Allgaier Gambit
Mr. Steinitz. (blindfold)
Lord Randolph Churchill
1. P— K 4 P— K 4
2. P— K B 4 P × P
3. Kt— K B 3 P— K Kt 4
4 B— Q Kt 2 5. Kt— K 5Q—K 2 [a]
5 Kt— K 2 7. Kt × Kt P Q × P (ch)
6. P— Q 4 P— Q 3
7. Kt × Kt P Q × P (ch)
8. Q— K 2 P— Q 4 25. P— Q 5 Kt—Q Kt 5 [e]
9. Kt— K 5Kt—K R 3 [b]
10. Kt— Q B 3 B—Q Kt 5
11. Q × Q P × Q
12. B × P Kt— K B 4
13. Castles B × Kt
14. P X B Kt— Q 3
15. P— Q B 4 [c] P— K B 3
16. P— Q B 5 P × Kt
17. B × P Kt— K B 2
18. B × R Kt × B
19. R— K sq P— Q Kt 3 [d]
20. R × P (ch) K— Q sq 4. P— K R 4 P— K Kt 5
21. B— Q B
22. R— Kt 4 Kt— K Kt 3 6. P— Q 4 P— Q 3
23. P— R
24. R— K sq Q Kt— Q B 3
25. P— Q 5 Kt—Q Kt 5 [e]
26. P— Q B 6 B— Q B sq
27. R— K Kt 7 Kt— Q B 3
28. P × Kt Kt × P
29. B— Q Kt 5 B— Q Kt 2
30. R— Q sq (ch) K— K sq
31. R × Q B P K— B sq
32. R— K B sq (ch) K— Kt sq
33. B— Q B 4 (ch), and mates in a few moves.
[a] This was once a common defence to the Allgaier opening , but it seems to entail the loss of the gambit pawn.
[b] B— R 3 would not have done, for White would then have exchanged queens, and played B— Q B 4, &c.
[c] This move loses White a piece, but he obtains for it a full equivalent.
[d] Black should have lost no time here in getting his pieces out; B— K 3, followed by K— Q 2 seems the best play.
[e] Kt— Q R 4 would be, perhaps, better; but in any case he must have the worst of it.
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