4 28.Qd1 Rec8 29.Bg5 Qc6
30.Qf3 d4 31.Qd1 Qb6 32.cxd4 Qb3 33.Ne3 Qxd1 34.Rdxd1 Nxe3
35.Bxe3 Nb6 36.Kf1 Nd5 37.Ke2 b5 38.Kd3 Kf8 39.Bd2 Ke8 40.Rc1
Kd7 41.g3 Nb6 42.Rxc4 bxc4 43.Kc2 Kc6 44.Re3 Nd5 45.Re1 Rb8
46.Bc3 Rb3 47.Rb1 Nc7 48.Re1 Kd5 49.Re3 Nb5 50.Rf3 Nxd4+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.f4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.d4 Ng4 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bf2 Nxf2 9.Kxf2 g4 10.Nh4 f5
11.g3 f4 12.Qd3 O-O 13.Qb3+ {Mr. Bird and I played many games
at this opening, and many followed the same lines.} Kh8 14.Kg1
Qf6 15.Bg2 fxg3 {Stronger than Qxd4+.} 16.hxg3 Qf2+ 17.Kh2 Rf3
0-1

[Event "London (5)"]
[Site "London (5)"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Schallopp"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Nh3
Bb4 8.a3 Ba5 9.b4 Bb6 10.Ne2 a5 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Ng3 axb4 13.axb4
Rxa1 14.Bxa1 Nc6 15.c3 Nf2 16.Nxf2 exf2 17.Kxf2 Nxe5 18.Be2
Qh4 19.Rf1 f5 20.Kg1 Be6 21.Kh1 f4 22.Ne4 Ng4 23.Bxg4 Bxg4
24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.Nd2 c6 26.c4 f3 27.g3 Qh3 28.Rf2 Re8 29.Qd1
Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Bristol blind simul"]
[Site "Bristol blind simul"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Burt"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 Nxe4 7.d3
Ng3 8.Bxf4 Nxh1 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qe2 h6 11.Qe5 hxg5 12.Qxh8+ Bf8
13.Nf6+ Ke7 14.Nc3 c6 15.Nfd5+ Ke6 16.O-O-O cxd5 17.Re1+ Kd6
18.Qe5+ Kc6 19.Qxd5+ Kc7 20.Nb5+ Kb6 21.Qb3 Nc6 22.Re8 Qf6
23.Nc3 Nb4 24.Nd5+ Kc6 25.Qc4+ Bc5 26.Nxb4+ Kd6 27.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.f4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
{Nh6 answered very well in a previous game whivh I played with
Mr. Bird, and was also played by Herr Zukertort on several
occasions.} 5.d4 {He has here the choice of three moves, the
other two being c3 and d3.} Ng4 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bf2 Nxf2
9.Kxf2 g4 10.Nh4 f5 11.g3 f4 12.Qd3 {Better than e4.} O-O
13.Ke1 Nc6 14.Nd2 Qe7 {Black could here win a Pawn, but it
would lead to a tremenous attack on the exposed King's wing.}
15.c3 Bd7 16.Ne4 {The following outlet from this cramped
position has been suggested 16.e4 fxe3 17.Ne4 Rae8 18.Bg2.}
Rae8 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Rd1 {Kd2 was imperative.} Qg5 {To hinder
the King's escape to safer quarters.} 19.Qd2 Qd5 20.Ng2 f3
21.Nf4 fxe2 {If 21...f2+ 22.Kxf2 Qxh1 23.Bg2 Qxh2 24.Rh1
winning the Queen.} 22.Bg2 exd1=Q+ 23.Kxd1 {The loss of the
Rook is decisive.} Qf5 24.Kc1 Ne7 25.h3 Qg5 26.hxg4 Bxg4
27.Bxb7 Ng6 28.Bd5+ Kh8 29.Bc6 Re7 30.Rf1 Nxf4 31.gxf4 Re2
32.Qxe2 Bxe2 33.fxg5 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Samuel Lipschutz"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6
5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Bb7 7.Rc1 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Ne4
{A good move. It opens up the game, and the Knight canot be
taken with impunity.} 11.Bf4 c5 12.Qe2 f5 {This creates a
weakness on e6. Ndf6 was probably better.} 13.Rfd1 c4 {g5
would have been more attacking.} 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Ne5 Nf6 16.g4
Qe8 17.Qf1 Bd6 18.h3 Rd8 19.Qg2 b5 20.Ne2 b4 21.Ng3 {White's
only chance is an attack on the King's side to prevent the
advance of Black's dangerous Pawns on the Queen's side.} Nd7
