[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Steinkuehler"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qd5+ {This is
given by Staunton as better than taking the Bishop at once,
but this line of attack has been abandoned for many years.}
Kg7 10.Qxc5 d5 {This is the move whereby Black gains an
advantage.} 11.exd5 Re8+ 12.Kd1 Qf6 13.f3 {If dxc6 then Bg4+,
and wins right off.} Qe5 14.Qc4 d3 15.Qxd3 Bf5 16.Qc4 b5
17.Qf1 Nd4 18.Na3 b4 19.g4 Bxg4 20.fxg4 Qxd5 {The shortest way
to end it.} 21.Bd2 bxa3 22.Bc3 Kg8 23.Bxd4 axb2 24.Rb1 Qxd4+
0-1

[Event "Manchester blind sim"]
[Site "Manchester blind sim"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Paulsen"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d6 2.d4 e6 3.Bd3 b6 4.Ne2 Bb7
5.O-O g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Nd2 Nd7 8.f4 Nh6 9.Nf3 f5 10.e5 Qe7
11.Qd2 Nf7 12.Rad1 O-O-O 13.a4 dxe5 14.fxe5 h6 15.a5 b5 16.a6
Ba8 17.Bxb5 Ndxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Qc3 Ng4 20.Bf4 e5 21.dxe5
Nxe5 22.Nd4 c5 23.Rfe1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Nf3+ 25.gxf3 Bxd4+ 26.Kg2
Qh4 27.Bg3 Qg4 {Here I ought to have been satisfied with
winning the exchange, but, like many of the young amateurs of
the present day, played too much for the gallery. From this
point the game is beautifully playrd by Herr Paulsen.} 28.Qb3
f4 29.Bc4 Qg5 30.Bg8 {Decisive and quite unexpected.} Be3
31.Rxe3 fxe3 32.Qb8+ Kd7 33.Qxa7+ {Note - I give this game as
a chess curiosity. It is the first and only one I ever
conducted against a blinfold player. Mr Paulsen at that time
was, next to Morphy, the greatest living expert at this form
of play. He played ten games simultaneously blindfold. It was
this game, and the noise about the great American, that led me
to try sans voir on my own account.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John Owen"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3
Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 a6
11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Re1 O-O 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Re3 b5
16.Ne5 {White's game is extremely well developed, considering
that the opening was a close one.} Rfd8 17.Rf3 {The decisive
move. Black's game is lost.} Qh4 18.Nxf7 Rf8 19.Ne5 Bxe4
20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.g3 Qh3 22.Nxe4 d5 23.Nc5 1-0

[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 "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Arthur Giles Puller"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 exd3 7.Bxd3 O-O 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Bxc3
Nxd5 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Bd4 Nc6 13.Bf2 Ndb4 14.Nc3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Nb4
16.Qg3 Be2 17.Nxe2 Rxe2 18.c3 Nc2 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.f5 f6 21.Qd3
Re8 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.Qd3 Qe4 24.Qxe4 R2xe4 25.Rd2 Ne3 {This
loses a piece and the game.} 26.Re1 h5 27.Rde2 R8e5 28.Rxe3
Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Rxf5 30.Re7 Rb5 31.b4 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Rd5
34.Bd4 c6 35.Rxb7 Rd8 36.Rc7 Rd6 37.Kf2 Re6 38.Rd7 Kg8 39.Bc5
g6 40.Rd6 Rxd6 41.Bxd6 Kf7 42.Ke3 Ke6 43.Bc5 Kd5 44.Bd4 Ke6
45.Kd3 f5 46.Bf2 Kd5 47.c4 Kd6 48.Kd4 Ke6 49.b5 cxb5 50.cxb5
1-0

[Event "BFX Manchester"]
[Site "BFX Manchester"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Hamiliton"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7
5.c3 d6 6.O-O c6 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Nxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxf4 Qe7
11.Qf3 f6 12.Qg3 Na6 13.Bxd6 Qd7 14.e5 O-O-O {If ...fxe6 then
Qxe5+ winning.} 15.Nd2 f5 16.Nf3 Bh6 17.Rae1 Ne7 18.Qh4 Bf8
19.Ng5 Ng6 20.Qh3 Re8 21.Nf7 Rg8 22.Bxf8 Rexf8 23.Nd6+ Kb8
24.Bxg8 Rxg8 25.Rxf5 Nf4 26.Rf8+ {The antagonist is hoist with
his own petard.} Kc7 27.Qxd7+ Kxd7 28.Rxg8 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "A Pigott"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 {The
authorities used to give this a safe continuation for Black.}
4.d4 Qe7 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bxf4 h6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6 9.exd5 Nxd5
10.Re1 Be6 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.c4 Qd8 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Re5 Qd8
15.d5 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.dxe6 Bxe5 18.exf7+ Kf8 19.Nxe5 Qf6
20.Bc4 {The shortest mode of finishing the game.} g5 21.Ng6+
1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "W M Chinnery"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5
5.d3 Qe7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nc3 a6 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Ba4 b5
11.Bb3 d6 12.c3 Bg4 13.Ne3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Bd5 Qd7 16.Nf5
Kh7 17.d4 Bb6 18.Qg4 Rg8 {Black must now submit to the loss of
the exchange or worse will befall him.} 19.Nxh6 Qxg4 20.Nxg4
Ne7 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Nxe5 f6 24.Ng4 Re8 25.Kh1 Ng6
26.Rfe1 Nf4 27.g3 Nd3 28.Re2 f5 29.Rd1 Nc5 30.Ne3 Nxe4 31.Kg2
Nf6 32.Ree1 g5 33.Nd5 Rxe1 34.Nxf6+ Kg7 35.Nh5+ Kh6 36.Rxe1
Kxh5 37.f4 Bc5 38.Re8 Kh6 39.Ra8 Bd6 40.Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "E J Evelyn"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Bc5 {Nc6 allows
at this juncture allows Black to retain the Pawn.} 4.Bxf7+
Kxf7 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qd5+ Kg7 7.Qxc5 d5 8.Qxd4+ Nf6 9.Bg5 dxe4
10.Bxf6+ Qxf6 11.Qxf6+ {Qxe4 would be disadvantageous, and
only facilitate Black's development.} Kxf6 12.Nc3 Kf5 {Black
by any attempt to defend the e-Pawn with Bishop, would have
subjected himself to the loss of the exchange at least by
Nd5+.} 13.Nge2 Be6 14.Ng3+ Kf4 15.Ngxe4 {White's game is
already so superior that winning requires only ordinary care.}
Nc6 16.O-O Rad8 17.g3+ Kf5 18.f4 Nd4 19.Rf2 h5 20.h3 Bc4
21.Re1 Rhf8 22.Nd2 Be6 23.Re5+ Kf6 24.Nde4+ Kg7 25.Ng5 Bf7
26.Re7 Rc8 27.Rd7 c5 28.Nce4 Rcd8 29.Rxb7 Kg8 30.Nf6+ Kg7
31.Nd7 {"The manoeuvring of the Knights is admirably planned,
and in the peculiar circumstances is the more credible to
White."-Lowenthal} Bd5 32.Nxf8 {Because if ...Bxb7 White
regains Rook by Ne6+, and if ...Kxf8 then Nh7+ followed by
Nf6+, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Gillam"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7
5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.dxc5 Nxc5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Qxd5 exd5 9.O-O Bd6
10.Nc3 Rd8 11.a3 Ne7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.Rad1 Ne4 15.Nd4
Nxc3 16.bxc3 Rc8 17.Rd3 Rc4 18.f4 Ng6 19.Bg3 Bc5 20.Be1 Re8
21.Kh1 Bxa3 22.f5 Ne5 23.Rg3 Bd6 24.Ne6 Ng4 25.Rd3 Bxh2 26.g3
g6 27.Nd4 Re3 28.Nf3 Rce4 29.Rd1 Re2 30.Bf2 {A blunder which
loses right off. Nd4 or Rxd5 should have been playrd.} Rxf2
31.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 32.Kxh2 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Howard"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Ng4 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd4 d5 9.Bb3 Bb6 10.Nc3 Ne7
11.h3 Nh6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Qd2 Kg7 14.Ne2 f6 15.Ng3 Qe8 16.Rae1
Be6 17.Re3 f5 18.Ne2 f4 19.Rc3 Ba5 20.Nxf4 Qf7 21.Nxe6+ Qxe6
22.Bc2 Ng6 23.b4 {"Cleverly conceived", says Mr
Lowenthal. Saving the loss of the exchange.} Bb6 24.Nh2 h5
25.Kh1 Rf4 26.Rd3 c6 27.g3 Rf7 28.f4 Kh8 29.Rdf3 Qxh3 30.g4
Qh4 31.g5 {The Black Queen is now completely out of play.}
Nxf4 32.Rxf4 Qxg5 33.Qd3 {"The final coup," says Mr Lowenthal,
"of a masterly combination." I pointed out afterwards that
Rxf7 would have won almost as prettily.} Rg8 34.Rg4 hxg4
{...Rxf1+ would have prolonged, but could not have saved the
game.} 35.Rxf7 Qg6 36.Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "H B Parminter"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 {It is better to
bring out the King's Knight.} 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5
6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 Bb6 {We have now the "normal"
position of the Evans Gambit.} 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.e5 dxe5
12.d5 Nd4 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Nxe5 Qf5 15.Qa4+ Kd8 16.Bg5+ {Mr
Lowenthal remarks that the blinfold player did all this with
praiseworthy skill and accuracy.} Ne7 17.d6 {This is
premature, Rfe1 would have given White a winning position.}
cxd6 18.Nd5 Nf3+ 19.Nxf3 Qxd5 20.Rad1 Qc6 21.Qxc6 bxc6
22.Rxd6+ Ke8 23.Re1 f6 24.Bc1 Kf7 25.Rd7 Rhe8 26.Ba3 c5 {Now
he is out of the wood, with a superior game.} 27.Nd2 Rad8
28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Nb3 Rd5 30.Rc1 c4 31.Re1 cxb3 32.Rxe7+ Kg6
33.h3 bxa2 34.Bb2 Bd4 35.Bxd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "H Young"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7
5.Bf4 Qf6 6.Qxf6 Nxf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bd3 a6 9.O-O Be6 10.Rfe1
O-O-O 11.a3 Ng4 12.b4 Nce5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.b5 a5
16.Na4 Rd4 17.Nb2 Bc5 18.c3 Rd6 19.Bc4 Rhd8 20.Bxe6+ Rxe6
21.Kf1 g5 22.Ke2 b6 23.Nc4 h5 24.h3 f6 {There is really
nothing in this game needing comment. It is quietly and
steadily played by both parties.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Ravensworth"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 e5
5.Nb5 Bc5 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Nge7 {Qe7 may be played here with
safety.} 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Na5 10.Bg5 Nxc4 {The correct move;
because had Black defended the Knight with the Rook, White
would have obtained an excellent game by playing Bd5, etc.}
11.Qxe7 Qb6 12.Nc3 f6 {This will be found to be the correct
move; for had Black taken the proffered Pawn he would have
been subjected to an immediate and embarrasing attack. The
play proceeding from this move is very interesting, and the
following is a probable continuation 12...Qxb2 13.Nd5 h6
14.Nf6+ gxf6 15.Bxh6 Qa3 (best) 16.Qxf6 and mates in two.}
13.Nd5 Qc6 14.Qb4 a5 15.Qc3 Rf7 16.Bh4 Nd6 17.Qb3 Kf8 18.Qd3
Ne8 19.Bg3 d6 20.f4 b6 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Rf3 Raa7 {"The position
is quite even, and both attack and defence have been conducted
with great accuracy."-Lowenthal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Lomax"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 {This game was
played when Nc3 had just been introduced by Paulsen, and the
text move was the usual one. I can almost tell from the moves
what year I played a certain game in.} exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be3 a6
6.Bd3 Bg4 7.c3 h6 8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nf6 11.O-O Ne7
12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 {This loses a valuable Pawn.} 14.Bxe4
dxe4 15.Qxe4 Qd5 {Simpifying the win. It is to my advantage to
exchange now.} 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.Bd4 Nf4 18.g3 Ne2+ 19.Kg2 Nxd4
20.cxd4 O-O-O 21.Rfd1 Rd5 22.Rd3 Rhd8 23.Rad1 c5 24.Kf3 c4 {If
...Rxd4, White changes off the Rook and regains the Pawn by
Ke4.} 25.R3d2 b5 26.Ke4 g6 27.f4 R8d7 28.g4 Kd8 29.f5 Ke7
30.f6+ Ke6 31.a3 a5 32.h4 b4 33.axb4 a4 {He did not take the
Pawn because he was afraid of Ra1.} 34.b5 Rb7 35.Rc1 Rdxb5
36.Rxc4 Ra7 37.Rdc2 Rb6 38.Rc7 Rxc7 39.Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Payne"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.c3 dxc3 6.Nxc3 Bb4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nge7 9.e5 h6 10.Ba3 Na5
11.Bd3 O-O 12.Nh4 Re8 13.f4 Ng6 {Mr Payne was a strong player,
and probably underrated his opponent, this being one of the
first set of ten games played by me in Manchester.} 14.Nxg6
fxg6 15.Bxg6 c6 16.Bxe8 Qxe8 17.Bd6 b6 18.Rf3 Bb7 19.Rg3 c5
20.Qg4 Qf7 21.f5 Kh7 22.Re1 Rg8 23.e6 dxe6 24.Rxe6 {Better
than fxe6.} Nc6 25.Bf4 {Threatening Bxh6, and if ...gxh6,
Rxh6+ and mate follows in 2 moves.} Nd8 26.Rg6 Bc8 27.Qh5 Qf8
28.f6 Nf7 29.fxg7 Rxg7 30.Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Manchester (England)"]
[Site "Manchester (England)"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "G Steinkuehler"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd3 Ne7
11.e5 {d5 is now the recognized continuation.} dxe5 12.dxe5
Bg4 13.Bg5 Nac6 14.Re1 O-O 15.Re4 Bf5 {A bad move. Qd7 instead
gives him a good game.} 16.Qd2 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Nd4 18.Nf6+ gxf6
19.Bxf6 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Qd4 21.Rf1 1-0

[Event "BFX Manchester"]
[Site "BFX Manchester"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Butterfield"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bg4
5.Bc4 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nc6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 Qf6 10.d3 exf4
11.d4 Nge7 12.Bxf4 Ng6 13.Be3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 Nh4 15.Ke2 Rf8
16.Rhg1 Ng6 17.f4 f5 18.e5 Nce7 19.Be6 dxe5 20.dxe5 Rd8
21.Rad1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Nc6 23.Nc4 Ke7 24.Nxb6 Kxe6 25.Nd7 Rd8
26.Nc5+ Kf7 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.a5 Ne7 29.b5 Nd5 30.Nxb7 Nxc3+
31.Ke1 {Because if ...Nxb7, then bxa6 and the Pawn cannot be
stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Kidderminster -"]
[Site "Kidderminster -"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 d6
5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Bg5+ Nf6 10.Qh5
c6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.f4 Qc5 13.fxe5 Qxe5 14.O-O h6 15.Be8 Be6
16.Rxf6 gxf6 17.Rd7+ Bxd7 18.Qf7+ Kd6 19.Qxd7+ Kc5 20.Be3+ Kb4
21.Qxb7+ Ka5 {In this position I announced mate in three
moves.} 22.b4+ Bxb4 23.Bb6+ axb6 24.Qxa8# 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1863.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.O-O d6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Qa4 Bd7
11.Qb3 Na5 12.Bxf7+ Kf8 13.Qc2 {This constitutes the
"Mortimer"; it had been newly introduced when this game was
played and for many years was a popular form of attack, but it
is not thought sound now.} Kxf7 14.e5 Bg4 {A weak continuation
which loses; perhaps ...h6 is as good as anything.} 15.Re1
Bxf3 16.Qf5+ Nf6 17.Qxf3 Re8 18.Bg5 Nc6 19.exf6 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1
gxf6 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Bh6 Qd7 23.Re4 Kh8 24.Qh4 Qf7 25.Nd5 Qg6
26.Nf4 Qf5 27.Qg3 Qd7 28.Nh5 1-0

