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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. c3 d3 6. Qxd3 d6 7. O-O Qg6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nbd2 h5 10. Rfe1 Bh3 11. Nh4 Bxh4 12. Qxh3 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Nge7 16. fxe5 Qg4 17. Qxg4 hxg4 18. Nb3 Ng6 19. e6 f5 20. Rad1 Nge5 21. Bd3 Rh5 22. Bc2 Ke7 23. Nd4 Kf6 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. b4 Rah8 26. Ne2 Rxh2 27. Ng3 g6 28. Bb3 Kg5 29. Rde1 Nd3 30. Re3 Nf4 31. Rf2 R2h7 32. Rd2 Nh5 33. Nxh5 Rxh5 34. Kf2 f4 35. Re5+ Nf5 36. e7 Re8 37. Rd7 Rh7 38. Rxc7 Rhxe7 39. Rcxe7 Rxe7 40. Rxe7 Nxe7 41. a4 Kf5 42. a5 Ke5 43. Bd1 g3+ 44. Kf3 Nd5 45. Bc2 g5 46. b5 Nxc3 47. b6 axb6 48. axb6 Nb5 49. Kg4 Nd6 50. Bd3 Ne4 51. Be2 Kd5 52. Bf3 Ke5 53. Be2 Kf6 54. Bf3 Nf2+? 54... Nd6 55. Bd5 Nc8 56. Bxb7 Nxb6 wins, e.g. 57. Kf3 Nc4 58. Ke2 Ne5 followed by ... g4, ... Kg5-h4, and ... f3(+). 56. Bxg4? (given as the game continuation in several sources; see Reference below) 56... Nxg4 57. Kxg4 Ke5 58. Kf3 Kf5 and wins easily. 56... Ke7 57. Bc8 Kd6 58. Bxg4 Kc6 1/2-1/2 Source(s): William Greenwood Walker, A Selection of Games at Chess (London: Thomas Hurst, 1836) p. 136; William Lewis, A Selection of Games at Chess (London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1835), p. 15 (adding some garbled moves at the end and calling it game 3); George Walker, Chess Studies (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844), p. 1; David N.L. Levy and Kevin O'Connell, Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games, vol. 1 (Oxford University Press, 1981); Cary Utterberg, De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, 1834 (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2005), p. 51. Reference(s): Seán Coffey, Labourdonnais-McDonnell, IRLchess, April 25, 2012. |
