[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qd3 Kh8 8. Bf4
Ne4 9. Rc1 c6 10. Nh3 Nd7 11. O-O g5 12. Be3 Bf6 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 dxc4 15.
Rxc4 Nb6 16. Rc2 Nd5 17. Bc1 Nc7 18. Rd1 Nb5 19. e3 h6 20. a4 Nc7 21. e4 Bg7
22. Nf2 Bd7 23. b3 Qe7 24. Re2 Qf7 25. Ba3 Rfd8 26. Qc4 b5 27. axb5 Nxb5 28.
Bc5 Be8 29. Bh3 e5 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. exd5 Rc8 33. Ne4 g4 34. fxg4
fxe4 35. g5 Bd7 36. Be6 Qe8 37. gxh6 Bxh6 38. b4 Nd4 39. Rxe4 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nd2
41. Qa6 Bxe6 42. Rxe5 Bxd5+ 43. Rxd5 Qc6 44. Qxc6 Rxc6 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Rd7+
Kg6 47. Rxa7 Ne4 48. Be7 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Nd2+ 50. Ke2 Nb3+ 51. Kd3 Rxh2 52. Kc4
Nd2+ 53. Kd5 Rh5+ 54. Kc6 Nb3 55. Rd7 Be3 56. Rd3 Nd4+ 57. Kc7 Bf2 58. Rd2
Bxg3+ 59. Kb6 {"and the game, at the 71st move, was given up as drawn." - Field
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8
8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Qf4 10. a4 Nh6 11. Ra3 Re8 12. g3 Qf6 13. Nc4 a6 14. Rf3
Qg5 15. Nc3 Qc5 16. Rd3 f6 17. Rd5 Qf8 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Rd1 d6 20. Qf4 Nfe5 21.
Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qe4 g6 24. f4 Nc6 25. g4 f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Qg2
Bxc2 28. Rd2 Bf5 29. Bf3 Kd7 30. b4 Qe7 31. Re2 Qf6 32. Nd5 Qd4+ 33. Qf2 Qa1+
34. Re1 Qxa4 35. Qb2 {Illustrated London News said Black resigned here; other
sources had further moves:} Rg8 36. Nf6+ Kd8 37. Nxg8 Qxb4 38. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. a3 h6 10. Be3 d6 11. h3 Qd7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Nh2 g5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Nxg4
Qxg4 16. hxg5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nd5 Qh4 19. g3 Nd4 20. Kg2 Qh2+ 21. Kxh2
Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxd2 23. Rh1+ Kg7 24. Ba2 g4 25. Rh4 f5 26. Rah1 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 c6
28. Rh7+ Kg6 29. exf5+ Rxf5 30. Be6 Rf6 31. R7h6+ Kg7 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Bxg4 e4
34. Rd1 Nf3 35. Bxf3 exf3+ 36. Kxf3 {and after some more moves, Black resigned.
(Field)} 1-0

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8
8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Qf4 10. a4 a6 11. g3 Qf6 12. Nc3 Nh6 13. Nde4 Qf5 14. Rb1
Re8 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. f3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 d6 18. b4 b6 19. Rbd1 Re6 20. g4 Qg6 21.
Nd5 Nxg4 22. Kh1 Bb7 23. Nf4 Qxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe4+ 25. Kg1 Bxd3 26. Nxe6+ fxe6
27. Rf8+ Ke7 28. Rxa8 Bxc2 29. Rc1 Bxa4 30. Rxc7+ Kf6 31. Rxa6 Bb3 32. Rxb6 d5
33. Rc3 Bd1 34. Rcc6 Bf3 35. Rxe6+ Kf5 36. Re7 g5 37. Rf7+ Ke4 38. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Be6 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Bf4 Nfd5
15. Be5 Kh8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Qd7 19. Qa5 Bb4 20. Qa6 Rb6 21.
Qd3 Be7 22. b3 Rg6 23. Bg3 f6 24. Rfe1 Bb4 25. Re2 Rh6 26. a3 Bd6 27. Bxd6 cxd6
28. Re4 g5 29. g3 Rg8 30. Rae1 f5 31. R4e2 f4 32. Qc4 Qf5 33. Ne5 Qe6 34. Ng6+
Qxg6 35. Qxd5 Qh5 36. h4 fxg3 37. fxg3 gxh4 38. Qxh5 Rxh5 39. Re8 Rhg5 40.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Re3 Rg4 42. d5 Rg5 43. Kh2 Rxd5 44. gxh4 Kf7 45. b4 Rd2+ 46. Kg3
Rb2 47. Kf3 d5 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Rd3 Ke6 50. h5 h6 51. Rg3 Rf2+ 52. Ke3 Rh2 53.