[Event "Manchester -"]
[Site "Manchester -"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Steinkuehler"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 {A weak move. The
other Knight ought to have taken.} Nxd4 9.O-O d6 10.Nb3 Nxb3
11.Qxb3 O-O 12.Re1 Nh5 13.e5 Qg5 14.exd6 Nf4 15.Bxf7+ {This
tempting but unsound move led to all his subsequent troubles.}
Kh8 16.g3 cxd6 17.Nc3 Nh3+ 18.Kg2 Qf6 19.Bd5 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 Qg1+
21.Rxg1 Nf2+ 22.Kg2 Bh3# {In chess language this is a "clean"
mate and is considered one of the most beautiful ever produced
in actual play.} 0-1

[Event "Manchester ENG"]
[Site "Manchester ENG"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Nd7
5.d4 exd3 6.Bxd3 Nxe5 7.fxe5 Bc5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Ne4 Qe7 10.Qe2
{Tempting Black to take the e-Pawn, in which case he would
lose a piece. Whita at the same time threatens Bg5.} h6 11.Be3
Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Be6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Rad1 Qxe5 {Now he takes the
lure.} 15.Bc4 Kf8 {To avoid the check with the Knight.}
16.Qa3+ Ne7 17.Qxa7 Re8 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Nd6 Rd8 20.Qa5 Qe3+
21.Kh1 b6 22.Qa7 Kg8 23.Rde1 Qc5 24.Nxf7 Re8 25.Qd7 1-0

[Event "Manchester (England)"]
[Site "Manchester (England)"]
[Date "1864.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "G Steinkuehler"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ng5
{Played on several occasions by Morphy.} Nxc4 11.Qa4+ c6
12.Qxc4 Nh6 {Weak. Qc7 is the correct reply.} 13.Kh1 O-O 14.f4
Kh8 15.f5 f6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.fxe6 Ng8 18.Rf3 Ne7 19.Rh3 d5
20.Qe2 g6 21.Bh6 Re8 22.Rf1 Bxd4 23.Qd2 Bxc3 24.Bg7+ Kxg7
25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Qxh7+ Kf8 27.Qf7# 1-0

[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 "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Cuthbertson"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 {This
is a great deviation from the ordinary manner of conducting a
Scotch Gambit now, but the game is inserted to show what
liberties we used to take with the openings in the sixties.}
d5 5.e5 dxc3 6.bxc3 f6 {My oponent has caught the congestion,
and plays recklessly.} 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Qxd5 Nge7 9.Qd3 a6 10.Bc4
Bg4 11.exf6 Qxd3 12.f7+ Kd8 13.Bxd3 Be6 14.Ng5 Bd5 15.c4 Ne5
16.cxd5 Nxd3+ 17.Kd2 Nc5 18.Ne6+ Nxe6 19.dxe6 Nd5 20.Bb2 Ke7
21.Re1 b6 22.Kc2 Nf4 23.Nc3 Nxe6 24.Nd5+ Kxf7 25.Rxe6 Bd6
26.Rae1 Rae8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxe8 Kxe8 29.Bxg7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Cecil Valentine De Vere"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6
5.c3 Bb6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Be6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6
11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qd6 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Nd2 O-O
16.O-O-O a5 17.g4 a4 18.h4 Qe6 19.a3 Qa2 20.g5 Ba5 {An
attacking move that needs attention.} 21.Nb1 Ra6 22.h5 Rb6
23.Be5 {This is more effective than Bxc7, which, however,
would have given Black a lost game all the same.} Re8 24.Bd4
Rb3 25.g6 fxg6 26.hxg6 h6 27.Rdf1 {Had Black continued with
...Bd5, the White Queen goes to c2, and on Black's Be6 the
reply Bc5 wins easily.} 1-0

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Cecil Valentine De Vere"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 {This was
given by Steinitz as a feasible defence, but he was not
himself successful with it.} 4.c3 Ng6 {d5 or d6 is the best
continuation.} 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.h4 Re8 9.Bc4
Bb4 10.Kf1 Bxc3 11.bxc3 d6 12.Ng5 {Because he cannot very well
defend the f-Pawn and prevent Qh5.} 1-0

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Bownas Wormald"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5
5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Be3 Re8 10.Ne2 Bd6
11.c3 Nh5 12.Qd2 Qf6 13.Nh2 Qh4 14.f4 Qe7 15.Rf3 Nf6 16.Raf1
Ne4 17.Bxe4 {This gives Black a strong passed Pawn.} dxe4
18.Rg3 f5 19.d5 Nd8 20.Bd4 g5 {Bc5 looked safe and cautious,
but this is more in my style.} 21.c4 b6 22.Kh1 Kh7 23.a3 a5
24.Rc1 Rg8 25.Rcc3 Bd7 26.Be3 Nf7 27.Nd4 Rg6 28.h4 {Weak. This
Pawn is not sufficiently supported.} g4 29.h5 Rgg8 30.Bf2 Rae8
31.Kg1 Nd8 32.Nb3 Nb7 33.Nf1 a4 34.Nd4 Nc5 35.Ne2 Qf7 36.Bxc5
Bxc5+ 37.Ne3 Qxh5 38.Nd4 Qf7 39.Nec2 h5 40.Rge3 h4 41.g3 hxg3
42.Rxg3 Rg6 43.Rg2 Qf6 44.Rcg3 Rh6 45.Kf1 Kg6 46.Ne6 Bxe6
47.dxe6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harper"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
5.O-O d6 6.Ng5 Ne5 7.Qxd4 h6 8.Nf3 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 Bh3 10.Re1 Nd7
11.f4 Qh4 12.Qe3 g5 13.Qg3 Rg8 14.Bf1 gxf4 15.Qxg8 Nf6 16.Qh8
{The White Queen is now completely out of the game.} Qg4+
17.Kh1 f3 18.Bxh3 Qxh3 19.Rg1 Ng4 20.Rxg4 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Bristol"]
[Site "Bristol"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "B Burt"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7
5.c3 g4 6.Qb3 gxf3 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.O-O {In this
position I announced mate in nine moves.} Bd4+ 10.Rf2 Rxg2+
11.Kf1 Rxf2+ 12.Ke1 Rf1+ 13.Kxf1 Qh4 14.Qb4+ d6 15.Qxd6+ cxd6
16.cxd4 Bh3+ 17.Kg1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Gamman"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6
5.Nf7 Qe7 6.Nxh8 d5 7.Be2 {Bb3 or Bxd5 would lose the Queen by
Bg4.} Nc6 8.d4 exd3 9.cxd3 Bg4 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.Bf4
d4 13.Nb5 Nd5 14.Bg3 a6 15.Na3 Qd7 16.Nc4 Be7 17.Ng6 {Time
would have been saved by leaving the Knight alone and playing
Rc1 instad.} hxg6 18.a3 Bf6 19.Bf3 g5 20.b4 Nc3 21.Qc2 Bxc4
22.dxc4 d3 23.Qd2 Nd4 24.Bd1 Nde2+ 25.Kh1 Ne4 26.Qa2 Bxa1
27.Qxa1 Qf5 28.Ba4 Rh8 {White regrets his 17th move.} 29.Qe1
N4xg3+ 30.fxg3 Rxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Qh7# 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Gamman"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nf6 4.Bc4 fxe4
5.Bf7+ {This defence was jocularly called the "Corkscrew
Gambit".} Ke7 6.Bb3 d5 7.d4 c5 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Qh5 Qe8 10.Qh4 cxd4
11.Bxd5 Nxe5 12.Qxe4 Kd6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.f4 {White evidently
relied on this move when he sacrificed the piece. He did not
foresee Black's rejoinder.} Bf5 15.fxe5+ Qxe5 16.Qxe5+ fxe5
17.Bb3 Bh6 18.Na3 Kc5 19.O-O Rhf8 20.Rad1 Be3+ 21.Kh1 b5
22.Nb1 Bg4 23.Rde1 Be2 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.h3 Rf2 26.c3 {He has
really nothing to do. The Bishops are too powerful.} d3 27.Bd1
e4 28.b4 Kd6 29.Na3 a6 30.c4 Kc6 31.cxb5 axb5 32.Nb1 Bd4
33.Nd2 Bc3 34.Kg1 Bxd2 35.Kxf2 e3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John Wisker"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5
11.Qe2 Bf6 12.Be3 Bf5 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Nbd2 Bg6 15.Rfe1 Be7
16.Nf1 f5 17.Rad1 f4 18.Bc1 Bc5 19.N1d2 b4 20.Ba4 {White
immediately demonstrates the fatal weakness of Black's 19th
move, and brings the game to a speedy conclusion.} Qf6 21.Ne4
Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Red8 23.Qc4 {He must lose a piece, for if
23...Qd6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.d4 and the Bishop is lost.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4
5.Qd3 {Nb5 is the best continuation.} Bc5 6.c3 Nf6 7.Nd2 d5
8.g3 dxe4 9.Qb5 Qh5 10.Nxc6 a6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Be2 Qh3 13.Qc4
{White's game is somewhat compromised. He still would have
done better by playing Nb3.} Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 e3 15.Kxe3 Bxc6
16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Kf2 Ng4+ 18.Ke1 Rhe8 19.Bf4 Qg2 20.Rf1 b5
21.Nh4 Qxh2 22.Nf3 bxc4 23.Nxh2 Nxh2 24.Rf2 Ng4 25.Rf1 Bg2 0-1

[Event "Blindfold, England"]
[Site "Blindfold, England"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Corlett"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d3 {This move was frequently played
about twenty-five years ago.} 8.e5 h6 9.Qxd3 Bb6 10.Qd5 Qe7
11.Ba3 Qe6 12.Qd3 Qg6 13.Qe2 Nge7 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Ne4 Kh8
16.Nh4 Qh7 17.Bd3 Nxe5 {An ingenious attempt to relieve his
position.} 18.Bxe7 Re8 19.Bc2 Rxe7 20.Nf6 Nf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qxc2
22.Rac1 Bxf2+ 23.Kh1 Qe2 24.Qf5 g6 25.Nxg6+ fxg6 26.Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Cardiff (Blindfold Simul)"]
[Site "Cardiff (Blindfold Simul)"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Fedden"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7
5.d4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O h6 8.Na3 Nge7 9.g3 g4 10.Nh4 f3 11.h3
Ng6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Nge7 14.hxg4 d5 15.Bb5 h5 16.f6 {This
Pawn is given up in order to bring Q and R to bear on the weak
f-Pawn, and also to prevent Black from obtaining an open
h-file.} Bxf6 17.g5 Rg8 {An ingenious attempt to obtain a
draw, for if gxf6 then ...Rxg3+ followed by Nf5, and black has
fair chances.} 18.Qxf3 Bxg5 19.Qxf7+ Kd7 20.Re1 Bh4 21.Qe6+
Ke8 22.Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Mrs. Grube / Mrs. Burnett"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.g4 d5
5.g5 Bc5 {A Muzio Gambit with a move behind.} 6.gxf6 O-O 7.Qg4
Rxf6 8.Nxd5 Rxf5 9.Ne3 Rf4 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nh3 Bxh3 12.Bxh3 Nd4
13.Rf1 Qd6 14.f3 Raf8 15.Bg4 e4 16.c3 {White's position is
anything but a pleasant one.} Nc6 17.Ng2 Ne5 18.Nxf4 Rxf4
19.d4 Nd3+ 20.Ke2 Qa6 21.Be6+ Kh8 22.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 23.Ke3 Qd3+
24.Kxf4 Bd6+ 25.Kg4 Bxg3 26.hxg3 exf3 27.Rae1 {White has
steered clear of the Rooks.} h5+ 28.Kxh5 f2 29.Rxf2 Qxg3
30.Rf8+ Kh7 31.Bg8+ Kh8 32.Ree8 Qh3+ 33.Kg5 Qg3+ 34.Kf5 Qd3+
35.Ke6 Qh3+ 36.Ke7 {Black has but one more check and then it
is White's turn.} 1-0

[Event "Norwich -"]
[Site "Norwich -"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6
5.d3 d6 6.h3 {With this and the succeeding moves White loses
time.} Ne7 7.Bg5 c6 8.Be3 Bb6 9.Nc3 Ng6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Bb3 O-O
12.Rad1 Qd7 13.Nh2 Bxh3 14.Bxb6 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nf4+ 16.Kh1 axb6
17.f3 N6h5 18.Rf2 Ng3+ 19.Kg1 Qh3 20.d4 {In this position I
announced mate in two moves, and the beginner would no doubt
like to find it out for himself. The editor of a chess column
says: "As this is the most beautiful mate we have ever seen in
actual play we include it in our series of problems."} Qg2+
21.Rxg2 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1872.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Blackburne / Allies"]
[Black "Lowenthal / Allies"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7
5.Bg5 f6 6.Bh4 {Be3 or Bf4 is considered stronger.} Nc6 7.Qd2
Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf7 9.O-O-O Nce5 10.Nd4 Be7 11.f4 Ng6 12.Bf2 c6
13.Bc4 Qc7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Nf8 16.Rhe1 Nh6 17.g4 O-O-O
{The answer to Nxg4 would be Rxe7+, etc.} 18.Qe2 Rd7 19.Be6
Nxe6 20.fxe6 Rdd8 21.f5 Qa5 22.Rd4 b5 23.b4 {This looks risky
but is quite sound and brings the game to a speedy
termination.} Qc7 24.a4 a6 25.Kb2 d5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra1 Bd6
28.Rxd5 Qb7 {If cxd5 the Queen is lost.} 29.e7 cxd5 30.Qe6+
Rd7 31.e8=Q+ Rxe8 32.Qxe8+ Kc7 33.Nxd5+ 1-0

