[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1865.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1865.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3
8. dxc3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qc5 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bd3 d5 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Bf4 Qf6
14. Qxd5 $1 14... Qxf4 $2 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qd8+ $1 16... Bxd8 17.
Re8# 1-0

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1865.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes."]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1865.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qd2 f6
15. Kh1 Bc7 16. Rac1 (16. Ng3 a6 17. Ng1 b5 18. f4 18... Bb6 $17 {Zukertort-Anderssen, Breslau 1866 say A&F but compare other Z-A games in database and other
sources}) 16... Rb8 17. Ng3 17... Rf7 $2 {
cumbersome; Zukertort won two friendlies with White after this.} (17... b6 $6 {
Anderssen-Zukertort (6)}) (17... Qe8 $2 18. Nd4 {as c7-bishop hangs}) (17... b5
{critical}) 18. Nf5 $16 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Be4 Qd6 22.
g4 h6 23. Rg1 b5 24. Rg3 c4 25. Rcg1 Bb6 26. g5 fxg5 27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. Rxg5 Qh6
29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. f6 Rf7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Bf5 Re8
35. Be6 1-0


[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anderssen, A."]
[Black "Zukertort, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1871.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8.
Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Nge7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bd3 Qe6 13. Qb2 Ng6 14. Nf4 Qe7
15. Nd5 Qe6 16. Qxb5 (16. Be4 O-O 17. Bd2 $16 {Anderssen, 1872}) 16... O-O 17.
Ba3 Rb8 18. Qc5 Bb7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Be4 Bb6 21. Qc1 Ncxe5 22. Ng5 Qg4 23. h3
Qh4 24. Nxb6 Bxe4 25. f4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 axb6 27. Rde1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hunter and Jenkins"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Steinitz"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf3 Qxe4+ (5... Qh5 6. Be2 Nf6 7.
Ng5 Qg6 8. f4) 6. Be2 (6. Be3 $6 {Steinitz}) 6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. O-O Nf6 9.
Re1 O-O 10. Bd3 Qg4 11. h3 Qh5 12. Nbd2 d5 (12... d6) 13. Nf1 Bd6 14. Ng3 Bxg3
15. fxg3 d4 16. Bg5 16... dxc3 { ...Ne5} 17. bxc3 (17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4
19. Bc1 Rad8 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ne5 22. Re3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 23... Qg6+ $1)
17... h6 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Nce5 22. Bf5 Nxf3+ 23.
gxf3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Rd5 26. Bd3 Qh4+ 27. Ke2 Qh2+ 28. Ke1 (28. Kd1
Qh1+ 29. Re1 Qxf3+ 30. Kd2 Rfd8 31. Re3 Qf2+ 32. Re2 Qf4+ 33. Re3 c5 34. Ke2 (
34. c4 Rxd3+ 35. Qxd3 Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Qd4+) 34... Qh2+ 35. Kd1 Qh1+ 36. Re1 Qf3+
37. Re2 37... Rxd3+ $146) 28... Qg1+ 0-1


[Event "London match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Potter, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "Potter/Harding"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 4... f5 {Here I (TH) preferred 4...Nc6
(idea ...Bg4, ...e5) against Richard Eales (Jersey open 1974).} 5. Be2 c6 6.
O-O 6... Qc7 $6 {Potter criticised this as an attempt "to get up an attack, an
offence against the principles of the game", for which he soon suffers.} (6...
Nf6) 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Ne7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. c5 {Threatening Bc4 followed by Ng5.}
10... h6 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Qd6 12... Qa5 {12...Qxd6 is somewhat better but White
has the advantage. Potter's idea is to trap the white queen or drive her back.}
13. exf5 gxf5 14. Re1 14... Rf8 { } 15. Bxh6 $1 {
Zukertort sacrifices his queen for material and an attack.} 15... Rf6 16. Bxg7
Rxd6 17. cxd6 $18 {The black king is in the centre and he is behind on
development. Moreover, White has a passed h-pawn.} 17... Ng6 18. Rad1 (18. Ng5
$5) 18... b5 {Desperation.} 19. Be6 b4 20. Bxd7+ Bxd7 21. Nxe5 O-O-O 22. Nxg6
bxc3 23. Bxc3 23... Qa4 $2 (23... Qa6 {was the last chance.}) 24. Rd4 Qxa2 25.
Rb4 Be6 26. Ne7+ Kd7 27. Rb7+ 27... Kxd6 {  Now White announced mate in 3:} (
27... Ke8 28. Nxf5 {e.g.} 28... Rd7 ({or} 28... Kf8 29. Nh6 Bd7 30. Rb4 {
"and Black collapses".}) 29. Ng7+ Kf7 30. Nxe6 {with an easy win} 30... Rxb7
31. Nd8+) 28. Be5+ $1 ({Potter had expected} 28. Bb4+ 28... c5 {but...}) 28...
Kc5 29. Rc1+ Bc4 30. b4# 1-0