Kd4 Rh4+ 54. Kc5 Rxh5 55. a4 Rg5 56. Rh3 h5 57. a5 Kd7 58. Rf3 d4+ 59. Kxd4 Kc6
60. Kc4 Rg4+ 61. Kb3 h4 62. Rf6+ Kb7 63. Rh6 Rg3+ 64. Ka4 Rg4 65. a6+ Ka7 66.
Ka5 Rg1 67. Rh7+ Ka8 68. Rxh4 Rg6 69. b5 Rg5 70. Rh6 Ka7 71. Rh7+ Ka8 72. Rc7
Kb8 73. a7+ $4 {Throws away win} Ka8 74. Kb4 Rxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8
8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Qf4 10. a4 Nh6 11. Ra3 Re8 12. Nc4 a6 13. Rf3 Qg5 14. Nba3
Nf5 15. c3 Re6 16. b4 Rg6 17. g3 d6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa3 20. bxc6 Ra2 21.
Ne5 Rf6 22. Bc4 Rd2 23. Qc1 dxe5 24. Rd3+ Rd6 25. Rxd6+ Nxd6 26. f4 exf4 27.
Qxd2 Qc5+ 28. Rf2 Qxc4 29. cxb7 Bxb7 30. Rxf4 Qc6 31. Rh4 Kc8 32. Qe2 Qh1+ 33.
Kf2 Ne4+ 34. Ke3 Qc1+ 35. Kd4 Qxc3# 0-1

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Kf1 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 e5 8. Nf3
e4 9. Nd4 Bc5 10. e3 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. b3 Na6 13. Ba3 b6 14. h4 Nc5 15. Kg1
Nd3 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Be2 h5 18. Kg2 Bd7 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. Rdf1 Qg6
22. f4 exf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rfe8 24. Ne2 Nxf3 25. Rxf3 Re4 26. Qd3 Ng4 27. Nf4 Qf7
28. Nh3 Qe7 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qc3 Ne5 31. Rf4 Ng6 32. Rff1 Rg4 33. Kh2 Ne5 34.
Ng5 Ng6 35. Rf4 Ne5 36. Ref1 Rxf4 37. exf4 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Qf6 39. Qd2 Qe7 40. Qd4
Nf6 41. Nf3 Qe4 42. Kg2 c6 43. Qxe4 Nxe4 44. Re1 cxd5 45. cxd5 Rc8 46. Rc1 Rxc1
47. Bxc1 Nc3 48. Ba3 Nxa2 49. Bxd6 Nc3 50. Ne5 Bb5 51. Bb8 Nxd5 52. Bxa7 {The
Field ended here, saying "The game was prolonged to the 77th move, but
ultimately ended in a draw."  The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News had a
few more moves:} Be2 53. Kf2 Bd1 54. b4 Ba4 55. Ke2 Kf8 {"And the game was
prolonged for many more moves, and ultimately abandoned as drawn." (ISDN)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qe1 Qb6 7. Na3 Nh6 8. Kh1
a6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rc1 f6 14. h3 e5 15. Nh2
Bb7 16. c3 Rae8 17. Qf2 Nf5 18. g4 Nd6 19. Bf3 exf4 20. exf4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Kg1 Ne7 23. Nc2 g5 24. fxg5 fxg5 25. Qe3 Ng6 26. b4 Rf3 27. Rxf3 exf3 28.
Qf2 Re2 29. Nd4 cxd4 30. Qxd4+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 {The so-called Normal Position of the Evans Gambit, which was the
main line at the time.} 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 c5 $6 {The
correct move is 12...Ng6 as MacDonnell played in Games 11 and 13, but 12...c5
is perhaps not as bad as was thought at the time.} 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Ng6 15.