[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"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1873.08.16"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 {Mr Bird's
favorite defence.} 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.d3 c6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.O-O d5
8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nd2 Be6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Bd2 Qd7 13.Rae1
Rae8 14.f4 {Tempting as it looks, this is the weak move of
White's game.} f5 15.Ng3 Bc5 16.Qf3 Ne3 17.Bxe3 dxe3 18.Qe2
Bxc4 19.dxc4 Rf6 20.Rd1 Rd6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Nxf5 {This was no
gift.} Qf6 23.g4 Rd8 24.Re1 Qxb2 25.g5 Qc3 26.Kh1 Qd2 27.Qxd2
{If 27.Nxe3 Qxe2 Rxe2 28.Re1 and wins.} exd2 28.Rd1 Bb4 29.Kg2
Re8 30.c3 Bxc3 31.Kf2 c5 {Re1 followed by this move, was
equally good.} 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1873.07.24"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.d4 {The
correct move, which gives White the superiority at once.} exd4
5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd5 Be7 8.Nc3 Bf6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O-O
a6 11.Be2 d6 12.f4 g6 {He had no good move, but the present
and following move only assist White to develop a formidable
attack.} 13.Qd3 Bg7 14.h4 h5 15.g4 hxg4 16.h5 Be6 17.hxg6 fxg6
18.e5 {This is decisive. If the Bishop be played to f5, a
deadly check with the Queen on d5 follows.} Qe8 19.Nd5 Qf7
20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.exf6 Bf5 {It is obvious that if ...Qxf6, Bc3
would be fatal.} 22.Qg3 Qxa2 23.Bc3 Kf7 24.Rh7+ Ke8 25.Bxg4
Be4 26.Qe3 d5 27.Qc5 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1873.07.23"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Louis Paulsen"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 Nb6
{Black gains a move by this, but the Knigt is not well placed
on g6.} 5.Bb3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Be6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Bf4 Ng6 9.Bg3 Qd7
10.Rd1 Bxb3 11.axb3 f6 12.Qd2 Be7 13.Nd4 O-O 14.Nf5 Rf7 15.Qe2
Re8 16.Qg4 Bf8 17.O-O Kh8 18.Qh5 Ne5 19.f4 g6 {This looks
tempting, but is proved unsound by White's subsequent play.}
20.Qh3 Nc6 21.Nh6 Rfe7 22.f5 g5 23.Ng4 Bg7 24.e5 {Dufresne, in
his LEHRBUCH DER SCHACHSPIELS, calls this a beautiful and
decisive move. It wins the exchange.} Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 {If
Pawn takes, Black loses a piece.} 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rde1 Bf8
28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Rd1 Bd6 30.Qf3 Qc8 31.Ne4 Be7 32.g4 Qe8 33.Qc3
c6 34.Qd3 Qb8 35.c4 Kg7 36.h4 h6 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Kg2 {To get
Rook and Queen on to the Rook's file.} Qe8 39.Rh1 Qg8 40.Qh3
Nd7 41.Nxg5 {A finisher. It threatens mate by Qh6 if the
Knight is not taken.} fxg5 42.Qh6+ Kf7 43.Qe6+ Kf8 44.Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1873.08.13"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karl Pitschel"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6
5.h3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be3 Bb4 8.O-O Ng6 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Ng3 d5
11.Bb3 d4 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.Re1 Nd7 14.a3 Nc5 15.Ba2 Ne6 16.Nf5
Be7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Rc1 Nef4 19.Kh2 Kh8 20.g4 Rd8 21.Rg1 a5
22.Kg3 Ra6 23.h4 Bxg4 {This sacrifice decides the game.}
24.Rh1 Nh5+ 25.Kxg4 {He might have held out a little longer by
Kg2.} Qd7+ {He cannot delay mate longer than for six moves.}
26.Kg5 f6 27.Kxh5 Nf4+ 28.Bxf4 g6 29.Kh6 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "The Hague"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "H W Birkmyre Gifford"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Qh5 Qe7 7.f4 O-O {d6 followed by Bd7 and Castling
on Queen's side is the proper line of defence.} 8.O-O d6 9.f5
d3 {This discovered check is not good, it enables the Queen's
Knight to be brought into action.} 10.Kh1 dxc2 11.Nc3 Ne5
12.Nd5 Qd8 13.f6 Ng6 14.fxg7 Kxg7 15.Qxh6+ Kxh6 16.Ne6+ Kh5
17.Be2+ Kh4 18.Rf4+ Nxf4 19.g3+ Kh3 20.Nexf4# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Blackburne / H Chapman"]
[Black "Philp"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4
5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.d4 d5 8.Bxf4 {When this game was played
this line of attack was considered a novelty. The same
position, however, occurs in a game published in 1842, brought
about as follows: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 d5
6.d4 h6 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Bxf4 and the positions are identical.}
Nf6 9.e5 Qe8 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.O-O Kg7 12.Nc3 Be6 {c6 would have
been safer.} 13.Nxd5 {The Rev. G. A. Macdonnell says that this
is "an admirable move and one evidently played for"; he adds
that "the concluding part of the game is beautifully played".}
Qd7 14.Nf6 Qxd4+ 15.Kh1 Nxf6 {If 15...Nxf4 16.Rxf4 Qxe5
17.Ne8+ Kg8 18.Re4 Qf5 19.Rxg4+ Qxg4 20.Nf6+ winning easily.}
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.Be5+ Kg8 19.Bf6 Qd6 20.Bc4 Bxc4
21.Qxg4+ Kh7 22.Qf5+ Kg8 23.Qg6+ 1-0

[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 "Simpon's London"]
[Site "Simpon's London"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 {Bb4
or exf4 can also be played with advantage.} 5.fxe5 dxc3 6.exf6
Qxf6 7.bxc3 {b3 is the usual continuation.} Qxc3+ 8.Bd2 Qf6
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 Bc5 11.c3 Bg4 12.d4 {A blunder which loses
right off, but he had not an easy game to play. Perhaps Rb1
would be best.} Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Qxd4 15.Rf1 O-O-O
16.Rb1 f5 17.Qc2 Rhe8 18.Qb2 Rxe4+ 19.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 20.Kd1 Be3
21.Re1 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jones"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 f5
5.Qe2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Nc3 Kd8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Nd5 Bd6 {An
unnatural looking move but necessary to defend the Gambit
Pawn.} 10.d4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Re8 12.Nxf4 Qg4 13.Ne5 {The allies
have nothing better; their position is hopeless.} Nxe5 14.dxe5
Bxe5 15.Qf3 d6 16.Qxg4 Bxg4 17.Nd5 Kd7 18.c3 Re6 19.Bd2 Rf8+
20.Kg1 Be2 21.Re1 Bc4 22.Ne3 Bd3 23.g3 Be4 24.Ng2 d5 25.Rf1
Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rf6+ 27.Kg1 d4 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1878.07.16"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Samuel Rosenthal"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O Bxd4 9.cxd4 Qg6 10.Nc3 O-O
11.f4 Bg4 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bd3 f5 14.e5 d5 15.Qf2 Nac6 16.Rac1 a6
17.Na4 b6 18.Rc3 Qe8 19.b3 Qd7 20.Rfc1 Bh5 21.Qf1 Ra7 22.a3
Nb8 23.R1c2 Qd8 24.Qc1 c6 25.Bf2 Nc8 26.Bf1 Bf7 27.Nb2 Be6
28.Nd3 Qe8 29.Be2 Qe7 30.Nb4 Bd7 31.Bf3 Qf7 32.Bh4 Ne7 33.Re2
Qe6 {This opens the way to a pretty combination. Ng6 was a
better move.} 34.Bxe7 Qxe7 35.e6 Be8 {He cannot take the Pawn
without decisive loss.} 36.Bxd5 cxd5 37.Nxd5 Qd6 38.e7 Nc6 {If
he tries to save the Rook, Rc8 is quickly fatal.} 39.exf8=Q+
Kxf8 40.Ne3 Nxd4 41.Rd2 Qxf4 42.Qf1 Qe5 43.Rcd3 Re7 44.Nc4
Ne2+ 45.Kh1 Qf4 46.Rf3 Qe4 47.Rxf5+ Rf7 48.Rxf7+ Bxf7 49.Rxe2
1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1878.06.21"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "H W Birkmyre Gifford"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ng6 {Not good. Black should either
Castle or play Qg6.} 8.O-O Bb6 9.f4 d6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Na3 h6
12.Rae1 Nxd4 {This exchange is not advisable, Bd7 was better.}
13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nc2 Rae8 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Qc6 17.b3 Be6
18.Bd3 Bd5 19.Qf2 a5 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Qg3 Be6 22.Rcd1 c6 23.h3
{Rejecting the Pawn which could be won by Bxg6, etc. It would
mean loss of position.} Bd8 24.Rd2 Bh4 25.Qf3 Bd8 26.Qh5 Kh7
27.Rdf2 Rh8 28.Rf3 Kg8 29.Bxg6 {Circumstances were altered by
his last moves.} fxg6 30.Qxg6 b5 31.Bd2 Bd5 32.R3f2 a4 33.Ne3
Be6 34.d5 {To prevent Queen taking the d-Pawn later on.} cxd5
35.Ng4 Bxg4 36.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1879.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "J Fish"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5
5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Kh1 Be7 {The best
move.} 10.Ne2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nb4 12.Ng3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 g6 14.Rg1
Kh8 15.Rae1 Rg8 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Qe3 Qd6 {If Qxe3 then Bxf6+
wins a piece.} 18.Bf4 Qc6 19.Be5 Rae8 20.Qf4 Re6 21.c4 {This
wins the exchange back at least.} Rd8 22.cxd5 Rxd5 23.Rc1 Qb6
24.Ne4 Kg7 {If 24...Rexe5 25.dxe5 Nxe4 26.Qxf7 and wins.}
25.Rxc7 Rexe5 26.dxe5 Nxe4 27.Qxf7+ Kh6 28.Qf8+ Kg5 29.h4+ 1-0

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ {Note - I used to call this the
Kentucky opening. For a while after its introduction it was
greatly favored by certain players, but they soon grew tired
of it.} g6 7.Qxe5 d6 {Not to be outdone in generosity.} 8.Qxh8
Qh4 9.O-O Nf6 10.c3 Ng4 11.h3 Bxf2+ 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Qxa8 Qxh3+
14.gxh3 Bxe4# 0-1

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Schiffman"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 Bb4
5.fxe5 Nxe4 6.dxe4 Qh4+ 7.Ke2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bg4+ 9.Nf3 dxe4
10.Qd4 Nc6 {...Bh5 was the right move.} 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Ke3 Qh5
13.Bd3 f5 14.Qf4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nxe5 16.Kf2 Rae8 17.Ba3 Rf6
18.Rae1 Ng4+ 19.fxg4 fxg4 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Bf5 Qb5 22.Rd1 Rxf5
{The result is the same if ...Qxf5.} 23.Rd8+ Kf7 24.Rf8+ Kg6
25.Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 26.Rxf5 Kxf5 27.Ke3 g5 28.Be7 h6 29.Bd8 c6
30.Bc7 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Worrall"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 {...Nf6 is the
proper move.} 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6
8.Nf3 Nd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Rad1 Nd5 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5
f6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Rd3 Be6 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Rf3 Qg6
19.Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Rxe8+ Bxe8 22.Ne2 Qf6 23.c3 Qg6
24.h3 Qe4 25.f3 Qc4 {Marching his best piece out of the field
of battle.} 26.Nd4 Qxa2 27.Qf4+ Kg8 28.Ne6 Qb1+ 29.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Manchester Simul"]
[Site "Manchester Simul"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Blackburne / H Chapman"]
[Black "Boulaye"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4
5.Ne5 Bg7 6.d4 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd8 9.Bxf4 Nf6 10.Bc4 O-O
11.O-O h6 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Qxd4+
16.Kh1 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qg5+ {White could have won a piece
by 17.Qg6+ instead of 17.Nxe4, but the latter is the more
direct way to win, for if now Black plays 18...Kh8 White goes
with Rook to f6 and wins the Queen.} 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 "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 "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin, Germany"]
[Date "1881.09.09"]
[EventDate "1881.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[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 "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7
5.d4 d6 6.O-O h6 7.c3 Nf6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Nxe5 Qe8
11.Ng6 {An interesting position. Both players hit upon the
right moves.} b5 12.Bxb5 Qe4 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Re1 Qg6
16.Be2 Qc6 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Qc2 Nbd7 19.Na3 Rae8 20.Bd2 a6
21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Re1 {White's Pawns on the Queenside are strong
for the endgame, so that to exchange is good policy.} Rxe1+
23.Nxe1 Qe6 24.Bc4 Nd5 25.Qd3 N7f6 26.Nac2 Bf8 27.Qe2 Ne4
28.Nf3 Bd6 29.Bc1 a5 30.Nd2 Nxd2 31.Bxd2 Kf8 32.Qxe6 fxe6
33.Ne1 Ke7 34.Nd3 Nb6 35.Bb3 Bd5 36.Bxd5 exd5 {Mr. Mason
thinks the position now a drawing one, but the endplay will
repay study.} 37.b3 a4 38.Kf2 axb3 39.axb3 Nd7 40.Kf3 Kf6
41.c4 dxc4 42.bxc4 Kf5 43.c5 Be7 44.Ba5 g4 45.Ke2 Ke4 46.Bxc7
f3 47.gxf3+ gxf3 48.Kd2 Kxd4 49.c6 Bg5+ 50.Kc2 {The Knight
cannot be saved without the Pawn going to Queen.} 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 "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1882.05.15"]
[EventDate "1882.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Philipp Meitner"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3
d6 {He intends to develop the King's Bishop through g6,
otherwise it would be bad to obstruct the action of this
piece. Steinitz recommends instead ...Bb4+ after which
occurred 5.c3 Ba5 6.Qg3 and White has a good game.} 5.Nc3 g6
6. Bd2 Bg7 7. O-O-O Qf6 {It is seldom good to play out the
Queen so early, and this move is not so good as it looks,
since it exposes her to attack.} 8. f4 Nge7 9. h3 h5 10. Nf3
a6 11. Bc4 Na5 12. e5 {A decisive move, even at this very
early stage.} dxe5 {If 12...Nxc4 13.exf6 Nxe3 14.fxg7 winning
a piece; if 12...Qf5 13.exd6 Qf6 14.Ne5 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Qe6
16.Qd3 with the better game.} 13. Ne4 Qb6 {To save the
Knight.} 14. Qxb6 cxb6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxf7 Nc6
{I threatened Rd8 mate.} 18. Nxh8 Bxh8 19. fxe5 Bf5 20. g4 Be4
21. Rhf1 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibit"]
[Site "Simultaneous Exhibit"]
[Date "1882.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Smith"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd3 c6
11.Bb2 d5 12.Re1 Ne7 13.Ba3 Be6 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Nb5 Nc8
{Better to have put up with the inconvenience of the Knight at
d6 and hence castling was better.} 16.Rc1 Nc6 17.Ne5 a6
18.Rxc6 bxc6 19.Nxc6 Qf6 20.Qa4 Kd7 21.Ne5+ Kd8 22.Nc3 Bc7
23.Nxd5 Qh4 24.Qd7+ Bxd7 25.Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1883.05.07"]
[EventDate "1883.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Berthold Englisch"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3
Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Bxf6 {In
one of his games with Potter, Zukertort fell into the same
trap} Qxf6 10. Nxd5 {After this White has a bad game.} Qh6
11. h3 {Zukertort in his notes to the game with Potter, says
Q-B sq is the only move to save the game.} Nxd4 12. Be2 {PxB
leads, of course, to immediate ruin.} Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxh3
14. Re1 Be6 15. g3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg3 18. Be4 Rd2
{White struggled manfully, but this settled the matter.}
19. Qxd2 Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1883.06.20"]
[EventDate "1883.04.26"]
[Round "26.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Berthold Englisch"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Not much
good comes of this. The best play for the Bishop is e7.}
4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O Nbd7 {This
loses a Pawn. dxc4 should have been played first.} 9. Nxd5
Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bd6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 Ng4 14. f4
{If 14.fxg4 then ...Qh4 15.g3 Bxg3, and mate follows.} Nf6
15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Bf3 {Being now a Pawn ahead, White goes in for
exchanges. A doubtful policy.} Qe8 17. Be1 Qg6 18. Nf2 Rad8
{Black, having to submit to this exchanging, is looking out to
secure an open file for his Rook.} 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4
21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 c5 23. Bc3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxf4 {Now he
gets the open file.} 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. Bxb6 {The only way to
maintain his Pawn.} axb6 27. exf4 Rd2 {Black has now the
advantage of a Rook on the seventh row, which is often worth
three-quarters of a Pawn.} 28. b3 Kf7 29. a3 Kf6 30. b4 b5
31. Re1 Rd3 32. Re5 Rxa3 33. Rxb5 Ra2 34. h3 Rb2 35. Kh2 Rb3
{It is necessary to prevent the King coming into play.} 36. h4
g6 37. g3 Rb2+ 38. Kh3 h5 39. Rb7 {As good as anything else.}
Kf5 40. Rf7+ Ke4 41. Rf6 Kf3 42. Rxe6 {He must now submit to
perpetual check.} Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1883.07.28"]
[EventDate "1883.07.16"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Vincenz Hruby"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 {It is
now usual to Castle at this point and let Black take the
Pawn.} d6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.O-O h6 7.Be3 g6 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.Rad1 a6
10.Ba4 Ng4 11.Nd5 Ne7 12.Bb3 Bc6 13.Nb4 Bd7 14.a3 a5 15.Nd5 a4
16.Ba2 Be6 17.c4 c5 18.Nc3 f5 19.Qc2 f4 20.Bc1 Bd7 21.Qe2 g5
22.Nb5 Be6 23.h3 Nf6 {He has weakened both wings and cannot
now make an advancing move to any purpose.} 24.d4 {The
aforesaid reason makes this advance as wise as it is bold.}
cxd4 25.Nfxd4 exd4 26.e5 f3 27.gxf3 dxe5 28.Qxe5 Bxh3 29.Rfe1
Kf8 30.Nxd4 Qe8 31.Qh2 Bd7 32.Bd2 Nfg8 33.Bb4 Bf6 34.Qd6 Ra6
35.Qc7 Qc8 36.Nb5 {White's pieces are in full action now, and
Black's game is lost.} Qxc7 37.Nxc7 Bf5 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Ne8+
Kh7 40.Nxf6+ Rxf6 41.Bxe7 Re6 42.Rxe6 Bxe6 43.Bb1+ Kg7 44.Bf8+
Kf7 45.Bb4 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1883.07.25"]
[EventDate "1883.07.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Lange"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Nc6 8.Qc2 Ne7 9.Nh4 {White neglects
the development of his Queens's pieces.} Ng6 10.Nf5 Re8
11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.f4 Ne4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4 14.Nd2 Re2 {Better than
RxBP, which would enable White to establish some attack.}
15.Qd3 Bg4 16.Qg3 h5 17.h3 Bf5 18.Nf3 Be4 19.Rf2 Bxf3 20.Qxf3
Re1+ 21.Rf1 Rae8 22.Bd2 R1e2 23.Rf2 Qa6 24.Rxe2 {A blunder
which he perceives too late.} Rxe2 25.Re1 {The sacrafice was
desperate, but he had no satisfactory defense.} Rxd2 26.Re8+
Nf8 27.Qxd5 Qd6 28.Qxd6 cxd6 29.Rd8 Rxb2 30.Rxd6 Rxa2 31.Rd8
Rc2 32.Rc8 a5 33.d5 a4 34.c4 a3 35.d6 a2 36.d7 a1=Q+ 37.Kh2
Qd4 0-1