[Event "First blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.01.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Churchill, Lord Randolph"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 22/2/1879"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1879.01.31"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 22/2/1879 One of the games played at the City and County
of Dublin Chess Club on 31 Jan; Churchill resigned after the close of play
that night.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Be2 d6 7.
O-O O-O 8. h3 Kh8 9. Nd5 fxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5 11. c3 Be6 12. Nxf6 gxf6 13. Bh4 Qd7
14. Kh2 Qg7 15. Nd2 (15. g4 {is a much better move,}) 15... Qh6 16. Bh5 Rg8 17.
g4 Rg7 18. Rg1 Rag8 19. Rg2 f5 20. f3 fxg4 21. fxg4 {Diagram #} 21... Qxh5 $1
22. Bf6 (22. gxh5 $145 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Rg1+ 24. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 25. Rxg1 Bxg1 26. Kxg1
Bxa2 $19) 22... Qh6 23. Qf3 Qf4+ 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. g5 Rf8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. b3
f3 28. Rg3 Ne5 29. Rf1 Be3 30. Rgxf3 Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3 d5 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Kg3
Rxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Bxf3 35. Kxf3 Bxg5 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. c4 Ke6 38. a4 Be7 39. Kf4 c5
0-1

[Event "First blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Creagh, Major"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Weely Irish Times 22/2/1879; Harding"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1879.01.31"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 22/2/1879} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 h6 5. Nce2
Ne7 6. e5 a6 7. f4 b5 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O Qb6 10. Be3 a5 11. Ng3 g6 12. Qd2 Bb7
13. a4 b4 14. c4 c5 15. Kh1 {
Here the Doctor announced an impossible move, and had to move his king,} 15...
Rc8 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Ke7 21. Nxc5
Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Qe1 Kf8 26. Qh4 h5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5
28. Qf6 Rd7 29. Nh4 $2 (29. f5 $145 $1) 29... Kg8 30. f5 Qd4 31. Rg1 exf5 (
31... Qf2 $145 {or}) (31... Qf4) 32. Nxg6 $4 {TH: Mutual oversight by the
players. Zukertort (blindfold) goes for the draw in the wrong way and his
opponent overlooks forced mate!} (32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Qg5+ {is perpetual.}) 32...
fxg6 (32... Bxg2+ $145 $3 {This is not mentioned in the contemporary reports.})
33. Qxg6+ Rg7 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 {and White draws by perpetual check}
1/2-1/2

[Event "First blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plunkett, Horace C"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 15/2/1879"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1879.01.31"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 15/2/1879} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5
Bc5 6. d3 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. O-O d6 12.
Kh1 Qf6 13. Qe2 {This retreat of Q is not at all necessary.} (13. Be3 {
is a good game.}) 13... Qg6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. f3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 a6 17. Ba4 Bf5 18.
Rad1 Rad8 {At this point Herr Zukertort offered to draw the game, and it
decidedly looks as if it should end as such, Mr Plunkett, however, refused,
and ultimately lost.} *

