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A02 Bird (1.. ≠d5)

Bird Opening: From Gambit

Henry Edward Bird vs Joseph Henry Blackburne, 1892

0-1, 30 moves

[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

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