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "David Forsyth"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Bb4+
5.c3 Ba5 6.Qg3 Qf6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Bc4 Nd4 {A showy sort of move,
but the more defensive h6 was preferable.} 9.Bg5 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3
Qg7 11.O-O f6 12.Bf4 d6 13.Na3 g5 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Bxd6 {Making a
bold bid for an attack rather than retire the Bishop.} cxd6
16.Nxd6+ Kf8 17.Nf7 Be6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Nxh8 Kg7 20.f4 Kxh8
21.fxg5 Nh6 {Black wishing for his due share of the fun also
makes a bid for an attack.} 22.Rad1 Nf7 23.h4 Rg8 24.Rd5 Bd8
25.Rfd1 fxg5 26.h5 Bf6 27.Rd7 Be5 28.Qf3 Bf4 29.Rxb7 Qf6
30.Rdd7 Bh2+ {Black has played this part of the game
exceedingly well and comes out of the melee with a piece
ahead, but White has strong passed Pawns on the Queen's side
which proves irresistable.}31.Kg2 Qxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Ne5+ 33.Kg2
Nxd7 34.Rxd7 Bb8 35.c4 Rf8 36.c5 a6 37.b4 Bf4 38.a4 Kg8 39.b5
axb5 40.axb5 Rf7 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.b6 Rb7 43.Ra8 Bb8 44.Ra6 Kf7
45.c6 Re7 46.Ra8 Re8 47.Rxb8 Rxb8 48.c7 1-0

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pagan"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6
5.Nf3 {Nc3 is the stronger continuation.} Bg7 6.Bc4 d6 7.Nc3
Be6 8.Bb3 Qe7 9.Bd2 O-O-O 10.Ba4 Bh6 11.Qe2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Ne5
13.Qe3 Kb8 14.Nd4 Nc4 15.Qe2 d5 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.exd5 exd5
18.Qxe7 Nxe7 19.O-O-O c6 20.Rhe1 Nc8 21.Re2 N8b6 22.Bb3 Nd6
23.Rde1 Rhe8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Nxe8 26.Ne2 Nf6 27.f3 Kc7
28.Kd2 Kd6 29.Kd3 c5 30.c4 Nfd7 31.cxd5 {This weak move cost
him a game which, by a series of exchanges, had been
simplified almost to a drawing point though otherwise it is
not remarkable.} c4+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1884.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sutton"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 f5
{Although a favorite defence of mine I do not recommend it to
the young amateur.} 5.Nc3 {Qe2 is stronger.} Nf6 6.d3 g5 7.Nf3
Qh5 8.h4 h6 9.Kg1 g4 10.Ne5 Rh7 11.Ne2 {An attack on the Queen
persistently followed up in White,s succeeding play.} fxe4
12.Bxf4 Qf5 13.Qc1 d5 14.Bb3 Nbd7 15.Ng3 Bc5+ 16.Kh2 Nxe5
17.Nxf5 {Now White has attained his object, but the fruit is
of the Dead Sea.} g3 18.Bxg3 {Any other move is equally
fatal.} Neg4+ 19.Kh3 Ne3 20.Bf4 Bxf5+ 21.Kh2 Neg4+ 22.Kh3 Nf2+
23.Kh2 N6g4+ 24.Kg1 Nxd3 25.Kf1 Nxc1 26.Rxc1 O-O-O 0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]
[Date "1885.07.20"]
[EventDate "1885.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Berthold Englisch"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2 {To avoid the
beaten track.} f5 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 {Giving up a Pawn, and
producing a position similar to that which occurs in the
Falkbeer Counter Gambit.} Bc5 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 dxc3 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Qa4 Bb6 11.Bg5 O-O {He is too solicitous about
the safety of his King. Qb4 gives more chances.} 12.Rad1 Qg6
13.Qh4 Re8 14.Rfe1 h6 {Black's pieces are all hemmed in, and
he has no satisfactory move.} 15.Bc4+ Kf8 16.Bxe7+ Nxe7 17.Rd8
Bc5 18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Qxf6+ gxf6 20.Ng6+ Kg7 21.Rxe8 Nxg6 22.Rg8+
Kh7 23.Ree8 Ne7 24.Rh8+ Kg7 25.Ne2 b5 26.Bb3 a5 27.Nf4 a4
28.Bd1 Bd6 29.Nh5+ Kg6 30.Rhf8 f4 31.h4 Nd5 32.Rg8+ Kf7
33.Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]
[Date "1885.07.13"]
[EventDate "1885.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "George Henry Mackenzie"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2 {This excellent move was the
invention of L. Paulsen.} a6 8.Be2 Qg6 9.O-O Bxd4 10.cxd4 Qxe4
{The Pawn was, of course, given up deliberately for the sake
of a better attack.} 11.Nc3 Qg6 12.Bd3 f5 13.Rfe1 h6 {To keep
the Bishop away from g5, which would give White a good game.}
14.Kh1 {In order to play Bf4.} d5 15.Bf4 {Now White recovers
his lost Pawn with an improved position.} O-O 16.Bxc7 Bd7
17.Bc2 {To get to b3 and attack the Queen's Pawn.} Rac8 18.Bb6
Rfe8 19.Bb3 Be6 20.Re2 Kh8 21.Rae1 Bf7 22.Na4 Qf6 23.Bc5 f4
{Black seeks to get up a counterattack, which is impractible,
as is quickly shown.} 24.Nb6 Rcd8 25.f3 g5 26.Bc2 h5 27.b4
{White treats the King's side with disdain.} Kg7 28.a4 Nf5
29.Rxe8 Bxe8 {Better have taken with the Rook.} 30.Bxf5 Qxf5
31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Na7 33.Be7 Rd7 34.Nxd7 Bxd7 35.Qa5 {The
Queen now enters with decisive effect into the enemy's game.}
Nxb5 36.Qd8 g4 37.Bb4 Be6 38.Qe7+ Qf7 {This is a blunder, but
if Bishop interposes then 39.Re5 Qb1+ 40.Be1 gxf4 41.Rg5+ Kh6
42.Qf6+ Bg6 43.Rxh5+ and mates next move.} 39.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]
[Date "1885.07.25"]
[EventDate "1885.07.13"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Blackburne annotates.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qd2 c5 8.exd5 cxd4 9.Nxd4 exd5
{Dr.Tarrasch remarks here that Black has now a free and good
game, the King's Bishop standing especially well, and the
middle Pawn bearing on the White position. It is interesting
to note that the same position may occur in the Sicilian game,
as follows : 1.P-K4 P-QB4 2.Kt-QB3 P-K3 3.Kt-B3 P-Q4 4.PxP PxP
5.P-Q4 PxP 6. KtxP Kt-B3 7.B-KKt5 B-K2 8.BxKt BxB 9.Q-Q2
Castles}10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nb3 Re8 12.O-O {Castling on the Queen's
side has a tempting look but would not be sound} d4 13.Na4 b6
14.Rad1 Qc7 15.c3 dxc3 16.Nxc3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Bb7 18.Bf3 Rad8
19.Qg5 Ne5 20.Bxb7 Rxd1 {Dr.Tarrasch was pressed for time, and
made the moves from 17 up to this fatal error hastily.}
21.Rxd1 Qxb7 22.Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Thomson"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5
5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Qd2
Nbd7 11.Rae1 Rc8 12.Qf4 Qc7 13.Qh4 Be7 14.Nd4 Nc5 {This loses
the d-pawn. Nf8 would have been allright.} 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Rxe7 Rxe7 17.Bxf6 Nxd3 18.Qg5 Kf8 19.Qxg7+ Ke8 20.cxd3 Qf4
{He has nothing better.} 21.g3 Qd2 22.Bxe7 Kxe7 23.Qe5+ Be6
24.Nf5+ Kd8 25.Qd6+ Bd7 26.Qf6+ Kc7 27.Ne3 Qxd3 28.Rd1 Qg6
29.Nd5+ Kb8 30.Qe5+ Ka8 31.Nc7+ {Because if Kb8 "Philidor's
legacy" follows.} 1-0

[Event "Hereford"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2 O-O {This costs Black a valuable
Pawn, a6 should have been played before castling. Bxd4 is also
weak at this point, and has been the cause of many a lost game
in the Scotch.} 8.Nb5 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 Qe5 10.Nd2 {If f4, Black
replies Nd5 with a good game.} a6 11.Nf3 Qh5 12.Nxc7 Ra7 {Rb8
was better, as soon becomes evident.} 13.Rd1 Qa5 {The position
of the Rook renders this move of no avail. He cannot recover
his Pawn without losing a piece.} 14.Nd5 Re8 15.Bc4 b5 16.Bb3
d6 17.O-O Be6 18.Ng5 Qd8 {This ends the matter.} 19.Nxe6 fxe6
20.Nf4 1-0

[Event "Manchester Simul"]
[Site "Manchester Simul"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bg4
5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.fxe5 Nxe5
11.Nxe5 Bxd1 12.Bxf7+ Ke7 13.Nd5# {Note - This is known in the
north of England as the Blackburne trap. It has ocurred to me
some hundreds of times during my annual tours, not of course
always in the same way, but with the Bishop and Knight. This
particular mate was first given by Legal nearly two hundred
years ago.} 1-0

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Russell"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4
5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bg7 8.d4 O-O 9.Bxf4 Nxd5 10.Bxd5
Qxd5 11.O-O c5 12.c3 {This move was recommended by Zukertort,
but Steinitz in his match against me played Nc3, which is no
better than the text move.} Nc6 13.Nxg4 cxd4 14.c4 {Bh6 was
worth trying.} Qe6 {This is better than taking the Pawn at
once.} 15.Nf2 Qxc4 16.Nd2 Qd5 17.Rc1 Re8 18.Nc4 Re6 19.Ne3 Qb5
20.Nc4 h5 21.a4 Qd5 22.Nd3 Rg6 23.Qf3 Qxf3 {It is good policy
to exchange now that Black is stronger both in material and
position.} 24.Rxf3 Bg4 25.Rg3 Re8 26.Nf2 Re2 27.Nxg4 Rxg4
28.Rxg4 hxg4 29.h5 d3 30.h6 Bxb2 31.Rf1 Nd4 32.Nxb2 Rxb2
33.Be5 Ne2+ 34.Kh2 Rb6 35.h7+ Kxh7 36.Rxf7+ Kg6 37.Rd7 Kf5
38.Bg7 g3+ 39.Kh3 Rg6 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 "Ch British Chess Club, Great Britain"]
[Site "Ch British Chess Club, Great Britain"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Mr. L"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bg5 Ne7
{f6 is the usual move.} 11.Nd5 f6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nxf6+ Kf8
14.Ng5 Nxc4 15.Qf3 Nd2 {This move was recommended by Steinitz
and Professor Wayte, but as will be seen it loses. Nf5 gives
Black the better game.} 16.Nfxh7+ Ke8 17.Qf7+ Kd7 18.Nf6+ Kc6
19.Rab1 {This is the winning move.} Bxd4 20.Rfc1+ Bc5 21.Qd5+
Nxd5 22.exd5# 1-0

[Event "ENG"]
[Site "ENG"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 {Nxe5 is in
better style.} d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 {Better than to
d6.} 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nf6 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Nc3 Nxd5 11.h3 Bh5 {A
mistake; Be6 was the right move.} 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Ng5+ Kg6
{The obvious Kg8 gave him more chance of recovery.} 14.Qd3+ f5
15.Ne6 {Decisive.} Qd6 16.Nxd5 Nc6 17.Ndf4+ Kh6 18.Nxf8+ g5
19.N8e6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4
{This continuation is not often played now.} 5.Nb5 Qxe4+ 6.Be2
Kd8 7.O-O a6 8.N5c3 Qe8 9.Nd2 Nge7 10.Nde4 f6 11.Re1 Qf7
12.Bf4 g5 13.Bh5 Qc4 {Qg7 would be met by Nc5.} 14.Bxg5 fxg5
15.Nxg5 Ng6 16.Nd5 Nge5 17.Re4 Qb5 18.c4 {At this stage I
ought to have won the Queen with 18.Ne6+ dxe6 19.Nc3+ but the
hard work of the tourney was telling on me. This ws the last
game, and I had already made sure of the first prize.} Qxb2
19.Rb1 Qa3 20.f4 h6 21.Nh3 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 d6 23.Rb3 Qa5 24.fxe5
Nxe5 25.Qf1 Bxh3 26.Qf6+ Kd7 27.Qg7+ Kc6 28.Ne7+ Kd7 29.Nd5
{gxh3 would probably have won; but, for the reason already
given, I was glad to make a draw of it.} Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nh3 Nf6
5.f3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 {It is better to bring out the Knight
first.} 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Be3 Bb4+ 9.Nd2 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.O-O Be7 {A
needless retreat. f5 or Rc8 was better.} 12.Rc1 f5 13.f4 Nb4
14.Bb1 Ba6 15.Rf2 Rc8 16.Nf3 h6 {Weakening the King's
quarters. It were better to have endured the Knight at g5.}
17.g4 Rxc1 18.Bxc1 fxg4 19.Bg6+ Kf8 20.Nfg5 hxg5 21.Qxg4 Bd3
22.fxg5 Nf6 23.gxf6 gxf6 24.exf6 Bd6 25.Bf7 Kxf7 26.Qg7+ Ke8
27.f7+ 1-0