[Event "First blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Cairns, JC (IRL)."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "Peake, Weekly Irish Times 15/3/1879"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1879.01.31"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 15/3/1879 Event not stated but evidently matches
description in Irish Times} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6
6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 {It might have been better to have taken
with the Kt's P at this point, but Black was anxious to obtain an end game,
and gets one with a vengeance.} 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. e5 Nd5 {
The Kt should have been exchanged for a Bishop.} 11. Ne4 h6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Be3
{Threatening to win the Bishop with Bb6+ etc.} 13... Ke8 {
Forced, as will be seen on examination.} 14. a3 Ba5 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Bc5 Bc7
17. Rad1 b6 18. Be3 c5 {To prevent c4-c5.} 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Nf5
22. Nxc8 Nxe3 {Better to have taken off the Kt} (22... Rxc8 {for if} 23. Bb7
Rb8 24. Bxa6 Nxe3 {As it is, the move in the text loses a clear pawn.}) 23.
fxe3 Rxc8 24. Rd7 Bxe5 25. Bb7 Re8 26. Rfxf7+ Kg8 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. Bb5 Ra3 29.
c5 bxc5 30. Bc4 Rxe3 31. Bxe6 Bxh2+ {The only thing to be done. For if} (31...
Kh7 {then} 32. Bf5+ Kg8 33. Bg6 {and wins}) 32. Kxh2 Rxe6 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34.
Rdf7+ {This and the following moves were necessary in order to secure the pawn.
} 34... Ke8 35. Rb7 {The rook should have been moved to a7. The move made gave
Black an opportunity of a draw, to which we shall refer further on.} 35... Kf8
36. Rgf7+ Ke8 37. Rfc7 {Winning the pawn} 37... Kd8 38. bxc5 Rhe8 {We think Bla
ck could have drawn here. We shall give one variation and leave the rest to
our readers} (38... Rg8 39. c6 Reg6 40. Ra7 Rxg2+ 41. Kh3 R2g3+ 42. Kh4 R8g4+
43. Kh5 Rg5+ 44. Kxh6 Rg6+ 45. Kh7 Rd6 46. Rf7 Rh3+ 47. Kg7 Rg3+ 48. Kf8 Rxc6 {
and the game is drawn}) 39. c6 Rg8 40. Kh3 Rd6 41. Rd7+ Rxd7 42. Rxd7+ Kc8 43.
Rd6 h5 44. Rh6 Kc7 45. Rxh5 Kxc6 46. g4 Kd6 47. Rf5 Rh8+ 48. Kg3 Ke6 49. Kf4
Ra8 {The position is very interesting. At this point Black can obtain a draw by
} (49... Rh7 {etc.}) 50. Kg3 Rh8 51. Rf2 Ke5 52. g5 Rh1 53. Kg4 Rb1 {
Losing at once} 54. Re2+ Kd6 55. g6 Rb7 56. Kg5 Re7 57. Rxe7 Kxe7 58. Kh6 1-0

[Event "First blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Lewis, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 8 Feb 1879"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1879.01.31"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 8 Feb 1879: One of 12 simul blindfold games played at the
City and County of Dublin Chess Club on Friday 31st of January} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bb4 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. O-O
Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qg4 O-O 12. Bh6 g6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Qxc3 Kh8
16. Bxf7 Qxe5 17. Rae1 1-0

[Event "First blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Wallace, Captain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 1 Mar 1879"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1879.01.31"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 1 Mar 1879} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Bb4 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne7 10. Bf3 Qd6 11. Rb1 Nbc6 12.
Rb3 O-O $4 {A great oversight. Dr Zukertort, on hearing the announcement,
immediately intimated the result via the loss of two pieces, which actually
occurred.} 13. Nxc6 Qxd1 (13... Nd5 {would have saved the loss of a piece.})
14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Rxd1 Rb8 $2 {
A useless move. The game, however, is irretrievably lost,} 16. Bf4 {and wins. T
he game lasted for twenty more moves, and was fought with great tenacity by
the player of the black.} 1-0

[Event "First blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Woollett, Marcus S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 8 Feb 1879; ILN 22/3/1879"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1879.01.31"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 8 Feb 1879: One of 12 simul blindfold games played at the
City and County of Dublin Chess Club on Friday 31st of January} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Bb1 {
Monck: This retreat occasions White some inconvenience afterwards.} 7... dxc4
8. Ne5 Nd3+ 9. Nxd3 cxd3 10. O-O {Monck: White was not bound to take the
adverse QP at once, as Black has no means of saving it, but in this instance
the capture is too long deferred.} 10... Bd7 11. e4 e5 {Monck: Well played. If
White takes, he is tempted to play B to KB$ in order to defend the Pawn he has
won, and on this move hinges Black's design of opening the KR file for an
attack on the white King.} 12. dxe5 {IT: Had the Doctor been playing with an
equal he would hardly have taken this bait.} 12... Ng4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 h5
15. Nd5 {IT: Threatening e6 and Nxc7+ winning the exchange.} 15... h4 {
Monck: Black's object is now accomplished. The KB file must be opened. The
next step is to imprison the enemy's King, which is effected by Black's 18th
move} 16. e6 hxg3 17. exd7+ Qxd7 18. hxg3 Nh2 19. Re1 {Diagram #} 19... d2 $1 {
IT: 'A pretty move' exclaimed the Doctor after a slight pause. 'If I now take
P, you check with Kt, I must take and you win by playing Q to R6.'  Monck: Yet
Black shortly afterwards succeeds in carrying out a very similar design.} 20.
Re3 (20. Qxd2 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qh3) 20... Qc6 {
Monck: this I believe is his best move, but had he played} (20... Ng4 {
threatening ...Rh1+ followed by ...Nxf2+, some pretty variations would have
arisen.}) 21. Qxd2 {Monck: the Pawn is captured at last, but I believe
unwisely. White's best move seems to be} (21. Nxe7 {and if Black replies} 21...
Qc1 {White can play} (21... Qh6 $145 {wins for Black - TH.}) 22. Bc2) 21... Rd8
{Monck: a necessary precaution, saving his R from the Knight's threatened
check, and at the same time preventing Nxe7.} 22. Rc3 Qh6 23. f3 {
Monck: If he played} (23. Nxc7+ {he would have no time to save his Q.}) 23...
Bc5+ {Monck: Finely played. Black must compel the white Rook to move, and
interposing it at e3 would be even worse than taking the B.} 24. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 25.
gxf3 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Rh2+ 27. Ke3 Qg1+ {Published also in ILN 22 March 1879, and
by W. H. S. Monck in Our School Times, 1 March 1879.} (27... Qg1+ {
Resigns. The game would have proceeded} 28. Kd3 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Qxc5 {If White d
oes not move the King or play Bd3, Black wins the Kt by 30...c6 and White's
game is perfectly hopeless. If White plays} 30. Ke2 Qc1) 0-1

