[MLNrOfMoves "35"]
[MLFlags "000110"]
[Event "New York Chess Congress"]
[Site "New York, NY (USA)"]
[Date "1876"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Section "Open"]
[Opening "French Defense"]
[Annotator "A.J.G."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 $5
{Not the best. White should not open the center. But the move is not an error.}
4... exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb5 Bb4 10. c3 Ba5
11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nc2 Qd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ne3 Rfe8 16. b5
{White could also try 16. a4.} 16... Ne7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. a4 c6
20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ba3 Ne4 22. Qc2 Ng5 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6
Nxh3+ 26. Kh2 Nf4 27. Qf5 Ne6 {Maybe Black should have traded Queens.} 28. Ng2
Qc7 29. a5 $1 Bxa5 30. Rxa5 $1 Rf8 31. Ra6 $3 {An inspired try.} 31... Rxf5
32. gxf5 Nd8 33. Nf4 Qc8 34. Nfg6 Re8 35. Nxc6 $1
{So to threaten Ne7+, winning back the Q with interest.} 35... Qc7+ 36. Nge5
(36. Nce5 Qxc3 37. Re3 Qd2 38. Kg2 Qxd4 39. f6 gxf6 40. Rxf6 Ne6 41. Rg3 Ng5
42. Ng4 Kg7 43. Nf4 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Nh7
{White threatened to move the Rook at g6 and then play Nf6, forking the Black Queen and Rook.}
45. Nh5+ Kh8 46. Rxh6 Qc2 47. Nhf6 Re7 48. Kg2 d4 $1 49. Ne5 Qc8 50. Ng6+
{A truly brilliant partie.}) 1-0