[Event "DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1887.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nd7
11.O-O c5 12.Bb1 c4 13.Nd2 {Black's last move was weak and
this takes full advantage of it. Strange to say, in the same
tournament Zukertort and Captain Mackenzie both fell into the
same trap, the idea of which came into my mind one morning
duing breakfast.} Re8 {White threatened Nxd5, followed by Qh5,
winning back the piece.} 14.Qf3 {Nxd5 would not answer now
because after Qh5 he plays Nf8, defending the mate and the
Bishop.} Nf8 15.Nxc4 Ne6 16.Nd2 Rc8 17.Rfe1 g6 18.Nf1 Bg7
19.a3 Re7 20.Ba2 Rec7 21.Qd1 Kh8 {In his notes to the game
Dr. Tarrasch says Black can undertake absolutely nothing, but
must wait to see if White will perhaps give him a chance.}
22.Qd2 Qd7 23.Ne2 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rd8 25.Nc3 Ng5 26.f4 Ne6 27.Qd1
Nf8 28.Qf3 f5 29.Nd2 Ne6 30.Qf2 g5 31.g3 g4 32.Nd1 Bf6 33.Bb1
Nf8 34.Nb3 Qb5 35.Rc3 Bc8 36.Qc2 Be6 37.Qg2 Rc8 38.Bd3 Qa4
39.Rxc8 Bxc8 {Still playing for the mistake. If Qxd5 then Be6
with a winning position.} 40.Qc2 Qd7 41.Nc3 Ng6 42.Nc1 {It
would have been dangerous to capture the Queen's Pawn.} Ne7
43.Bb5 Qe6 44.Kf2 h5 45.Nd3 h4 46.Ne5 Kg7 47.Ne2 Qd6 48.Qd3
Qc7 49.Qc3 Qd6 50.Nc6 Bd7 51.Nxe7 Bxe7 52.Bxd7 Qxd7 53.Qb3 Kf7
54.Nc3 Ke6 55.Ke2 hxg3 56.hxg3 Bd8 57.e4 {This is
decisive.}fxe4 58.Nxe4 Qh7 59.Nf2 Qf5 60.Qd3 Bc7 61.Qxf5+ Kxf5
62.Ke3 {Depriving Black of his last chance, a sacrifice of the
Bishop for two Pawns with a probable draw.} Bd6 63.Nd3 a5
64.Ne1 b5 65.Ng2 a4 66.Kd3 b4 67.Ne3+ Ke6 68.axb4 Bxb4 69.Ke2
a3 70.bxa3 Bxa3 71.Nxg4 Kf5 72.Kf3 Bb2 73.Ne3+ Kg6 74.Nc2 Bc3
75.g4 Kf6 76.g5+ Kf5 77.Ne3+ Kg6 78.Kg4 Bxd4 79.Nxd5 Bb2 80.f5
Kg7 81.f6 Kg6 82.Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1887.07.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Rc1 a6 8.a3 c5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5
11.Be2 c4 12.Ne5 b5 13.O-O Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.f3 f6 16.Ng4 f5
17.Nf2 {This forces Black to take the Pawn, thereby giving
White an open file on the King's side.} exf3 18.Bxf3 Bxf3
19.gxf3 Nd7 20.Nh3 {To prevent g5.} Nb6 21.Rcd1 {With the idea
of playing e4.} Qd7 {He catches my meaning and circumvents
it.} 22.Kh1 Rac8 23.Rg1 Bf6 24.Rg3 Nd5 25.Rdg1 Rf7 26.Bh6 Kh8
27.Qg2 c3 28.bxc3 Rxc3 29.Ng5 Bxg5 30.Rxg5 Rc7 {If ...Nxe3
then Bxg7+ wins.} 31.Qg3 f4 {If ...Nxe3 now, then Qe5.} 32.Qh4
g6 33.e4 Ne3 {Mr Taubenhaus was pressed for time, otherwise he
would have seen that ...Ne7 was stronger.} 34.Rxg6 hxg6
35.Bxf4 Kg8 36.Be5 Rg7 37.Qh6 Rc6 38.Qxe3 Qf7 39.d5 Rc2
40.Bxg7 Qxg7 41.e5 Qh7 42.Qf4 Rc4 43.Qg3 1-0

[Event "DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1887.07.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Max Weiss"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bd6
5.Bxd6 Qxd6 6.e3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Rc1 a6 9.a3 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5
11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O c5 13.Bf5 c4 14.Nd2 b5 15.Qf3 Bc6 16.Qh3 g6
{This somewhat compromises his game. It gives White an
opportunity of breaking through on the King's side.} 17.Bb1 a5
18.f4 Rfe8 19.f5 Re7 20.Rf3 Kg7 21.Ne2 Rae8 22.Rcf1 g5 23.Rg3
g4 {h6 would have offered more resistance.} 24.Qh4 Kh8 25.Qh6
Rg8 26.h3 Qb8 27.hxg4 Rxg4 28.Rff3 Qf8 29.Qh3 Rxg3 30.Rxg3 b4
31.axb4 axb4 32.e4 {This completely destroys whatever chance
Black had with his extra Pawn on the Queen's side.} Nxe4
33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Nxc4 Bb5 35.b3 Nf6 {This may not be his best,
but in any case his game is lost.} 36.Nf4 Qd8 37.Qh6 Qxd4+
38.Kh2 Ng8 39.Qf8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1887.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 b6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 Bb7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5
11.O-O c4 {A simple and better continuation is Nc6.} 12.Bb1
Nd7 13.Nd2 {This wins a Pawn. Strange to say, the next day I
caught Dr. Tarrasch in precisely the same way, and a few days
later Capt Mackenzie.} Re8 14.Qf3 Nf8 15.Nxc4 Ng6 16.Nd2 Qd7
17.g3 Ne7 18.Rfe1 a6 19.Ne2 Rad8 20.Nf4 Bg5 21.h4 Bxf4 22.Qxf4
Nc6 23.Nf3 Qd6 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Nc3
e6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Rc8 {The position is now identical with
that arousing out of the usual Queen's Gambit declined.} 8.Be2
cxd4 9.exd4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.c5 Bb8 12.a3 Ne4 13.b4 Qf6 14.b5
Ne7 15.a4 b6 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.c6 Qh6 {White would
get the better of it if Black played Bxe5.} 19.f4 {Not a good
move. He ought to have played Qc1, keeping a good position for
the endgame.} exf3 20.Nxf3 Nd5 21.Bc1 Bf4 22.Bxf4 Nxf4 23.Ra2
Bg4 24.g3 Nxe2+ {This leads to a wholesale exchange of pieces
and a draw is the result. Nd5 would still keep up the
pressure.} 25.Rxe2 Qh5 26.Re3 Qd5 {Black gets nothing by e5.}
27.Qd3 f6 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 Bxf3 30.Rxf3 Kf7 31.Rfe3 Rd6 {A
draw might have safely been agreed to at this stage.} 32.Kg2
Rc7 33.g4 Re7 34.Rc3 Rc7 35.Kf3 Rd5 36.Rce3 Rd6 37.Ke2 a5
38.Kd3 Re7 39.Kc4 Rc7 40.Rd3 Re7 41.Rh3 h6 42.Rf3 Rd8 43.h4
Kg6 44.Rfe3 Kf7 45.Rf4 Kg6 46.h5+ Kf7 47.Rfe4 Rd6 48.Rc3 Rc7
49.Rd3 Re7 50.Rf3 Rd8 51.Rd3 Rd6 52.Ree3 Ke8 53.d5 Rxd5
54.Rxd5 exd5 55.Kd4 Rxe3 56.Kxe3 Ke7 57.Kd3 Ke6 58.Ke3 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
5.O-O a6 6.Ba4 Be7 7.Re1 {The usual continuation is e5.} O-O
8.e5 Ne8 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 f6 11.Bf4 fxe5 12.Bxe5 Bf6 13.Nd2
d6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nf3 c5 16.Bb3+ Kh8 17.Qh4 b5 18.Be6 Bxe6
19.Rxe6 Qd7 20.Qh3 {Threatening Rxf6, etc.} Rad8 21.Rd1 Qf7 {A
good move. If White plays Rxd6, Black exchanges, and then
plays ...Qxa2 with the superior game.} 22.Ng5 Qg6 23.Ne4 d5
24.Nxf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 {This is not considered
a good defense as it leaves a weakness on the Queen's side.}
9.c3 Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.Nc3 fxe5 14.Bxe5
Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qd7 16.Qe2 Rae8 {Quite in Zukertorts style; but
he does not take into account the weakness on his Queen's
side.} 17.a4 c5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra6 c4 20.Bc2 Bf5 21.Rfa1 Bf6
22.f4 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Qg4 {Threatening P-Kt5.}
25.Qd2 h5 26.Qe3 Rf4 27.Ra8 Rxa8 28.Rxa8+ Kh7 29.Ra1 {If
29.P-R3 Q-Q8+ 30.K-R2 R-B8 and White's game is lost.} b4 30.h3
Qg5 {The losing move.} 31.Re1 bxc3 32.e6 {The begining of a
decisive combination.} c2 33.e7 Re4 {If (says the field) Black
had played here R-B8+, the following pretty variation might
have occured; 34.KxR QxQ 35.RxQ PQueen's+ 36.R-Ksq Q-B5+
37.K-Ktsq QxP+ 38.K-Rsq and wins.} 34.Qxg5 Rxe1+ 35.Kf2 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 "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 f5 {This constitutes the
Greco-Counter Gambit. It is somewhat hazardous, but generally
leads to a lively game.} 3.d4 {Nxe5 is given as best by the
books.} fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 {This gives White a chance
of getting up a strong attack. d6 was better.} 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bxf6
Bxf6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxg6+ Kd7 11.Nd5 Rf8 12.Be2 c5
13.dxc5 Bxb2 14.Qxd6+ Ke8 15.Bh5+ Rf7 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.Qxd8
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6
5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bc4 {White has played the
opening very tamely. Black already has a superior
development.} Qd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.a3 Kh8 {White having wasted
several moves, Black thinks he can also give a "safety miss".}
11.Kh2 Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 {Better to have retreated to b1
and brought it to d2.} d5 14.exd5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bd6+ 16.Kg2 Nh5
17.Rh1 Rae8 18.Nxd4 Nf4+ 19.Kf1 {Although two Pawns ahead, his
position is hopeless.} Re5 20.Qd2 Rh5 21.h4 Qe7 22.Re1 Rxh4
23.Rg1 Qd7 24.Ne6 {The only move to prolong the game.} fxe6
25.dxe6 Qe7 26.Re4 Rf5 27.Ke1 Rg5 {Qg5 followed by Qg2 is the
shorter way.} 28.Rf1 Qf6 29.Kd1 Re5 30.d4 Rxe4 31.fxe4 Be7
32.e5 Qf5 33.Qa5 {Immediately fatal. Taking the Queen out of
the game.} Nxe6 34.Qxa7 Rxd4+ 35.Bd3 Qf3+ 36.Kc1 Bg5+ 37.Kb1
Rxd3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Blackburne Annotates} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bd3 a6 {Castling would be dangerous
now} 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.f4 {Losing a valuable Pawn. Kt-B3
was best.} cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb4+ 13.Qd2 Qxd4 14.Nf3
Qb6 15.Rc1 Nc5 16.Bb1 Bd7 17.Qd4 Rc8 18.O-O Na4 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8
20.b3 Qxd4+ 21.Nxd4 Nb6 22.f5 g6 23.fxe6 Bxe6 24.h4 Ke7 25.h5
Nd7 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rc1 {Best-his KP is defenseless.} Nxe5
28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.Rxb7 Rc8 30.Bc2 Nc6 31.Nxc6 Rxc6 32.Bd3 Ke5
33.Ra7 Kd4 34.Rxa6 Rc1+ 35.Bf1 Ke3 36.b4 d4 37.Ra3+ Rc3 38.Ra6
d3 39.Rd6 d2 40.b5 Bc4 41.b6 Rc1 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 {The other
Knight is better. In some forms of this opening it is of
importance to be able to advance P-QB4.} 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6
6.e5 {PxP leads to an old drawing variation.} Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2
8.Qxd2 h6 {Probably intended as a waiting move, but it ceates
weakness on th King's side.} 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Na5
{Trying to force an opening on the Queen's side.} 12.Nd2 b6
13.f4 Qe7 14.Rf3 c5 15.Rg3 f5 {If P goes to B 5, White plays
P-B 5; and if PxB, theP-B 6, winning.} 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Rf1
cxd4 18.cxd4 Nc6 19.c3 Ne7 {Now he is able to guard the weak
Kt 3, and threaten an exchange by Kt-B4.} 20.Qe1 Nf5 21.Rh3
Nd6 22.Rff3 Bd7 23.g4 Rf7 24.Qg3 Ne8 {He has no means of
repelling the King's Kight's Pawn, and so brngs his night
round to defend his most vulerable point. I instead he had
played:- 24...P-KKt4 25.PxP QxP 26.QxKt RxR 27.RxR... and
wins.} 25.g5 {Now the attack is overwhelming.} hxg5 26.fxg5
Qd8 27.Qh4 Rf5 {Giving up the exchange but he had nothing
better. If 27. ... K-Bsq 28.Rx+ KxR 29.P-Kt6+ K-Bsq 30.R-B3+
Kt-B3 31.Q-R8+ K-K2 32.QxP+ ... winning easily.} 28.Bxf5 exf5
29.Re3 {To prevent the King escaping to the Queen's side.} Kf8
{He might as well have resigned now.} 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.g6+ Kf6
32.Rhg3 {He cannot escape mate next move.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 {Many players hold that it is
better to take with the Queen's Pawn.} Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Bd3 g6
10.Bh6 Bb4 {Rather a surprise. If cxb4, then Queen checks and
wins the Bishop; if Bxf8, then Bxc3+ and wins easily.} 11.Bd2
f6 12.Qg3 fxe5 {It would have been more prudent to play first
Ba5.} 13.cxb4 e4 14.Be2 Nxd4 15.O-O-O Nf5 16.Qb3 c6 17.Nh3 a5
18.Bg5 Qd6 19.Bf4 Qxb4 20.Qxb4 axb4 21.Kb2 Ra3 {I have now got
three Pawns for the piece.} 22.Rhe1 Bd7 23.Rd2 Rfa8 24.Ra1 Ng7
25.Ng1 Be6 26.Bd6 R3a4 27.Bc5 Nf5 28.g4 Nh6 29.h3 Nf7 30.Rd4
b6 {This turns the scale in Black's favour.} 31.Bxb6 Ne5
32.Bc5 Nd7 33.Be7 c5 34.Rdd1 R4a5 35.g5 Nb6 36.Bf6 d4 37.Bg4
Na4+ 38.Kc1 Bxg4 39.hxg4 Nc3 40.Kd2 Rxa2 {Stronger than
Nxd1. The end shows the play of Pawns against a piece.}
41.Rxa2 Rxa2 42.Ne2 e3 43.Ke1 Nxd1 44.Kxd1 Ra1+ 45.Nc1 e2
46.Kxe2 Rxc1 47.Kd2 Rg1 48.Be7 Rg2+ 49.Kd1 c4 50.Bxb4 c3
51.Bc5 Kf7 52.Ke1 Rd2 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 "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6
5.Nc3 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.h3 Ne8
11.Ne2 Bf6 12.c3 g6 13.f4 Rb8 14.Nd4 Ng7 15.Nf3 d5 16.e5 Be7
17.Qc2 Bf5 18.g4 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 f5 20.Nd4 {Kg2 was perhaps
better.} Bc5 21.Kg2 {He should have shut out the Queen with
g5.} Bxd4 22.cxd4 Ne6 23.Rf2 Rb4 24.Be3 fxg4 25.hxg4 Qh4 {Now
the attack comes into the hand of Black.} 26.Qd1 c5 27.dxc5
Rbxf4 {This is decisive.} 28.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 29.Rxf4 {He has
nothing better.} Rxf4 30.Qxd5+ Kf8 {Though White forfeited by
the time rule, he might as well have resigned. His game was
hopeless.} 0-1