[Event "First blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tuthill, C."]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 15/2/1879"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1879.01.31"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 15/2/1879; Our School Times 10 April 1879} 1. e4 b6 2. d4
Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Be7 6. Ne2 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. O-O c5 9. a3 Nc6
10. f4 f6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Nh1 Rf7 14. Nf3 g6 15. Qh3 Rg7 16. Rad1
Nf8 17. Nf2 h6 18. g4 Rc8 19. gxf5 {First blood. What a curious development of
a close game, From this point to the finish the game is extremely interesting.}
19... exf5 20. c3 Qd7 21. Kh1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qe6 23. Rg1 Na5 24. Rg3 Nc4 25. Bc1
Rc7 26. Rdg1 Bd8 27. Qxh6 {Diagram #} 27... Nxa3 {A very pretty move. If  P
takes Kt, What then? The position demands a careful analysis.} 28. Qh3 (28.
bxa3 $145 $16) 28... Nc4 29. Qg2 b5 30. b3 Na5 31. Ba3 (31. Nh4 {
seems preferable}) 31... Nxb3 32. Bxb5 Qb6 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rxg6 Rxg6 35. Qxg6
Qxg6 36. Rxg6 Kf7 37. Rd6 Be7 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. Bxd7 Nxd4 40. Nxd4 Bc5 41. Nxf5
Bxf2 42. Nd6+ Ke7 43. Nxb7 Kxd7 44. Kg2 Bb6 45. f5 a5 46. Nd6 Bd4 47. Nb7 a4
48. e6+ Ke7 49. Na5 {Diagram #} 49... Bb2 $2 {
The correct line of play forcibly presents itself as} (49... Bc3) 50. Nc6+ Kf6
51. Nb4 Ba3 52. Nxd5+ Kxf5 53. e7 Bxe7 54. Nxe7+ Ke4 55. Nc6 a3 56. Nb4 Ke5 {
Diagram #} 57. Kg3 ({
Herr Zukertort expressed it as his opinion that White might perhaps have won by
} 57. h4 {and the following pretty play:} 57... Kf5 {Black may adopt other
modes of play which may possibly draw the game. We recommend the position to
the student, as it is one that will bear a thorough sifting,} 58. Kg3 Kg6 59.
Kg4 Kh6 60. h5 Kg7 61. Kg5 Kh7 62. h6 Kh8 63. Kg6 Kg8 64. h7+ Kh8 65. Nc6 a2
66. Ne5 a1=Q 67. Nf7#) 57... Kd6 58. Kg4 Kc5 59. Na2 Kc4 60. h4 Kb3 {
Draw agreed: 61 h5 Kxa2 62 h6 Kb1 etc.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dublin unknown event"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "1879.02.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soffe, George D"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 8 Mar 1879"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1879.??.??"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 8 Mar 1879 Played at the Grosvenor Hotel, 2 Feb 1879} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9.
h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 Qd7 12. Ng3 Rae8 13. Bd2 Nd8 14. O-O Ne6 15. Rad1 Nf4
16. Qe1 d5 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qe7 20. Nxf4 Nxe4 21. Nd5 Qc5 {
A pretty little trap which the manager of White cares not for} 22. Qe3 {
And clears his conscience thus} 22... Qxe3 23. Nxe3 c5 24. Rd7 Bc8 25. Rc7 b4
26. cxb4 cxb4 27. Nd5 Bxb2 28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Nc3 30. Bb3 h6 31. Rfe1 Nb5
32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. R1xe5 Nd4 34. Bd5 Be6 35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. Ra7 Rd8 37. Rxa6 Rd1+
38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Re4 Rxf2 40. Rxb4 g5 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. a4 Kf7 43. a5 Kf6 44.
Ra4 Rc2 45. a6 Rc8 46. a7 Ra8 47. Kg3 h5 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Ra5+ e5 50. g4+ hxg4+
51. hxg4+ Ke6 52. Ke4 Kd6 53. Kf5 Kc6 54. Rxe5 Rxa7 55. Kxg5 Kd6 56. Re2 Re7
57. Rxe7 Kxe7 58. Kh6 Kf8 59. Kh7 {The endgane is well played by Mr Soffe} 1-0

