18, the last game 20 moves
between Lee and Blackburne, from which something was expected,
but which baffles polite description, and cannot be dignified by
the name of, or as a game, completes the list. This was a Four
Knights game, 15 Blackburne and Mason a Giuoco Piano 30 moves
was a lamentable specimen of wood shifting.
The following game presented some very instructive positions
towards the close:
Game played in the Masters' Tournament, 16th September, 1892,
between Messrs. H. E. Bird and F. J. Lee.
White Black
LEE BIRD
1 P to Q4 P to Q4
2 Kt to KB3 P to K3
3 P to B4 Kt to KB3
4 P to K3 QKt to Q2
5 B to Q3 B to K2
6 Kt to B3 Castles
7 Castles R to K square
8 P to QKt3 P to B3
9 B to Kt2 B to Q3
10 Q to B2 P takes P
11 P takes P B to Kt square
12 Kt to K2 Q to R4
13 P to B5 P to K4
14 B to B3 Q to Q square
15 Kt to Kt3 P takes P
16 B takes P Kt to K4
17 B takes Kt B takes B
18 Kt takes B R takes Kt
19 KR to Q square Q to K2
20 QR to B square B to Kt5
21 P to B3 B to K3
22 R to K square P to KKt3
23 P to B4 R to Q4
24 P to K4 R to Q5
25 P to B5 QR to Q square!
26 P to K5! Kt to Kt5
27 P takes B R takes B
28 P takes P ch Q takes P
29 Kt to K4 Q to KB5
30 Q to QB4 ch K to Kt2
31 P to KKt3 Q to R3
32 R to B2 R to Q8.
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