22.Nxd7 Rxd7 23.Ne2 Bxf4 24.Nxf4 Rdf7 25.g5 Rf5 {To be able to
play h6 on the advance of White's Knight's Pawn.} 26.Kh1 a5
27.Rg1 Bc8 28.Qg3 {The beginning of a combination. Tempting
Black to attack the weak Pawns on the Queen's side.} Qa4 {He
yields to the temptation.} 29.b3 cxb3 30.axb3 Qxb3 31.Rc7 {A
Rook established on the seventh rank is often as good as a
passed Pawn.} a4 {"Unconscious of their doom, the little
victims play." At this stage the adjournment occurred, and
White was called on to make his sealed move. Before play was
resumed, Lipschutz was asked how his game stood. "He has a
little bit of an attack," he answered, "But my two passed
Pawns must win," a view that was endorsed by Steinitz. On
opening the envelope, and finding my move g6, he still thought
himself safe; but the next move, Rxg7+ came upon him like a
thunderbolt, and caused the greatest excitement among the
spectators, of whom Steinitz was one. He bent his head over
the board, and would scarcely believe that a mating position
had been created.} 32.g6 h6 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 {If ...Kh8, the
following might have occurred 34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.g7 Rg5 36.gxf8=Q+
Kxf8 37.Ne6+ Bxe6 and White mates in two moves.}34.Nh5+ Rxh5
35.Qc7+ Kf6 36.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.a3 {A favorite move
of Mr. Gunsberg's but wasting time.} g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7
6.Be3 Nge7 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bb5 O-O {White has the offer of a Pawn,
but it is no good gift.} 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 {If 10.Nxc6 bxc6
11.Bxc6 Nxe3 12.Qxd8 Nxc2+ and Black has a good game.} Qxd5
11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Re1 Rfd8 14.c3 Qc4 15.Qf3 Bb7
16.Qg3 Rd7 17.Nf3 f6 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.Bxa7 {This
takes the Bishop out of play.} c5 21.Bb8 Qb3 {Threatening
Bxf3.} 22.Qh3 Rd1 23.c4 f5 24.Bxc7 Bxf3 25.Ba5 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1
Qd1 27.gxf3 Qxe1+ 28.Kg2 Bxb2 29.Qh4 Bd4 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qc7+
Kh6 32.Qg3 Qe2 33.a4 Qxc4 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.a5 Qe2 36.a6 Bf6
37.Qf4 {It will now be seen that if 37.Qa4 Bd4 38.a7 Qxf2+
39.Kh3 Qxf3+ 40.Kh4 Bf6 mate.} Qxa6 38.Qc7+ Kh6 39.Qxc5 Qe6
40.Qf8+ Bg7 41.Qd8 Qf6 42.Qc7 Qe5 43.Qc4 Qd4 44.Qc1+ Kh5
45.Qc7 Qe5 46.Qd7 h6 47.f4 Qd4 48.Qc7 Qe4+ 49.Kf1 Qd3+ 50.Kg2
Bd4 51.Qc1 Qe2 52.Kh1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Max Judd"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 {exd5
brings about the Falkbeer Counter Gambit.} Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7
6.Qe2 {Better than the alternative d3.} Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.g3
{The easiest way to develop the Bishop.} Bf5 9.d3 c5 10.Bg2
Nc6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Rb1 b6 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Nf5 Re8 15.g4 Bf8
16.Bf4 Bxf5 {Not good. He should have played f6.} 17.gxf5 Nxe5
18.Bxe5 f6 19.d4 Kh8 20.Rf3 {The annotator of the New York
Tournament games remarks: "An excellent move which initiates a
beautifully conceived idea".} cxd4 21.cxd4 Bd6 22.Rh3 h6
{Forced, for if 22...exf5 23.Rxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Bxd5+
and mates in two.} 23.Qd2 fxe5 24.Rxh6+ Kg8 25.Bxd5+ Kf8 26.f6
{Making an elegant finish.} gxf6 27.Rh8+ {If Ke7 28.Rh7+ Kf8