[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 "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8
5.Bd3 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5
11.Be4 c6 12.f4 Qc7 13.c4 Nb6 14.b3 Nd7 15.Be3 Nxe5 16.O-O {It
is obvious that he cannot take the Knight on account of Qxe5
with a winning advantage.} Nd7 17.Rb1 Nf6 18.Bc2 c5 19.Ng3 b6
20.Qe1 Bb7 21.f5 Rad8 22.Qf2 e6 {Somewhat risky, as it weakens
the King's Pawn.} 23.Bf4 Qc6 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Qe2 Rd4 26.Be5
Rd7 27.Rbe1 Rfd8 28.Bxf6 Rd2 29.Be4 {He could have given up
the Queen for three pieces by 29.Qe4 Rxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Qd7
31.Bxd8, etc.} Rxe2 30.Bxc6 Rxe1 31.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Bxc6
{Black comes out with a winning advantage.} 33.Bc7 b5 34.Bd6
Bf8 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Kf2 bxc4 37.bxc4 Bb7 38.Nf1 Ke7 39.Nd2 Kd6
40.g3 a5 41.Ke3 a4 42.a3 Ke5 43.Nb1 g5 44.Nc3 Bc6 45.Nd1 Be4
46.Nc3 Bc2 47.Ne2 h5 48.Nc3 h4 49.g4 Bb3 50.Ne4 Bxc4 51.Nxc5
Bf1 52.Nxa4 Bxh3 53.Kf3 Kd4 54.Nb6 e5 55.Nd7 e4 56.Kf2 e3
57.Ke1 Bxg4 58.Nf6 Bf3 59.Nh7 g4 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 "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4
5.Ne5 {This is premature.} O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nd3 Bd6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Be2 a6 13.Na3 Re8 14.O-O
Ne4 15.Bf3 Qh4 {Black has now a strong attack.} 16.g3 Qf6
17.Bg2 h5 18.Rc1 h4 19.Bc3 Qg5 20.Nf4 {Black threatened hxg3
followed by Nxg3, and then Qxe3+ with a winning position.}
hxg3 21.hxg3 Be6 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Kg2 Rg6 25.Rh1
{To prevent the sacrifice of the Bishop.} Ne5 26.Rh5 Qe7 {Qf6
would still have maintained the attack.} 27.Qh1 f6 28.Bxe5
fxe5 29.Rc8+ Kf7 30.Rf5+ Ke6 31.Qh3 Rf6 32.Rg5 Kd5 33.Qg4 Rf7
34.Rg6 Rf6 35.Rxg7 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qf6+ 37.Kg1 Qf3 38.Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Eugene Delmar"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 {The
beginning of a plan which in no way retards the adversary's
development.} 4.Nh3 e5 5.dxe5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Qxe5 7.Bf4 Qe7 {Qc5
was the right move.} 8.O-O d5 9.Re1 {On this Mr. Steinitz made
the following comment: "The depth and beauty of this and the
following move will show themselves fully seven moves later
from this point.} Nbd7 {Kd8 or Kf7 might have prolonged the
resistance, but in either case I would have gone on with the
text move.} 10.e4 fxe4 11.f3 Nc5 12.fxe4 Ncxe4 13.Nf2 Bf5
14.g4 Bg6 15.g5 Nh5 16.Bxe4 Nxf4 {If 16...dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxf4
18.Nd6+ and wins equally.} 17.Bxg6+ hxg6 18.Qg4 Nh5 19.Nd3 Kf7
20.Rxe7+ Bxe7 21.Ne5+ Kg8 22.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6
5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8 10.Bf3 {f4
followed by this move was stronger and more natural. It would
have formed a strong center and made ready for an advance on
the King's side.} Bf8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bc1 {Here the Bishop
obstructs the action of the Rook and serves no good purpose.}
g5 13.g3 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bg7 15.Qd1 Bc6 16.Re1 Qd7 17.Bg2 Re7
18.Qd3 {He might as well played this instead of move 15, and
thus saved time.} Rae8 19.Bd2 Ng4 20.f3 {A weak move. Closing
in the Bishop and driving the Knight to a better square.} Ne5
21.Qf1 d5 22.Rad1 {Mr Steinitz remarked of this: "Very
feasible but for the deep and ingenious countermine which the
oponent springs upon him. He had, however, also a bad game
after 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.Bc3 Nc6, etc.} dxe4 {The
same commentator remarks: "Very fine play, and leading to a
still more beautiful surprise".} 23.Bxg5 exf3 24.Bh1 {Rxd7
would be ruinous.} Nd3 {And again: "A splendid master coup of
the highest ingenuity".} 25.Rxe7 Bd4+ 26.Be3 Rxe7 27.Qxd3 Rxe3
28.Qxd4 Re1+ 29.Kf2 Qxd4+ 30.Rxd4 Rxh1 31.h4 Rc1 32.Ne4 Rxc2+
33.Kxf3 f5 {Black gets a strong Pawn that wins in a few
moves.} 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau GER"]
[Date "1889.07.25"]
[EventDate "1889.07.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4
c5 6.dxc5 Nxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 {This gives White a slight
advantage.} Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.Qh5 Bd7
13.Rf3 g6 14.Rg3 Kh8 15.Qh6 Rg8 16.Be3 Bf8 17.Qh3 Nb7 18.Nf3
Rg7 19.Rf1 {A few moves later I discovered that R-Ksq would
have been stronger.} c5 20.Bc1 Be7 21.Nd1 Bc6 22.Ne3 {The
turning point of the game. I aferwards demonstrated that
Kt-B2, followed by R-K sq so as to prevent B-K 5, would have
given White a winning postion. White could also have won the
exchange at least by P-B5.} d4 23.Ng4 Be4 24.Nf6 Bf5 25.Qh6
Qd8 26.Qg5 Nd6 {I quite overlooked this beautiful move: it
breaks the attack and practically decides the game.} 27.exd6
Bxf6 28.Qh6 Qxd6 29.Ne5 Be7 30.Ra3 f6 31.Nc4 Qd5 32.Nd2 Bxc2
33.g4 c4 34.Rg3 Bc5 35.Nf3 Be4 36.Kg2 Rb8 37.Kh3 Bf8 38.Ne1
Rf7 39.Qh4 g5 40.fxg5 fxg5 41.Rxf7 gxh4 42.Rg1 Bg6 43.Rc7 Bd6
44.Rd7 Qc6 45.Rxa7 Bc5 46.Ra5 Qb6 47.Ra4 Qb5 48.Bf4 Rf8
49.Be5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 Qe7 {This line of defence was often adopted by
Anderssen, but is not now considered good.} 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 b4 10.Nd1 Ba6 {This move prevents B or Ne3, but is not
good.} 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Ne3 Bxe3 {He cannot permit
Nf5. Tis move shows the weakness of Ba6.} 14.Qxe3 Nc5 15.Nd2
Qa7 {To release the Knight and threatening Nxd3+ if Bxf6. A
move with great possibilities but h6 was the sounder.} 16.Qg3
{This illuminates the weak spot in Black's last move.} Nfd7
17.Be3 {Pinning the Knight and threatening to Castle.} g6
18.O-O O-O 19.Qf2 Kg7 {It is difficult to suggest anything
better.} 20.Qh4 {AS MR Steinitz has it, playing for higher
game than a Pawn.} f6 21.Qh6+ Kh8 22.Rf3 {Black is now menaced
with an irresistable attack.} Rae8 23.Qxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rh3+ Kg7
25.Bh6+ Kh8 26.Bxf8# {This was the first game finished in the
New York Tournament. It was plyed on the board on which Morphy
played his immortal game with Paulsen, and which was brought
specially for me to play on.} 1-0

[Event "Bradford"]
[Site "Bradford"]
[Date "1890.08.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.d4 Bg4 {First played by
Chigorin.} 3.Ne5 Bf5 4.c4 f6 5.Nf3 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 e6
8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Nh4 {This kind of move seldom turns out well.} Bg4
10.e3 Nc6 11.a3 Rc8 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.Na4 {Another useless sort of
move.} Nge7 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bf7 16.Nf3 O-O 17.Nc5 {This does
not turn out favorable for White. Black gets a stong center,
and is quickly enabled to establish.} Bxc5 18.dxc5 e5 19.Qa4
Be8 20.Rc1 e4 21.Ng1 f5 22.Be2 Qe6 23.b4 Ne5 24.Qd1 fxg4
25.hxg4 Qxg4 {Decisive. If Bxg4 Black mates in two moves.}
26.Bc3 Qg2 27.Bxe5 Qxh1 28.Kf1 Bd7 29.f3 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John Owen"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} b6 2.Nc3 {Not a good move. d4 or
Nf3 would have been the correct play.} Bb7 3.d4 e6 4.Bd3 Nf6
{He fails to take advantage of White's weak second move. c5
would have broken up the center to Black's advantage.} 5.Nge2
d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O Nd7 9.exd5 exd5 10.Nf4 O-O
{Black has now got a bad game. He must abandon the Pawn or
worse will befall him.} 11.Nfxd5 g6 12.Be4 c6 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6
14.Qf3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 f5 16.Qe6+ Kg7 17.Rfe1 Qxd4 {Giving an
opportunity for the other Rook to come into action. His game
is now hopeless.} 18.Rad1 Qf6 19.Rd7+ Rf7 20.Qxf7+
{Decisive. Black must now lose a piece.} Qxf7 21.Ree7 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 {It has not
yet been proved that this defence leads to a lost game.} 4.d3
{Qe2 is probably the correct play.} d6 5.exf5 Nf6 6.Nh4 Be7
7.Bg5 O-O 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.b3 {Rb1 is the better
defence.} Qe8 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ne4 {If Bxe7, a piece is won by
Nxc3.} Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Nf4 14.Qd2 c5 15.O-O-O Qc6 16.Rhe1 a5
17.Qxa5 {After this his game is lost.} Ra8 18.Qc3 Rxa2 19.Ne4
Nd5 20.Qd2 Qa6 21.Qg5 Qa5 22.Nd2 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "Habana (Cuba)"]
[Site "Habana (Cuba)"]
[Date "1891.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Clemente Vazquez"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6
5.b4 Bxb4 6.c3 Be7 {This is the best square for the Bishop
when White Castles before offering the Gambit.} 7.d4 O-O 8.d5
{The usual move is dxe5.} Nb8 9.Qe2 d6 10.Ne1 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Ne8
12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Nd2 Bf6 15.Rb1 {Senor Vazquez
suggested afterwards that Rc1 was better.} Ng6 16.Rb3 Nxf4
17.Rxf4 Be5 18.Rf2 Nf6 19.h3 Nd7 20.Nc4 Nc5 21.Ra3 {Rather
have given up the exchange than moved the Rook out of
play. For instance:-21.Nxe5 Nxb3 22.Nxf7 Rxf7 23.Rxf7 Kxf7
24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.e5 and White has a strong attack.} Qe7 22.Nf3
f6 23.Ne3 Re8 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Nc4 Qg5 26.Kh2 Bd7 27.Nd2 f5
28.c4 fxe4 29.Bxe4 Qe5+ 30.g3 Nxe4 31.Re3 Nxf2 {Black could
also have played Nxg3, but the move made is more forcing.}
32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.Qxf2 Rf8 34.Qd4 {He has no good move for his
Queen. If Qg2, Rfe8 wins easily.} Re2+ 35.Kg1 Bxh3 36.a4 Rg2+
37.Kh1 Rff2 38.Qh4 Rh2+ 39.Kg1 Rfg2+ 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1891.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Enrique Conill / G Lopez"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Qf3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Bc5 {This is the weak move of the defence,
Be7 is better.} 7.Qg3 Kf8 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3
11.cxd3 Nc6 12.d4 Be7 13.O-O Bxg5+ 14.Nxg5 Nd8 15.Rae1 Kg8
16.e6 fxe6 17.Qxc7 h6 {If, they had played 17...Qc6, I had
planned the following pretty variation - 18.Rxe6 Qb5, (It is
obvious ...Nxe6 ...Qxe6 or ...Qxc6 would each be followed by
mate.) 19.Rf8+ Kxf8 20.Qe7+ Kg8 21.Qe8+ Qxe8 21.Rxe8 mate.}
18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Qd6 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1891.03.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Celso Golmayo Zupide"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7
5.Nge2 Nh6 6.d3 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd2 Kh8 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Nd5 e6
11.Ne3 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Nxf5 Rxf5 {At the time I thought
exf5 the best move, and then have a fight for the King's
file.} 14.Nf4 Rf8 15.Qe1 Qe8 16.Bc3 Qf7 {If possible he ought
not to have allowed the exchange of Bishops, therefore Nd4 was
better.} 17.Bxg7+ Kxg7 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Rbe1 a6 {Too slow. He
ought to have gone in for some attack on the King's side by
h5.} 20.b3 Rbe8 21.Nh3 h6 22.f4 Bc8 23.Nf2 Qc7 {A bad move,
which virtually loses the game.} 24.Ng4 e5 25.f5 g5 26.f6 Kh8
27.Nxh6 Be6 28.Qxg5 d5 29.f7 Re7 30.Rf6 Bxf7 31.Nxf7+ Rexf7
32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Rg6+ Rg7 34.Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1891.03.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Clemente Vazquez"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 6.d3 {The position now is identical with the Four
Knight's or Giuco Pianissimo, as it has been called.} Bg4
7.Ne2 Qd7 8.Be3 Bb6 9.c3 Nh5 {It would have been better to
take the Knight with the Bishop before making this move.}
10.Ng5 O-O 11.Bxb6 axb6 12.f3 Be6 13.Qe1 {Threatening an
attack on the King, but Bxe6 was sounder.} Bxc4 14.dxc4 h6
15.Nh3 f5 16.exf5 Qxf5 17.g4 Qd7 18.Qh4 Nf6 19.g5 {Seemingly a
promising line of attack, but it wanted the preparotory Khi,
followed by Rg1.} hxg5 20.Nxg5 Ne7 21.Kh1 Ng6 22.Qg3 Nh5
23.Qf2 Nhf4 24.Rg1 Qf5 25.Nxf4 Nxf4 26.Qh4 {This attack was
useless. Rg3, preparing to double the Rooks, would have led to
a fairly even game.} Rf6 27.Ne4 Rg6 28.a3 Rf8 29.Rg5 Rxg5
30.Nxg5 Rf6 31.Ne4 Rg6 32.Rg1 Nh3 33.Rg3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[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 "Belfast"]
[Site "Belfast"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6
5.Bxc6+ {Anderssen considered tis the best line of play when
the d6 line of play was adopted, and perhaps he was right.}
bxc6 6.d4 {Here Anderssen advised d3.} exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.O-O
g6 9.Bd2 Bg7 10.Bc3 {Threatening Nxc6.} f6 11.f4 Nh6 12.Nd2
O-O 13.Qe2 c5 14.Qc4+ Rf7 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.Qxe6 Qd7 17.Qd5 c6
18.Qc4 Bf8 19.Bxf6 {Only the loan of a Pawn.} Ng4 20.e5 d5
21.Qe2 Nxf6 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Rae1 c4 24.g3 Rb8 25.b3 cxb3
26.axb3 Bb4 27.Rd1 Re6 28.Qg4 {Perhaps he might have taken the
a-Pawn with safety, but as the draw secured him a prize he was
right not to risk anything. I accepted the draw as it made no
difference to me, and I thought I had none the best of the
position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 {The
authorities are pretty well agreed that d5 gives Black the
better game.} 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.h3 Ne8 8.g4 {To
prevent f5, and also to establish an attack on the King's
quarters.} g6 9.Bh6 Ng7 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O-O Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4
13.Ne2 c5 14.f4 f6 15.f5 Bf7 16.h4 a5 {My only chance is
counter attack. It is a question of who will be first.} 17.Ng3
Bxa2 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.h5 g5 20.Nf5 {This is what I hoped for. I
give up the exchange, but I have more tha an eqivalent in
attack.} Nxf5 21.Bxf8 Ne3 22.Bxe7+ Qxe7 23.Rdg1 a4 24.Qe2 {To
make an outlet for the King.} Be6 25.Kd2 Qd8 26.Ra1 a3 {This
move is decisive. If bxa3 or b3, Qa5+ wins easily.} 27.Rhb1 a2
28.Rg1 Qb6 29.Kc1 c4 30.dxc4 Nxc4 31.b3 d3 32.cxd3 Qxg1+
33.Bf1 Bxg4 34.Qe1 Qd4 {This game was awrded the prize for
brilliancy.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings (England)"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Colburn"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6
5.Bd2 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.O-O-O O-O 8.f4 d5 9.exd5 Nb4 10.Bc4 Bf5
11.Bb3 Nexd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qf3 {Qc5 is the right move.} Qf6
14.c3 Nb4 15.Bc4 Qa6 16.g4 Qxa2 17.Be3 Bxc3 {White cannot save
the mate.} 0-1

[Event "09.DSB-Kongress"]
[Site "09.12 R13 GER Leipzig"]
[Date "1894.09.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.e4 {It is
as well to get a great theorist like Dr. Tarrasch out of the
books as soon as possible. He made the right reply. If
4...dxe4 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Ng5 with a good position. If 4...Qa5+
5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.exd5 and afterwards Nc3 with an advantage.} Bxc5
5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.exd5 exd5 7.O-O Nge7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 Bg4 10.Be2
a6 11.h3 Be6 12.a3 Ng6 13.Bh2 Ba7 14.Qd2 d4 15.Ne4 b5 16.Rad1
h6 {Not good at this point. It weakens the King side.} 17.Bd3
{Taking prompt advantage of the weak move.} Qd7 18.Rfe1 Rad8
19.Ng3 Kh8 20.Be4 Qc8 21.Ne2 Bd5 22.Nf4 {If Ndxe4 Nxd4 23.Nxd4
Bxe4 24.Rxe4 c5 with the best of it.} Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Bxe4
24.Rxe4 Rfe8 25.Rde1 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Qf5 {To prevent Bxh6, but it
brings the Queen into a dangerous place.} 27.Qd3 Qd5 28.Ne5
Ne7 29.Bd2 f6 30.Nf3 Nc6 31.Rh4 Qc4 32.Qg6 {The last move of
Black permits White to deliver his attack in full force.} Ne7
33.Rxh6+ {Winning at least a piece and two Pawns for the
Rooks.} gxh6 34.Qxf6+ Kg8 35.Qxe7 Qc8 {Thinking White had
designs on the Bishop.} 36.Ne5 {...Rf8 was useless against
Bxh6.} 1-0

