Author: Norm Pollock
Date: 12:57:59 04/29/05
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On April 29, 2005 at 12:57:03, Telmo C. Escobar wrote: >On April 28, 2005 at 23:29:30, Norm Pollock wrote: > >>I put together a collection of games from 1834 through 1970. That's right, 1834. >>It's not a misprint. A perfect addition to your e-library. >> > > Is that the date of the Labourdonnais vs Mc Donnell match? When a kid I was a >Mc Donnell fan, because of his famous sacrifice of queen for two minor pieces. I >was constantly infuriated because Mc Donnell lost the series, and imagining >that, some day, some more games would be discovered where the French was >defeated :) > > Telmo I only have one game from that match. I don't think it is the game you are looking for. It is round 3. I like the checkmate in this game. [Event "Match 3 1834"] [Site "London"] [Date "1834.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "De la Bourdonnais, Louis C"] [Black "MacDonnell, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20g"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 Nbd7 9.Be3 Nb6 10.Bb3 c6 11.O-O Nfd5 12.Qe2 f5 13.Rae1 g5 14.Bd2 Bf6 15.Ne5 Qe8 16.f4 g4 17.hxg4 fxg4 18.f5 Qh5 19.Bc2 Qh4 20.Qe4 Kh8 21.Nxg4 Nc4 22.Nxf6 Qxf6 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Qf4 Nxd2 25.Qxd2 Bd7 26.Re5 Rg8 27.Rfe1 Qh4 28.R1e2 Bb5 29.Rf2 Rg4 30.f6 Rxd4 31.Qe3 Rg4 32.Re7 d4 33.Qe5 Rg5 34.f7+ Rxe5 35.f8=Q+ Rxf8 36.Rxf8# 1-0
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