29.Qh6 mates.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.f4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.d4 {As is stated before this is inferior to d3 or c3.} Ne4
6.Qd3 f5 7.Nc3 O-O {Giving up another Pawn for a rapid
development.} 8.Nxe4 fxe4 9.Qxe4 Bf5 {Pawns are not to be
counted in this type of game. White must be prevented from
playing e4 at any cost.} 10.Qxb7 {Better not have captured the
third Pawn. It loses too much time.} Nd7 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.Bg5
Qe8 13.Qe3 {Still further cramping his position.} Qh5 14.c3
Rab8 15.Qd2 Nb6 16.b3 Nd5 17.Rc1 {To defend the c-Pawn. His
game is already lost.} h6 18.Bh4 Bf4 19.Qb2 Ne3 {Much better
than winning the exchange.} 20.Bf2 Rbe8 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.c4 Be4
23.Rc3 Bxf3 24.Rxe3 Rxe3 25.gxf3 Qxf3 26.Kd2 {No means of
saving the Rook.} Qxh1 27.Kxe3 Qxf1 28.Kd3 Rf3+ 29.Kd2 Rf2
30.Kd3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1899.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.d5 Nb8 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Nc3
Nf6 8.Ne2 c6 9.c4 Na6 10.Ng3 Nc5 11.Bc2 b5 12.b4 Nb7 13.dxc6
Bxc6 14.cxb5 Bxb5 15.a4 Bd7 16.O-O g6 17.h3 h5 18.Be3 a5 19.b5
Rc8 20.Rc1 Nc5 21.Nd2 h4 22.Ne2 g5 23.Bxg5 Rg8 24.Bxh4 Bxh3
25.Bg3 Be6 26.Re1 Ng4 27.Nf1 Bg5 28.Rb1 Rh8 29.Nc3 Bf4 30.Nd5
Qg5 31.f3 Rh1+ 32.Kxh1 Bxg3 33.Nxg3 Nf2+ 34.Kg1 Nxd1 35.Nf5
Bxf5 36.exf5 Qd2 37.Rexd1 Qxc2 38.Rbc1 Qxf5 39.Nb6 Rd8 40.Nc4
Nb7 41.Ne3 Qf4 42.Kf2 Qxa4 43.Rc7 Nc5 44.Rh1 Rd7 45.Rc8+ Ke7
46.Rhh8 Qd4 0-1

[Event "London ;HCL 20"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1899.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne} d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 {Not often
played, and inferior to the usual Nf3.} e5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5
6.Bxc4 Ng4 7.Nh3 f5 8.Bg5 Qd6 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.O-O Qg6 11.Nb5
Bd6 12.Bh4 h6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Qe2 O-O {Giving up a Pawn and the
exchange for the attack on the King.} 15.Nxc7 Nb6 {It would
have been better to play Ndf6.} 16.Nxa8 Rxa8 17.Rfd1 Nd7
18.Bg3 Ndf6 19.Bd3 e4 {Forcing the attack.} 20.Bb1 Nh5 21.Qb5
{Underrating Black's attack. He should have played the more
defensive Rc3.} Nxh2 {This is the move he overlooked. The game
is now lost.} 22.Bxh2 Bxh3 23.Qf1 Bxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Bg4 25.Rd4 Nf6
26.d6 Qh5+ 27.Kg1 Be2 28.d7 Ng4 29.d8=Q+ Rxd8 30.Rxd8+ Kf7
31.Rc7+ Ke6 {Because to save the mate he must sacrifice both
Rooks, and Black remains with a piece ahead.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1899.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Nd7 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Nc3 Ngf6
7.h3 Bh5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Qe7 10.Qd4 Bc5 11.Qc4 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Nb6
13.Qb3 O-O-O 14.Bd3 Qc5 15.Kf2 g5 16.Qa3 Qxa3 17.bxa3 Rhe8
18.Rhf1 Bg6 19.Nd2 c6 20.Rab1 Nfd7 21.Ke2 Nc5 22.Rb4 Re7 23.a4
Red7 24.a5 Nxd3 25.cxd3 Rxd3 26.Ncb1 Na8 27.Nb3 R3d6 28.N1d2
c5 29.Rc4 b6 30.a4 f6 31.Rc2 Be8 32.Ra1 Kb8 33.axb6 axb6
34.Rb2 Kc7 35.Nc4 Re6 36.Nbd2 Bc6 37.a5 b5 38.Na3 b4 39.Nac4
Bb5 40.Rc1 Kb7 41.Nb3 Ka7 42.Kf3 Rc8 43.Rd2 Ba4 44.Rb1 Rcc6
45.Rd5 Bxb3 46.Rxb3 Nc7 47.Rf5 Ka6 48.e5 Kb5 49.Nd6+ Ka4
50.Rb1 Rxe5 51.Ra1+ Kb3 52.Rxf6 Rd5 53.Rxh6 Rcxd6 54.Rh7 Na6
55.Ra7 c4 56.e4 Re5 57.Rb7 c3 58.Rb6 Rde6 59.g4 Rxe4 0-1