[Event "Britain"]
[Site "Britain"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.d4 exd4
5.Nxd4 g6 {Playing against me in the Vienna tournament,
Steinitz continued with Nxd4, which is better than the text
move.} 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.h4 d6 9.h5 Ne5 10.Be2 Bd7 11.f4
N5c6 12.Qd2 Nxd4 {The exchanges are not good, as the Bishop
had defensive work to do at home, and a way is now opened up
for a fatal attack on the King's side.} 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4
Nc6 15.Qd2 Be6 16.O-O-O Qf6 17.g4 Rad8 18.f5 gxf5 19.gxf5 Bc8
20.Nd5 Qe5 21.Qh6 Kh8 22.Nf6 Bxf5 23.exf5 Qxf5 24.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Britain"]
[Site "Britain"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3
Nf6 6.Nge2 Bc5 7.Ng3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8 9.b4 {They think Castling
well worth the sacrifice of a Pawn.} Bd4 10.Bb2 cxd5 11.Qb3
dxc4 12.Bxc4 Be6 13.Bxe6 Rxe6 14.Nf5 Nc6 15.Ne2 Bxb2 16.Qxb2
Qb6 {With this move the idea of the combination begins to take
shape.} 17.a3 Rd8 18.O-O-O Qb5 19.Neg3 Rd3 20.Kb1 Qa4 21.Ka2
Rxa3+ 22.Qxa3 Nxb4+ 23.Kb2 Qc2+ 24.Ka1 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Clifton"]
[Site "Clifton"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John Berry"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Be7
5.Bc4 Bh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.O-O gxh2 8.Kh1 {The game has now been
transposed into a Cunningham or Three Pawns Gambit.} Nh6 9.d4
Na5 10.Be2 d6 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.Nd5 Bg3 {Useless. He should have
brought out the QB to be ready to Castle on that side.} 13.Qd2
c6 14.Qxh6 cxd5 15.Qg7 Rf8 16.Qxg3 dxe4 17.Nd2 d5 18.Bh5 Nc6
19.Bxf7+ Kd7 20.Nb3 Ne7 21.Be6+ {The decisive stroke. If the
King takes, Knight mates.} Kc6 22.Qc3+ Kd6 23.Bf7 b6 24.Rf6+
Kd7 25.Raf1 Rxf7 26.Rxf7 Bb7 27.Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "David Forsyth"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.c3
Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bg5 Qb6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qc2 {Giving up a Pawn
for the sake of rapid development.} cxd4 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4
Qxd4 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.e4 {White has now the better position.}
dxe4 14.Nxe4 Be7 15.Rfd1 Qb6 16.Rxd7 Kxd7 17.Qa4+ Kc7 18.Rc1+
Kb8 19.Qd7 Qd8 {If instead of this he had played 19...Bb4 then
20.Nxf6 and if then 20...Rd8 21.Qc8+ and mate next move.}
20.Nxf6 Qb6 21.Qc8+ Rxc8 22.Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.e5 Be7 9.h4 f6 10.Ng5 fxg5
11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.hxg5 Kg8 13.Rh8+ Kxh8 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.g6 Rf5
16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8# {Note - A curious fact about this game is
that move for move I played it exactly in the same way twice
in one week, once at Hastings and once at Eastbourne, in the
year 1894.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Cheshire / Dobell"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5
5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.d4 d5 9.Bxf4 Nf6 10.e5 Nh5
11.Be2 Nxf4 12.O-O h5 13.Rxf4+ Kg7 14.Qd2 Be7 15.Raf1 Be6
16.Rf6 Bxf6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 {Best. He gets an equivalent in force
for his Queen, but his position remains weak.} 18.exf6 Kf7
19.Bd3 Rag8 {To prevent the meditated sacrifice of the Bishop
at g6.} 20.Qf4 g3 21.Qxc7+ Kxf6 22.Nxd5+ {After this Black's
game is helpless.}Bxd5 23.Qd6+ Be6 24.d5 Nd8 25.dxe6 Nxe6
26.Bc4 Re8 27.Qxg3 Rhg8 28.Qf3+ Ke5 29.Qxh5+ Kd6 30.Qd5+ Kc7
31.Qe5+ Kd7 32.Bb5+ Ke7 33.Bxe8 Rxe8 34.h5 Kf7 35.h6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dobell / Elsden"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 {This
defence is worth trying occasionally, though it has been much
discredited since the Lasker-Steinitz match.} 4.c3 Bd7 {f5
could also be played.} 5.d3 {d4 is bolder and better.} g6
6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 {This manouver of the Knight is not so good
when the adverse g-Pawn is on its third square.} Nce7 8.Bxd7+
{This Bishop is too powerful to be lightly exchanged. Bc4 was
better.} Qxd7 9.Qb3 c6 10.Ng5 {Premature.} d5 11.Ne3 h6 12.Nf3
f5 {This quickens the action of the game.} 13.exd5 cxd5 14.h3
O-O-O 15.d4 e4 16.Ng1 Nc6 17.Qa4 Kb8 18.Bd2 f4 19.Nc2 g5
20.O-O-O Nge7 21.b4 Ne5 22.Qxd7 Nd3+ {Now the Knight has
obtained a menacing vantage point.} 23.Kb1 Rxd7 24.Rf1 Nf5
25.Ne1 Nxf2 26.Rxf2 e3 27.Bxe3 Nxe3 28.Ngf3 Rc7 29.Nc2 Rxc3
30.Re1 Rhc8 31.Nxe3 fxe3 32.Rfe2 R8c4 33.Kb2 a5 34.bxa5 Bf8
35.a4 {Mate in three was threatened, beginning with Ba3+.}
Ba3+ 36.Ka1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 f5 {The interest in this game lies in the fact that at
one time great things were expected from this Counter Gambit
to the Evans; an invention by Herr Oscar Cordell. It has been
proved unsound by subsequent analysis.} 6.Bxg8 {It would
perhaps have been wiser simply to play d4.} fxe4 7.Qb3 {Bd5
could have been played.} Qf6 8.Ng5 Qxg5 9.Qf7+ Kd8 10.cxb4 d6
11.O-O {Qf8+, followed by Castles, was better.} Bh3 12.g3 Nd4
13.Nc3 Be6 14.Qf8+ Kd7 15.Qxa8 Rxg8 16.Qxb7 Nf3+ 17.Kh1 Qh5
18.h4 Qg4 19.Qb5+ Ke7 20.Nd5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1894.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6
5.d3 Nc6 6.c3 {The Knight is generally brought out at this
stage. The text move is almost obsolete.} O-O 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6
9.fxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Na3 Ne7 12.Bb3 Be6 13.Bxf6 gxf6
14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.dxc4 {Better than taking with the Bishop. In
fact it gives White a winning position. The Black Bishop, as
will presently be seen, is practically shut out of the game.}
Qxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Rad8 17.c5 Rxd1+ 18.Kxd1 Rd8+ 19.Ke2 Ba7 20.a5
{To prevent any attempt to release the Bishop.} c6 21.Rf1 Ng6
22.g3 Bb8 23.Nd2 Kg7 24.Nc4 Ne7 25.Ne3 Bc7 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Bxd1
Kf8 28.Kd3 Ke8 29.Bg4 Kd8 30.Nf5 Ng8 31.Kc4 Bb8 32.Bh3 Bc7
{Black is powerless to prevent the White King's advance.}
33.Kd3 Bb8 34.Ke3 Bc7 35.Kf3 Bb8 36.Kg4 Bc7 37.Kh5 Ke8 38.Nd6+
Bxd6 39.cxd6 Kd8 40.Bf5 {The Knight is lost.} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1894.09.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6
5.Na4 Nc6 6.Ne2 Be6 7.d3 Qd7 8.h3 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.c4 O-O
11.f4 Qe7 12.f5 Bd7 13.g4 Ne8 14.g5 {White advances to the
attack with much dash. Black's position is somewhat critical.}
f6 15.h4 g6 {Breaking the Pawns.} 16.h5 {Here White might have
paused in his attack and have played Ng3 with advantage.} gxf5
17.g6 f4 18.gxh7+ Kxh7 19.d4 Bg4 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.Qd2 Bxe2
22.Qxe2 f3 23.Qd2 {Risking everything for the attack.} fxg2
24.Qxg2 {He sees too late that Qh6+ leads to nothing.} Qg7
25.Bg5 Nd4 26.Rd1 Rg8 27.Rg1 Ne6 28.Qf3 Nxg5 29.Qf5+ Kh6
30.Rd2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.10"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.f4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.g3 {One
of Bird's innovations, but not so strong as the usual move
Nf3.} f5 {h5 may also be played with advantage.} 5.d3 Nf6 6.c3
Nc6 7.Bg2 Ne5 8.Nd2 Qe7 9.Nf1 Bd7 10.Bf4 {Perhaps White is
right in not taking the b-pawn, as it would lose time, and
still further weaken his position.} O-O 11.Bxe5 Bxe5 12.Qc2
Kh8 13.Bf3 {Castling would certainly have been better, but
even then his position would not be easy.} Rab8 14.Qd2 Rfe8
15.h3 {White's last two moves have not in anyway improved his
position; if anything, the reverse.} Qd6 16.Kf2 c5 17.e3 Bb5
{An awkward move to parry, and there does not appear any
better defence than the one selected.} 18.Rd1 Rbd8 19.c4 Bc6
20.Qe2 b5 21.b3 bxc4 22.bxc4 Ba4 23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Nd2 {White's
position is now hopeless. Mr. Lasker's play throughout the
whole of this game is characterised by his usual correctness
and force, but who would recognise Mr. Bird's play? He
evidently was out of form this day, or it may be this opening
is not suited to his attacking style.} Bxg3+ 25.Kg2 Bh4 26.Rh2
Bc2 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.d4 cxd4 29.exd4 Re8 30.Qf1 Re1 31.c5 Qxd4
32.Qxe1 Bxe1 33.Nb3 Bxb3 34.axb3 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.09.02"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Samuel Tinsley"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6
5.Bd3 Nc6 {This is not the ordinary move and does not turn out
well.} 6.c3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6 9.O-O Nd5 10.Bd2 f5 {This
is not a judicious advance as it weakens the King's side,
already enfeebled by the Rook's Pawn. P-QKt2, making an outlet
for the Bishop,would have been superior.} 11.Ng3 Bg5 12.Rfe1
Bxd2 13.Qxd2 Bd7 14.Rad1 Qf6 15.Bc2 {The begining of a strong
combination.} Rad8 16.c4 Nde7 17.b4 Bc8 18.Qc3 Ng6 {Further
cramping his game.} 19.Nh5 Qf7 20.d5 exd5 {It makes no
difference what he does. The position is hopeless.} 21.cxd5
Nb8 22.d6 cxd6 23.Bb3 d5 24.Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.19"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 {In the book
of the Hastings Tournament this is called a good move, but it
generally leads to a shoddy game. The ordinary Nf6 is more
developing.} 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2
dxc4 {This move leaves White with the stronger center,
theoretically the object of this opening.} 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Rd1
exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Qc7 13.h3 Ng6 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.Be1 Nh4
16.Nf3 Bf5 17.Qa4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Qe5 19.g3 Bxh3 {An open file
and a good attacking position is worth more than the lost
Pawn.} 20.Ne2 Bc5 21.Qh4 {Black threatened Bxe3, etc.} Be6
22.Bc3 Qf5 23.Kg2 Bd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 {If Knight takes, e4 wins.}
25.g4 Qe6 26.Nf4 Qd6 27.Rh1 Rfd8 28.g5 d4 29.gxf6 h6 30.exd4
{Because if ...Bxd4 31.Nd5 Bxc3 32.bxc3 and Black cannot
prevent Ne7+ or Qg5.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Be2 Bc5 {Nf6 is the best
answer.} 3.Nf3 d6 4.O-O Nf6 5.c3 Bb6 6.Na3 {With an idea of
changing Knight for Bishop.} O-O {Nxe4 would be answered by
Qa4+.} 7.Qc2 a6 8.Nc4 Ba7 9.d3 Be6 10.Ne3 Nc6 11.Kh1 Ne8
12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 d5 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.g4 f6 16.Be3 d4 {There
was no objection to exchanging Bishops.} 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Bf4
Qd5 19.Kg1 Ne5 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Ng5 c6 22.Bf3 Qd7 23.Rfe1 Bb8
24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.Ne6 Rf7 26.Nc5 {Nxd4 looks better than it
really is 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Qxb7 Bxh2+, and then he can safely
take the Queen.} Qe7 27.Qxb7 Qxb7 28.Nxb7 Rxb7 29.Bxc6 Raa7
30.Bxe8 Rxb2 31.Ba4 Kg8 32.Rac1 Kf8 {Losing a second Pawn, but
his position is so bad that it is doubtful whether he had
anything better.} 33.Rc8+ Ke7 34.Bb3 Bd6 35.f4 Rc7 36.Rxc7+
Bxc7 37.fxe5 Ba5 38.f6+ gxf6 39.exf6+ Kxf6 40.Re6+ Kg7 41.Rxa6
1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Marco"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by J. H. Blackburne}e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
dxe4 {Recommended by Lasker} 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 {Mr. Burn
is of opinion that this is the best way of taking the bishop,
and probably he is right.} 7.c3 {Unnecessary at present;
therefore better to develop by Bd3.} f5 8.Ng3 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6
10.Bb5 Qb6 11.Bxc6+ {This gives Black the better game,
stronger would have been Qe2.} bxc6 12.O-O h5 {Better than
taking the b-pawn as White might, in that case, have obtained
some attack by Ne5 followed by Qh5.} 13.Qd2 h4 14.Ne2 Ba6
15.Rfe1 {Timidly played. Castling on the queen's side must be
prevented at all hazards, therefore dxc5 followed by b4 was
more to the purpose.} O-O-O 16.a3 Rh7 17.b4 c4 18.a4 Rg7
19.Reb1 Rdg8 20.Ne1 Bb7 21.f3 Qd8 22.b5 {A bad move; Qa2
attacking the c-pawn would have given a little relief.} c5
23.Qe3 Qc7 24.a5 Bg5 {Well played, forcing f4, thereby
weakening White's position.} 25.f4 Be7 26.g3 Qd7 {This also is
the right move. The latter part of this game is a good
specimen of Mr. Burn's play.} 27.dxc5 hxg3 28.hxg3 Qd5 29.c6
Bc5 30.cxb7 Kxb7 31.Nd4 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. H. Blackburne} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 {An
inferior defence ; the capture of this Pawn is the source of
all Black's subsequent troubles. e6 is the correct move.} 4.e3
e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 b6 {An
error ; a6 seems to be the only move at this juncture.} 10.d5
{Well played and strong, taking immediate advantage of Black's
last move.} Ne8 11.Re1 {Pressing the attack with great vigour,
better than dxe6 at once.} Bb7 {Fatal, but Black’s game is
hopelessly gone.} 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Qxd8 Bxd8 14.Rxe6 Kh8
15.Rae1 Nf6 16.Bd6 Rg8 17.Ne5 g6 18.Nf7+ Kg7 19.Nxd8 Rxd8
20.Rxf6 {White plays this ending with great accuracy, quite in
his old form.} Kxf6 21.Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Beniamino Vergani"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Be2 Bd6
5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 {This move, in all openings on the queen's
side, was condemned by the old masters, but is frequently
adopted by many players of the present day. The object of the
move is to break up the center later on by e5.} 7.c5
{Premature. Nc3 or Qb3 was the correct play.} Bc7 8.b4 a5 9.b5
cxb5 10.Bxb5 Nc6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qb3 {Rb1 is stronger.} Re8
13.Bb2 {Again a weak move. Ba3 or Na4 and White's game is all
right.} Rb8 14.Rab1 Qe7 15.a3 b6 16.Qa4 Rec8 17.Kh1 {Of course
White could not win the knight on account of Bxh2+ winning the
queen but g3 would have been stronger than the move made.} Qe8
18.cxb6 Rxb6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Qc2 {White's game is now very
bad.} Bd6 21.Nd2 Bd7 22.Rfc1 Qe7 23.Ra1 Rcb8 {This is
necessary before playing ...Ng4 for suppose 23...Ng4 24 Nxd5
exd5 25 Qxc8+ Bxc8 26 Rxc8+ and White wins a pawn.} 24.Ra2 Ng4
25.Nf3 Bxh2 26.Nd1 Qf6 27.Nxh2 Qh4 28.Qc7 e5 {Black finishes
the game in fine style.} 29.Kg1 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.28"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.Nf3 O-O 6.Rc1 {Perhaps it is better to play the King's Pawn
before this move.} dxc4 7.e3 {e4 could also be played, and
would have led to a more open game.} c5 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6
10.O-O Qa5 {Qb6 is more attacking and appears stronger.}
11.Bf4 {This Bishop ought to have retired to e3 at once.} Rd8
12.Nb5 Ne8 13.Be3 a6 14.Nc3 Nf6 {Bf6, bringing one more Piece
to bear on the weak Queen's Pawn, would have given Black a
good game.} 15.Qe2 b5 16.Bb3 Bb7 17.Rfd1 Nb4 18.Ne5 Rac8 19.a3
Nbd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qf3 f5 {This
loses; f6 might probably have saved the game.} 24.Qg3 Kg7
25.h4 Qd8 {An unaccountable blunder; the game, however, could
not be saved.} 26.Bh6+ Kg8 27.Nxg6 Bf6 28.Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. H. Blackburne} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4
4. Nc3 Nc6 {This brings about a drawish position of the Four
Knights’ Opening; ... Nxc3, and then defending Pawn by ...f6,
is perfectly safe.} 5. Nxe4 {Bxf7+ is sometimes played, but
Black comes out with the superior game.} d5 6. Bb5 dxe4
7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ng4 Ba6 {This certainly prevents
Castling on the King’s side, but ...f5 would have been a
stronger and more attacking line of play.} 10. Ne3 Qe6 11. b3
Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qg4 {Forcing the exchange of Queens, and
thereby securing a draw.} Qxg4 14. Nxg4 Rae8 15. c4 f5 16. Ne3
f4 17. Nc2 c5 { Unnecessary, because the Knight could not go
to d4 with advantage.} 18. O-O-O Bc8 19. Rde1 Bf5 20. g3 {g4
would he more vigorous, because the Bishop could not take the
Pawn on account of Rg1.} Bg6 21. Bc3 Re7 22. Rhg1 {Again g4 is
the proper play.} Ref7 23. g4 Be7 24. g5 Bd6 25. h4 Re7
26. Rh1 Bh5 27. Rhg1 Bg6 {Both players appear satisfied with
the draw.} 28. Rh1 Bh5 29. Rhg1 Bg6 30. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Nxe5 {Castling gives a more lasting attack. The
text move leads to a rapid exchange of pieces and leaves
nothing to combine with.} Nxe5 7.d4 Bb4 8.dxe5 Nxe4 9.Qd4 Nxc3
10.bxc3 c5 11.Qe3 Qa5 12.cxb4 {Some lively variations arise
from e6, but with the best defence the result is a draw.}
Qxb4+ 13.Bd2 Qxa4 14.Qxc5 Qe4+ 15.Be3 {Kd1 might also be
played with perfect safety for if ...Qxg2, White replies with
Bb4 and ought to win.} b6 16.Qa3 Qxe5 17.O-O Qe7 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7
19.Bxb6 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.20"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.exd5 e4 7.dxc6 dxc6 8.Be2 {Bc4 is better.} exf3
9.Bxf3 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.c3 {This only drives the Bishop to a
stronger position. d4 at once is certainly better.} Bd6
12.Qb3+ {A useless check; the Queen is completely out of play
for the rest of the game. d4 was the correct move.} Kh8 13.d4
Qh4 14.g3 Qf6 15.h3 h5 16.Kg2 h4 17.Rg1 {White is now in
difficulties, but this move makes matters worse. Qc2
preventing the move Qg6 seems to be the only move.} hxg3
18.fxg3 f4 19.Bxf4 {This loses a piece, but gxf4 is not much
better, as in the latter case Qh4 wins easily.} g5 20.Bxd6
Qxf3+ 21.Kh2 cxd6 22.Rgf1 Qe2+ 23.Kg1 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.08.08"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Schallopp"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 {An old
variation resuscitated by Charousek against Pillsbury at the
Nuremberg Tournament.} Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Nd2 Qxd5
8.g4 {This is the novelty relied upon by Charousek.} Be7 9.Bg2
Qa5 10.Bxe4 {gxf5, is the proper move, and Black's best reply
is Nd6, not Nf6, as Pillsbury played. The text move is fatal.}
fxe4 11.c3 O-O 12.Nxe4 Nc6 13.f5 Bh4+ 14.Nf2 Bxf5 15.gxf5 Rae8
16.Be3 Bxf2+ 17.Qxf2 Rxf5 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.b4 Qb5 20.a4 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.08.03"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5
{Leading back to the old form of the French.} exd5 5.Nf3 Bd6
6.Bd3 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.Ne5 Bh5 10.c3 Bg6 11.f4 Bxd3
12.Qxd3 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.O-O-O Bxe5 16.fxe5 Nb6
17.h4 Qd7 18.Rdf1 c5 19.Nf5 Kh8 20.Qg3 Rg8 21.Nd6 Raf8 22.dxc5
Nc4 23.Rf2 Nxd6 24.cxd6 Re8 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Rfd2 d4 27.Rxd4 Qxa2
28.d7 Rd8 29.Qf3 Qe6 30.Qd5 Qh6+ 31.R1d2 Qe3 32.Re4 Qh6
33.Qxf7 {Finishing neatly.} Rgf8 34.e6 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.07.25"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 O-O {It is not advisable to Castle too early in
the Giuco.} 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.Bb3 {Intending to get the
Knight to e3 via c4.} Be6 10.O-O Bxb3 {Exchanging gives White
the superior position. He ought to play d5.} 11.Qxb3 Ba7
12.Ra2 Ne7 13.Nc4 Ng6 14.Qd1 Re8 {Intending d5, but it is now
too late.} 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Ne3 Nf4 18.g3 Ne6 19.Nh4
g6 20.Kh1 Kh7 21.Neg2 Rf8 22.Rc2 {So as to have the c-Pawn
defended after playing f4.} Qd8 23.f4 exf4 24.gxf4 Ng7 25.Qg4
Qc8 26.Qg3 Nh5 27.Qf3 Nf6 28.d4 Qg4 29.Qd3 Rad8 30.e5 dxe5
31.fxe5 Nd7 32.Re2 c6 33.Re4 Qg5 34.Qh3 f5 35.Nf3 Qe7 36.Rh4
Rh8 37.Nf4 {White could have taken the h-pawn but this is
shorter and more elegant.} Kg7 38.Rg1 Nf8 39.Qxf5 Qf7 40.Nh5+
Kg8 41.Nf6+ Kg7 42.Rf4 Rh7 43.Qe4 Qe6 44.Nxh7 Kxh7 45.Rf6 Qd5
46.Rfxg6 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin DEU"]
[Date "1897.09.14"]
[EventDate "1897.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Cohn"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
{Recommended by Lasker.} 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 h6 {This
would have been a good move if he had not intended to O-O-O.}
7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. b4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bc2 Qf6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Qxg6
17. O-O Qf6 18. c4 {Hastening to attack.} Qxd4 {c5 was worth
considering.} 19. Be3 Qh4 20. c5 Be5 21. c6 Bxa1 {Determined
to have all he can get.} 22. cxd7+ Rxd7 23. Rxa1 g5 {Rightly
seeing that the only chance lies in a counter attack.}
24. Bxa7 g4 25. Qxe6 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxf5+ Kd8 28. Rd1+
Ke8 29. Bg6+ Kf8 30. Bc5 1-0