Qh5 c4 16. Bc2 Bd4 17. Rae1 {An oversight that costs the exchange although
White does obtain some attacking compensation.} Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Nxe5
20. Qf5 Nd3 21. Ne4 f6 22. Bc3 b6 23. Re1 Qc8 24. Qh5 g6 $2 {Now the White
attack becomes very strong.} (24... Nb7 {(Steinitz) would be met by} 25. Nxf6+
Rxf6 26. Bxf6 {when Black must play} Qf8 (26... gxf6 $4 27. Re7) 27. Bxd3 cxd3
28. Bb2 {and White's chances are not worse.}) (24... Qd7 {maintains winning
chances for Black.}) 25. Qh4 Qf5 26. Re3 $6 (26. Nxf6+ {wins, as commentators
at the time pointed out.}) 26... g5 27. Qg3 Qf4 {This loses.} ({Steinitz
thought} 27... Qg6 {"would have made Black's game perfectly safe" but White
has two ways to maintain the initiative.} 28. Qd6 {and} (28. h4)) 28. Qh3 g4
29. Qh5 Nxf2 {and White mates in eight moves. The Field gives the first of
these as played, viz.} 30. Nxf6+ {"And White mates in seven more moves" said
ILN.} Rxf6 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Bh7+ Kh8 34. Bxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bc2 b4 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. d4
a5 16. d5 Nd8 17. c4 Ne8 18. g4 g6 19. Ng3 Ng7 20. Bh6 f6 21. Nh2 Nf7 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. h4 Bd7 24. b3 Nh6 25. f3 Ra8 26. Rf2 Qc8 27. Rg2 a4 28. Qd2 Nf7 29.
Nhf1 axb3 30. Bxb3 Kh8 31. Ne3 Rg8 32. Rf1 Qf8 33. Rff2 Qd8 34. Ne2 Bf8 35. Nf1
Bh6 36. Qc2 Qe7 37. Kh1 f5 38. g5 Bg7 39. Ne3 fxe4 40. Qxe4 Rae8 41. Rh2 Rgf8
42. Rfg2 Nd8 43. h5 Bf5 44. Nxf5 gxf5 45. Qh4 e4 46. Nf4 Bd4 47. Re2 Qg7 48.
Ba4 Re7 49. h6 Qe5 50. g6 Rf6 51. Qg3 hxg6 52. Nxg6+ Rxg6 53. Qxg6 Qf4 54. Re1
Qxf3+ 55. Qg2 Qxg2+ 56. Rxg2 Rh7 57. Rg6 Nf7 58. Kg2 Rxh6 59. Re6 Kg7 60. Be8
Ng5 61. Rxh6 Kxh6 62. Rh1+ Kg7 63. Rh5 Kf6 64. Rh6+ Ke5 65. Kg3 e3 66. Bh5 Ke4
67. Kg2 Be5 68. Rg6 Kf4 69. Rg8 Ne4 70. Be2 Nc3 71. Kf1 Nxa2 72. Rb8 Ke4 73.
Re8 b3 74. Bd1 Nc1 75. Rb8 f4 76. Rf8 e2+ 77. Bxe2 Nxe2 78. Kxe2 b2 79. Rb8 f3+
80. Kd2 Bf4+ 81. Ke1 Bc1 0-1

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 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 Rb8 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nf5 c4 19. Be2 Qe8 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21.
Qxa5 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 Qg4 23. Ne5 Qf4 24. Nf3 Bg4 25. Qd2 Bxf3 26. Qxf4 Bxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Nxf4+ 28. Kf3 Rfe8 29. Bf1 Kf7 30. Re4 Rxe4 31. Kxe4 Re8+ 32. Kf3 g5 33.
Rd1 {As in ILN; The Field has "!R to B sq" which is illegal.} h5 34. h3 f5 0-1

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 g6 8.
Nc3 c5 9. h3 Bg7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rb1 h6 12. Nh2 g5 13. g4 Be6 14. b3 Ng8 15.
