[Event "Match"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "1866.09.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Wilhelm Steinitz (?)"] [Black "Henry Edward Bird (?)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C13"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 { C13 French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation } 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. f3 Be6?! { (0.00 → 0.61) Inaccuracy. Bc8 was best. } (7... Bc8 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 c5 12. Bxh6) 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Bb5 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bxd7 Nxd7?! { (0.68 → 1.39) Inaccuracy. Qxd7 was best. } (13... Qxd7) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. Rhe1 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Nfxd5 Qf8 19. Qf4 Bxd5?! { (1.56 → 2.44) Inaccuracy. Rac8 was best. } (19... Rac8 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qe7 Re8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nf4 Bf5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nfd5 Re5 26. h4) 20. Nxd5 Rxd5? { (2.28 → 4.62) Mistake. b5 was best. } (20... b5 21. Qe4) 21. Rxd5 Qb4 22. Re4?! { (4.38 → 2.93) Inaccuracy. Qe4 was best. } (22. Qe4 Qxb2+ 23. Kd1 Qb1+ 24. Ke2 Qxa2 25. Kf2 g6 26. Red1 Nb6 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kg7) 22... Qxb2+ 23. Kd1 Qb1+ 24. Ke2 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 b5? { (1.98 → 4.04) Mistake. Nb6 was best. } (25... Nb6 26. Rde5) 26. Rd7 Rf8 27. Rxf7 Qb1+ 28. Kf2 Qxa2+ 29. Kg3 Qa3 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qg5 Qd6+ 32. Kh3 Qd7+?? { (3.01 → 7.42) Blunder. Qh6+ was best. } (32... Qh6+ 33. Qxh6) 33. g4 h6 34. Qg6 Nd6 35. Rd4 Qb7 36. Qxd6 Qxf3+ 37. Qg3 Qf6 38. Qd3 a5?! { (17.42 → Mate in 17) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe5 was best. } (38... Qe5 39. Rd8+) 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Qd5+ { Black resigns. } 1-0