[Event "2nd Anglo-American Cable Match"]
[Site "London ENG / New York USA"]
[Date "1897.02.12"]
[EventDate "1897.02.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 {I
like this better than Ng5 at once.} exd4 5.Ng5 {Castling
brings about a form of the "Max Lange".} Ne5 6.Qxd4 Qe7 {Nxc4
followed by d5, leads to a drawing position.} 7.O-O h6 8.Nf3
Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 d6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bf4 {White has now the better
position. Perhaps Re1 was stronger than the text move.} Nh5
12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 h5 14.Rfe1 h4 15.g4 Qe5 16.Qf2 Qa5 17.Kh1
Bd7 18.a3 Be7 19.Qd2 Qc5 {Black has improved his position, and
it is now slightly in his favor.} 20.Bf1 O-O-O 21.Qe3 Qxe3
22.Rxe3 Be6 23.Bd3 Bf6 24.Nd1 d5 25.e5 Bg5 26.Re2 g6 {To
prevent the exchange of Bishops.} 27.Nf2 c5 28.Nh3 Bh6 29.c3
c4 30.Bc2 Kc7 31.Rd1 b5 32.Ng1 a5 33.Ree1 {The beginning of a
combination which saves the game.} b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Ne2 bxc3
36.Nxc3 Kc6 37.b3 d4 38.Be4+ Kc5 39.Na4+ Kb4 40.bxc4 Kxa4
{Black must play now to draw.} 41.Ra1+ {It was not necessary
to do more than draw, as the match was safe in hand. Had it
been otherwise I would have tried to win by Rb1.} Kb4 42.Reb1+
Kc5 43.Ra5+ Kxc4 44.Ra4+ Kc5 45.Ra5+ Kc4 46.Ra4+ Kc5 47.Ra5+
Kc4 48.Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1897.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonas"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.exd5 e4 {The
position is identical with one in the Falkbeer Counter
Gambit.} 5.Bc4 c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.Nge2 Bd6 8.Na4 {This serves no
end, and is a complete loss of time.} Bd7 9.d4 O-O 10.O-O a6
11.Nac3 Re8 12.Bd5 Nb4 13.Bb3 Bc7 14.a3 Nc6 15.d5 Bb6+ 16.Kh1
Ne7 17.d6 Nf5 18.Nd5 Ng4 19.Qe1 Bf2 20.Qc3 {If 20.Rf2 then
...Qh4, and if 21.g3, Qh3winning.} e3 21.Ne7+ Rxe7 22.dxe7
Qxe7 23.Rd1 Qh4 24.Bxf7+ Kh8 25.h3 Qg3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1897.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Fenton"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nxe4 8.Bxb4 {If 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7
9.Qb3+ d5 10.Bxb4 and the game is about equal.} Nxb4 9.Qb3 d5
10.Qxb4 dxc4 11.Qxc4 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.Qb4 Bd5 14.Nbd2 {c3 is
a better square for the Knight.} a5 {As will be seen, this is
to drive the Queen away from the Knight.} 15.Qa3 Nxd2 16.Nxd2
Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qg5+ {Mow the object of move 14 is apparent.}
18.Qg3 Qxd2 19.Qxc7 Qxd4 20.Qxb7 Rab8 21.Qa6 {This is
fatal. Qf3 would have prolonged the game.} Qg4+ 22.Kh1 Qf3+
23.Kg1 Rb4 {Because if 24.Rfe1 Rg4+ 25.Kf1 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Re4+
27.Kd2 Rd8+ and Black must win a Rook.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Anglo-American Cable Match"]
[Site "London ENG / New York USA"]
[Date "1898.03.18"]
[EventDate "1898.03.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne. The following is taken from the
Standard, and gives a very fair account of this game: "We have
no predilection for the defence in which Black plays c6. Nor
could Mr. Blackburne's subsequent moves be implicitly
endorsed. He might have been induced by the prospect of
winning a Pawn after White's advance of 15.e4, but he could
not capture the Pawn with 16.Qxd4 because of the reply
17.Nxd6, threatening to win the Queen with 18.Bxh7+ and
attacking the Rook. White got a slight advantage afterwards,
as Black was obligeed to loosen his Pawns on the King's side,
and to exchange Rooks, which gave White a passed Pawn. Now
came the second phase of the game. Pillsbury, not being able
to make an impression, advanced his passed Pawn, trying a
number of clever manouvers, even to sacrifice Queen for Rook,
but all were unsuccessful. Then came the third stage of the
game, in which he gave up the passed Pawn - a dangerous
procceding, for he gave Blackburne winning chances. The match,
however, being safe for our side, Blackburne was satisfied
with a draw, and when time was called Pillsbury consented,
cabling "he could demonstrate a certain draw."} d5 2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Rc1 c6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Ne5 N6d7 12.Bf4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bd6
14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Qh6 17.Rc5 f5 18.Ng3 g6 19.Re5
Rxe5 20.dxe5 Be6 21.f4 Qg7 22.Qc2 Qf7 23.b3 Nd7 24.Ne2 Nb6
25.Nd4 Rd8 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.h4 Kg7 28.Rf3 Nd5 29.Bc4 Qe7
30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Qf2 b6 32.Re3 h5 33.e6 Rd6 34.Qe1 Kh7 35.g3 c5
36.Qe2 Kg8 37.Qc4 Kf8 38.Re1 a5 39.Qe2 Kg8 40.Qe5 Rd8 41.Re2
Rd6 42.Kh2 Rd8 43.a4 Kh7 44.Kg1 Kg8 45.Kf2 Kh7 46.Qc3 Rd4
47.Re5 Kg8 48.Qf3 Rd6 49.Qa8+ Kg7 50.Qc8 Rd8 51.Qc6 Rd6 52.Qc8
Rd8 53.Qa6 Rd6 54.Qc4 Kf8 55.Re2 Kg8 56.Kg2 Kf8 57.Kh3 Kg8
58.Re5 Kf8 59.Re2 Kg8 60.Re3 Kf8 61.Re5 Kg8 62.Rd5 Rxe6 63.Qd3
Qf6 64.Rd7 Qa1 65.Kg2 Qe1 66.Qf3 Qe2+ 67.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 68.Kh3 Re6
69.Rb7 Kf8 70.Kg2 Rd6 71.Kf2 Re6 72.Kf3 Ke8 73.Kf2 Kd8 74.Kf3
Kc8 75.Rg7 Kd8 76.Rb7 Ke8 77.Kf2 Kf8 78.Kf3 Kg8 79.Kf2 Rc6
80.Ke2 c4 81.bxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1899.06.05"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} c5 {One of those eccentricities
which occasionally I endulge in, but not recommended to the
student. The correct reply to it is d5.} 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 cxd4
4.exd4 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.c3 d6 7.h3 {Lost time. There is no
danger from Bg4.} O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Bd2 e5 11.Be4 Nb6
12.Bg5 f6 13.Bxc6 fxg5 14.Bb5 g4 {Black has now the superior
game.} 15.hxg4 Bxg4 16.Be2 e4 17.Ne1 Be6 18.Nd2 d5 19.Bg4 Qd7
20.Bxe6+ Qxe6 21.Nc2 Bh6 22.Ne3 Rf4 {This is what I relied
on. It prevents Qg4, and also threatens Rh4.} 23.Nb3 {If 24.g3
then follows ...Qh3 25.Re1 (If gxf4 then ...Bxf4, and when
White plays Ng4 to save mate ...h5 wins easily.) Rxf2 26.Kxf2
Qh2+ 27.Ng2 Rf8+ and White has no escape.} Raf8 24.Nc5 Qc8
25.Qe2 Rh4 26.Rfc1 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Qg4 28.Qg3 Qh5 29.f3 exf3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1899.06.16"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[Round "13"]
[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 "London ENG"]
[Date "1899.06.19"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Samuel Tinsley"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 b6 {Strictly speaking,
this is the Queen's fianchetto Defence.} 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nh3 Qe7
5.O-O Nc6 {d5 should be [played before the Knight is brought
out.} 6.c3 O-O-O {Inviting an attack. White is nothing loath
to respond.} 7.b4 g5 8.a4 {No doubt White could take the
offered Pawn.} f6 9.a5 Nb8 10.axb6 axb6 11.Na3 Nh6 12.Re1 e5
13.d5 g4 {Determined to open an attack on his own count.}
14.Nb5 Re8 15.Bxh6 gxh3 16.Bxf8 Qxf8 17.g3 {Making things safe
before resuming the attack.} h5 18.Ra7 Rh7 19.Bf1 h4 20.Qa4
hxg3 21.Rxb7 gxf2 22.Kxf2 d6 23.Qa8 1-0

