June 18, 2014
This was an interesting game played many many years ago, recorded in for posterity in the South Shields Gazette. In those days South and North Shields used to play on a monthly basis. In the early days the games were matched on a Random Ballot method, which often led to uneven contests. However this one seems to have been pretty evenly matched. A very aggressive Muzio Gambit was attempted.
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[Event “North Shields v South Shields 1867”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “1867.02.16”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Mr Hopkinson”]
[Black “Mr J Scott”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C37”]
[Annotator “Shields Gazette”]
[PlyCount “53”]
[Source “Shields Gazette”]
[WhiteTeam “?”]
[BlackTeam “?”]
[TimeControl “1/604800:0”]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3
6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. d3 {A weak move P- K5 is the way to follow up the attack
Whites king pawn impedes his own forces and shelters the black King and his
suite.} Bh6 8. Bd2 {
Had the kings pawn been out of the way this move would have been effective.}
Ne7 9. Bc3 Qb6+ 10. Kh1 Rg8 11. Qh5 Qg6 12. Qf3 Qg4 {We question the policy of
this move black should now of brought the Queens pieces into action with all
possible speed.} 13. Nd2 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 d6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nh4 e5
18. Nf3 Nbc6 19. c3 O-O-O 20. b4 Nb8 21. a4 b6 22. Be1 Ng6 23. Bf2 Nd7 24. a5
c5 25. axb6 axb6 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Rfb1 {At this point Mr H was compelled to
leave for the second time and the game was claimed for Black. Apart from this
there can be no doubt that whites attack has failed and he has no compensation
for his Knight.} 0-1
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