“The Eight Pawn Gambit”! Pawns Are Gone But Mate Is On The Board!

William Ballard vs Joseph Fagan
Odds Game (1884)
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3
6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 O-O 8. hxg3 Bxg3 9. Kg2 Bd6 10. Rh1 Qf6
11. e5 Qg6+ 12. Kf1 Nf5 13. Rg1 Ng3+ 14. Kf2 Ne4+ 15. Ke1 Bb4+
16. c3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Kf2 Qc6 19. Bd3 Bxa1 20. d5
Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qb2+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. Bd4 Qxa2 24. Bxa1 Qxd5 25. e6
g6 26. e7 Re8 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Qb2 Rxe7 29. Qh8+ Kf7
30. Ng5#
1-0
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