[Event "Dublin unknown event"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "1879.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soffe, George D"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 29/3/1879"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1879.??.??"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 29/3/1879. The circumstances of this game were not stated.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Nd8 {
Giving up the e-pawn, and for why we don't know.} 14. Nxe5 Qe7 15. Nf3 dxe4 16.
dxe4 Re8 17. Bg5 Ne6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. O-O Nc5 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22.
Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. Bb1 Be7 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Nf1 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Nd2
Bg5 29. Nb3 {It would seem as if White had an eye on this square, and was
helped in the idea.} 29... Qe7 {At this point the game was given up as a drawn
battle, there not being time to finish it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.02.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Monck, William Henry S."]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "WIT 18/10/1879"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1879.??.??"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 18 Oct 1879 'Between Mr W. H. S. Monck, of Dublin, and Dr
Zukertort, the latter playing a number of other games simultaneously.'} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qf6
9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Nge7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Ne2 {
Mr M adds a note that in a second game he played} (12. Nd5 {with continuation}
12... Nxd5 13. Bxf8 Nf4 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {
and Dr Z soon afterwards obtained a winning position.}) 12... b5 13. Bd3 Qg4
14. h3 Qa4 {Hoping to keep a pawn ahead after the exchange of queens.} 15. Bxb5
{Well played, winnng a piece.} 15... Qxb3 16. axb3 Re8 17. Bxe7 Bb6 18. Bxc6
dxc6 19. Bh4 f6 20. Bg3 a5 21. Nc3 {Losing the piece again} 21... fxe5 22. Nxe5
Bd4 23. Nxc6 Bxc3 24. Rac1 Bf6 25. Bxc7 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. Be5 {
Pretty play, but by it Black wins a pawn.} 27... Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Ba6 29. Ra1 Bxf1
30. Rxa4 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxe5 {'and after a few more moves the game was drawn'}
1/2-1/2


[Event "Ireland simul?"]
[Site "Dublin?"]
[Date "1879.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hobson, F."]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 19/4/1879"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1879.??.??"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 19/4/1879 No indication of when or where this game was
played. Hobson (died 1937) did not become a member of the Dublin club until
1886, but was a vice-president 1924-46.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O
Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. Bg3 d6 13. Nd2 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2 g4 16. Bf1 g3 17. fxg3 exd4 18. Kh1
dxc3 19. bxc3 Ng4 20. Bg1 hxg3 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qf3 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Qg5 24. Re2
Be6 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Rg8 27. Bc4 O-O-O 28. Bxe6+ fxe6 29. Nf1 d5 30. Nxg3
Nxe4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 Rd2 33. Rg4 Rf8 34. a4 Rc2 35. Rg3 Rf4 36. Rf1 Rxa4
37. Rf8+ Kd7 38. Rf7+ Kd6 39. Rxb7 b5 40. Rf7 Ra3 41. Rff3 e5 42. h4 c5 43. h5
Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Raa1 45. Rg6+ Kd5 46. h6 Rh1+ 47. Kg3 Ra3 48. Kg4 e4 49. Rh3 Rg1
50. Kh5 b4 51. cxb4 Rxh3+ 52. gxh3 Rh1 53. h4 1-0