Ne2 h5 16. Ng3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Qf6 18. f3 Qh6 19. Rf2 Qg6 20. Nhf1 Ne7 21. c3 Nc6
22. Qc1 Bf6 23. Nh5 Rxh5 24. gxh5 Qxh5 25. Rh2 Qxf3 26. Rf2 Qg4+ 27. Rg2 Qh3
28. Rbb2 Qh7 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Kd7 31. Rh2 Qg8 32. Qxg8 Rxg8+ 33. Rbg2 Ra8
34. Rb2 a5 35. a4 Rb8 36. Nd2 Ne7 37. Kf2 Ng6 38. Ke3 Nf4 39. d4 Rg8 40. dxe5
dxe5 41. Nf3 f6 42. Rh7+ Kc6 43. Rh6 Rd8 44. Rd2 Rf8 45. Rb2 Kb7 46. b4 axb4
47. cxb4 c4 48. Rc2 Nd3 49. b5 Kb6 50. Rh1 Ka5 51. Nd2 Nb4 52. Nxc4+ Kxa4 53.
Rc3 Kxb5 54. Na3+ Kb6 55. Rhc1 Rh8 56. Rf1 Rf8 57. Nc4+ Bxc4 58. Rxc4 c5 59.
Rf2 Kc6 60. Rc1 Kd6 61. Rd2+ Kc6 62. Rf1 c4 63. Rdf2 Kc5 64. Rxf6 Ra8 65. Rc1
Ra3+ 66. Ke2 c3 67. Rf8 Kd4 68. Rc8 c2 69. Rb8 Rb3 70. Rxb4+ Rxb4 71. Rxc2 Kxe4
72. Rc3 {"and after some more moves the game was given up as drawn." said the
Field.The Westminster Papers said it was prolonged to the 81st move. "The last
two dozen moves were waste of time, except as examples of endurance."} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 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. Ng3 Rb8 17. Ne1 b5 18. Nc2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Ne3 c4 21. Be2
Nb7 22. Rac1 Nd6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Nf7 25. Rff1 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Nd6 27. Bf3
Qe8 28. Rfe1 Qg6 29. Nf1 Re8 30. Qf4 Re5 31. Nd2 Bd7 32. Bd1 Rbe8 33. Bc2 Bg4
34. Re3 Nf5 35. Ree1 Nd4 36. Qe3 Nxc2 37. Rxc2 Rxd5 38. Qxa7 Rxd2 {Land and
Water said White resigned here. A further move pair was in some sources:} 39.
Rxd2 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. f4 g6 13. Nf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd7
15. Kh1 c5 16. Rd1 Qc6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Ng5 d4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd2 Rf7 21. Rf1
Bf8 22. Rf3 Bh6 23. h4 Raf8 24. Raf1 Bg7 25. g4 Qd5 26. Kg2 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4
28. Kh3 Rxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Bxe5 31. Kg2 a5 32. Kf1 h6 33. Ke2 g5 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. Kd3 Kg7 36. Ke4 Bf4 37. Rf1 Kf6 38. Ra1 Bc7 39. b4 axb4 40. Ra7
Be5 41. Rb7 d3 42. cxd3 Bxb2 43. Rxb5 Bd4 44. Rb8 Ke7 45. Rb6 Kd7 46. Rb5 Kc6
47. Rb8 Bc3 48. Re8 b3 49. Rxe6+ Kb5 50. Rh6 b2 51. Rh1 Bd2 52. Rb1 Bc1 53. d4
cxd4 54. Kxd4 Kb4 55. Kd3 Kb3 56. Ke4 Kc2 57. Rxb2+ Kxb2 0-1

[Event "MacDonnell-Wisker 2nd match"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan, London"]
[Date "1874.11.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Harding,Tim"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1874.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. c3 Ba7 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Re1
c5 16. Nf5 Qd8 17. Nxd6 Bc6 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd6 21. exd6
Ne7 22. Qe5 Ng6 23. Qg3 Re8 24. Rad1 Qd7 25. Rd2 Re6 26. Red1 Rc8 27. h4 Rd8
28. h5 Nf8 29. Rd5 Kh7 30. Ne5 Qe8 31. b4 f6 32. Ng6 Nd7 33. bxc5 Rxe3 34. Qxe3
Qxe3 35. fxe3 Bxc5 36. Kf2 Bb6 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. R1d3 Rc4 39. e4 Kg8 40. Kf4 Nc5
41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. d7 Bc7+ 43. e5 fxe5+ 44. Kf5 Bd8 45. Nxe5 a5 46. Ke6 b4 47.
cxb4 axb4 48. Nf7 b3 49. axb3 Rc6+ 50. Rd6 Rc2 51. Nxd8 Re2+ 52. Kd5 1-0