[Event "Earlsfort Terrace blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wright, J."]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Weekly Irish Times 22 Mar 1879"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1879.03.07"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 22 Mar 1879:  Played 7 March in the blindfold simul at
Earlsfort Terrace rink} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 {
Better to retreat this to a4.} 5... dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. h3 Be6 8. Ne2 Qd6 9. Be3
Bxe3 10. fxe3 h6 11. a3 {We can't quite get the drift of this.} 11... O-O-O 12.
Qd2 Qc5 13. Qc3 Qxe3 14. Qxe5 Rhe8 15. Qf4 Qc5 16. Nc3 Nh5 17. Qd2 Ng3 18. Rg1
f5 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 f4 21. b4 g5 22. a4 Rg8 23. Ne5 h5 24. b5 c5 25. bxa6
bxa6 26. Rab1 c4 27. Rb2 Rd6 28. Rgb1 Kd8 29. d4 Ke7 30. d5 Bd7 31. Nxc4 Rh6
32. d6+ (32. Rb7 {seems the correct play.}) 32... cxd6 33. Rb7 Rd8 34. R1b6 Re6
35. Nd5+ Kf7 36. Nd2 Rxe4 37. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 38. Kf3 Nc5 39. Rb8 Rxb8 40. Rxb8 Bc6
41. c4 Nxa4 42. Rc8 Bxd5+ 43. cxd5 Nc5 44. Rc7+ {Seems much weaker than} (44.
Rh8) 44... Kf6 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Nd3 47. h4 Ne5+ 48. Kh3 g4+ 49. Kg2 Kf5
50. h5 {Very weak play} 50... Kg5 51. Ra7 Kxh5 52. Rxa6 g3 53. Rxd6 Kg4 54. Rf6
f3+ 55. Kg1 Kg5 56. Rf8 f2+ 57. Kg2 Nc4 58. Kxg3 Ne3 59. d6 Nf5+ 60. Kxf2 Nxd6
{If Mr Wright played the end game up to his usual standard he, doubtless,
would have won.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Earlsfort Terrace blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Middleton jr, D (IRL)."]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "WIT 4 Dec 1880"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1879.03.07"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times, 4 Dec. 1880 Game played between Herr Zukertort (blindfold)
and Mr Middleton. (TH: probably on 7 March 1879 when it is known that
Middleton had White and lost.)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4
exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd4 Bf5 11. Re2 Ne6 12.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nc3 O-O 14. h3 b5 {The doctor's imperfect English at this point
caused a misunderstanding. Mr M understood him to say P to K Kt4, and this
error was not discovered until the 19th move.} 15. g4 Bg6 16. Be3 h6 17. h4 f5
18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nh2 {Here White went to take the pawn which stood on his
board at g5, and on the doctor's mind at b5. The position was now rectified,
but, of course, White's plan of campaign was completely overthrown.} 19... Bd6
20. h5 Bh7 21. f3 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxf3 23. Rae1 b4 24. Kg2 Rf6 25. Nd1 Be4+ 26.
Kg3 Bf3 27. Rf2 Bxd1 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Bxh6 Kf7 {
'The game was continued for some time longer, and Black ultimately won.'} 0-1

[Event "Earlsfort Terrace blindfold simul"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1879.03.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Soffe, George D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "WIT 22/3/1879; ILN 26/4/1879 p403"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1879.03.07"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

{Weekly Irish Times 22 Mar 1879: Played 7 March in the blindfold simul at
Earlsfort Terrace rink ILN 26/4/1879 p403: 'One of eight games played recently
by Herr Zukertort, sans voir, and simultaneously, against eight amateurs of
the Dublin Chess Club.'  This game also appeared in Monck's column in Our
School Times, 10 May 1879.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5
6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. Ba3 d6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Qc2 {ILN: The preceding moves
are all 'book', but Black's next is hardly so good as 10...Nc5.} 10... Ng5 11.
Nxg5 Qxg5 12. f4 {ILN: All this seems to gain time and is promising enough,
but it exposes the white king too much for safety.} 12... Qh6 13. Nd2 Bb6+ 14.
Kh1 Be3 {Peake in WIT: 'A good move, opening up White's king'.} 15. g3 Bh3 16.
Rf3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 {Diagram #} 17... Nxe5 {WIT: Finely played, winning a pawn,
and the exchange. ILN: One does not often see such strokes as this delivered
by the opponents of 'blindfold' chessplayers.} 18. Be2 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Rab8 20.
g4 f5 21. g5 Qg6 22. c4 Rfe8 23. Bb2 Bg4 24. Bd5+ Kh8 {
ILN says 'and White resigned' but there were more moves printed in WIT:} 25.
Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 {Not to be caught in this little trap.
It will be observed that taking the bishop with the queen loses the game at
once.} 28. Qc3+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Noa, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Bf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Re1 Nf8 14. a3 Be7 15. b4
Ng6 16. c5 Nf4 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Qd2 g5 19. h4 N6h5 20. Bxh5 Nxh5 21. hxg5 Bxg5
22. Qd1 Nf4 23. b5 Kh8 24. c6 Ba8 25. Ne2 Rg8 26. Bc1 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Bxc1+ 28.
Ng3 Bf4 29. Qf3 Qd6 30. Rh1 Rg7 31. Rh3 f6 32. Rah1 Bxc6 33. bxc6 Rxc6 34. Qd3
Rcc7 35. Nd2 e5 36. Ndf1 exd4 37. Qxd4 Be5 38. Qa4 Qe6 39. Qb3 Qc6 40. Kg1 Qc4
41. Qf3 Qc5 42. R1h2 Qd6 43. Rg2 Qe6 44. Nf5 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qg8+ 46. N1g3 Qf7
47. Nh6 Qe8 48. Qxd5 Rg7 49. Nhf5 Rg5 50. Qb7 Qg6 51. Qc8+ Qg8 52. Qd7 Qa8+ 53.
Kg1 h5 54. Rxh5+ Rxh5 55. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[JsCom "Startply = 54"]

1. c4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nb5 {
This gains White the bishop pair and a lasting advantage.} 10... Ne4 11. Nxd6
cxd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 d5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rae1
Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4 g6 21. Re3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. f5 Ne4 24.
Bxe4 dxe4 25. fxg6  Rc2 {Black's counterplay appears good but White has
prepared a remarkable refutation.} 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. d5+  e5 28. Qb4!!
 {A beautiful queen sacrifice to deflect the defending queen from the
defence of the e-pawn.} 28... R8c5 {28... Qxb4 {allows forced mate by 29. Bxe5+
Kxh7 30. Rh3+ Kg6 (30... Kg8 31. Rh8#) 31. Rg3+ Kh6 32. Rf6+ Kh5 33. Rf5+ Kh6
34. Bf4+ Kh7 35. Rh5#.} 29. Rf8+! {A second offer which forces the black king into the open.} 29... Kxh7 30. Qxe4+
Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Kxf8 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nxd4 f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 f5 14. c5 Qc7
15. b4 Rb8 16. Bc3 Bf6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rd6 Rxb4 20. Qd2 Rb7 21.
Ba6 Be8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rd8 Rf8 24. Qd6 Qf7 25. Rb1 e5 26. Rbb8 f4 27. exf4
Qxf4 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Rf8+ Ke6 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Rd8 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Winawer, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Be2 Bd6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. c5
Bc7 9. b4 a6 10. a4 Ng4 11. h3 h5 12. Bb2 Be4 13. b5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qg5 15. b6
Bd8 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Bxg4 f5 18. f4 Qxg4 19. Qxg4 fxg4 20. e4 Bf6 21. e5 Be7
22. Kf2 O-O-O 23. Kg3 Nf8 24. Rh1 Ng6 25. Kxg4 Nh4 26. g3 Nf5 27. Ne2 Rdf8 28.
Bc3 Nh6+ 29. Kf3 g5 30. Rh5 g4+ 31. Kg2 Nf7 32. Rah1 Rxh5 33. Rxh5 Rh8 34.
Rxh8+ Nxh8 35. Nc1 Nf7 36. Nb3 Nh6 37. Kf2 Kd7 38. Bd2 Nf5 39. Be3 Bf8 40. Nd2
Ke7 41. Nf1 Kd7 42. Nh2 Nh6 43. f5 exf5 44. Bxh6 Bxh6 45. Nf1 Bc1 46. Ne3 Bb2
47. Nc2 Ke6 48. Ke3 Bc3 49. Kd3 Ba5 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Ke3 a5 52. Ke2 Bb2 53. Kd3
Bc1 54. Ne3 Ba3 55. Nf1 Bb4 56. Nd2 Kd7 57. Ke3 Ke6 58. Nb3 Bc3 59. Nc1 Bb4 60.
Nd3 Bc3 61. Nf4+ Kf7 62. Nxd5 cxd5 63. c6 f4+ 64. gxf4 Bxd4+ 65. Kxd4 g3 66.
cxb7 g2 67. b8=Q g1=Q+ 68. Kxd5 Qd1+ 69. Kc5 Qc2+ 70. Kd6 Qd1+ 71. Kc7 Qxa4 72.
Qd8 Qc4+ 73. Kb8 Qb5 74. Qf6+ Ke8 75. Qe6+ Kd8 76. Qd6+ Ke8 77. e6 a4 78. f5 a3
79. f6 1-0


[Event "World Championship 1st"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 Ng4 14. Be2 Qh4
15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qc1 Be2 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Bc3 f5 19. Re6 Rad8 20. Qd2 d4 21.
Ba5 Rd7 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bb4 Qf6 24. Rd1 Rd5 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Nh5 Qe8 27. Nf4
Re5 28. h4 c5 29. h5 Re4 30. c3 Qb8 31. g3 Qe5 32. Ng6 Qd6 33. Nf4 d3 34. b3 c4
35. Rb1 Kh7 36. Kh2 Qb6 37. Kg1 Bb7 38. Rb2 Qc6 39. f3 Qc5+ 40. Qf2 Re1+ 41.
Kh2 Qxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Bxf3 43. g4 Be2 44. Ng2 d2 45. Ne3 cxb3 46. axb3 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "World Championship 1st"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. a3 e6 5. c5 a5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Na4 Ngf6
9. Ne2 Be7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Be2 Rfb8 13. O-O b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15.
Nxb6 Rxb6 16. Qc3 Qb7 17. Ra2 Nd7 18. Bd1 c5 19. Ba4 c4 20. Qc1 Nf6 21. Bc3 Bd6
22. f3 Qb8 23. f4 Bd3 24. Re1 h5 25. h4 Qd8 26. Bd1 g6 27. Qd2 Rbb8 28. Qf2 Be7
29. Bf3 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nh1 Bxh4 32. g3 Be7 33. Qd2 Qd5 34. Nf2 a4 35.
Kg2 Rb3 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Raa1 Bd8 38. g4 hxg4 39. Nxg4 Ba5 40. Rh7+ Kf8 41. Rh8+
Kg7 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Qf2 Bd8 44. Ne5 Kg8 45. Rah1 Bf6 46. Rxf7 Rf8 47. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "World Championship 1st"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2
Be6 15. Bd3 Nh4 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. Bd2 d5 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qe3 b6 20. Nb3 Qd6 21.
Qe8+ Nf8 22. Re1 Bb7 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Qf5 Nf8 26. Bf4 Qc6 27. Nd2
Bc8 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qe2 Ne6 30. Bg3 Qb7 31. Nf3 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Ne5 c4 34.
Bb1 Bg7 35. Rd1 Bd7 36. Qf3 Be8 37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Rxd8 Nxd8 39. Qe2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "World Championship 1st"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. Rc1 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Ne8 14. O-O f6
15. Bd3 Rf7 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Rf2 Rc8 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Rcf1
Bb5 22. Bb1 Qa6 23. g4 g6 24. h3 Rc7 25. Re1 Ng7 26. Nf4 Nc8 27. gxf5 gxf5 28.
Rg2 Kh8 29. Kh2 Qc6 30. Reg1 Ne7 31. Qf2 Qe8 32. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "World Championship 1st"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bc7 b6 14. Nc3 Rfc8
15. Bf4 b5 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. Red1 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Bg5
Qd8 22. Qf3 Ra7 23. Qh3 h6 24. Be3 Rac7 25. d5 b4 26. Ne2 Nxd5 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28.
Bd3 Bf6 29. Bd4 Nb5 30. Nf3 Nxd4 31. Nfxd4 Ra5 32. Qf3 Ba4 33. Re1 Ne7 34. Qe4
g6 35. b3 Be8 36. Bc4 Nf5 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38. Bxe6+ Kg7 39. Rad1 Qe7 40. Nf4 Re5
41. Qb1 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Bc3 43. Nd5 Qc5 44. Nxc7 Qxc7 45. Rd1 Nd4 46. Bc4 Bc6
47. Qd3 Ba8 48. Qe3 Qd6 49. a3 Bc6 50. axb4 Qf6 51. Kf1 Nb5 52. Qe6 Qxe6 53.
Bxe6 Bxb4 54. Bd7 Nc3 55. Rd4 Bxd7 56. Rxd7+ Kf6 57. Rd4 Be7 58. b4 Ke5 59. Rc4
Nb5 60. Rc6 Bd6 61. Rb6 Nd4 62. Rb7 g5 63. b5 Kd5 64. b6 Kc6 65. Rh7 Kxb6 66.
Rxh6 Kc7 67. h4 gxh4 68. Rxh4 Nf5 69. Rh7+ Kd8 70. g4 Ne7 71. Kg2 Ke8 72. Kf3
Bc5 73. Rh5 Bd4 74. Kg3 Kf7 75. f4 Bc3 76. Rb5 Be1+ 77. Kf3 Bc3 78. g5 Ba1 79.
Kg4 Bc3 80. f5 Bd4 81. Rb7 Bc3 82. Kh5 Bd4 83. Kh6 Bg7+ 84. Kh7 Be5 85. g6+ Kf8
86. Rxe7 1-0

