“The Black Death” Blockades The 3-rd rank!

December 26, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this famous chess miniature we see a Rook sacrifice with which British chess master Joseph Blackburne blocks the 3-rd rank thus making the pawn on g3-square unprotected!
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Henry Edward Bird vs Joseph Henry Blackburne
2nd B.C.A. Masters (1886), London ENG, rd 5, Jul-16
Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Variation (A02)
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.d4 Ng4 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bf2 Nxf2 9.Kxf2 g4 10.Nh4 f5
11.g3 f4 12.Qd3 O-O 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Kg1
Qf6 15.Bg2 fxg3 16.hxg3 Qf2+ 17.Kh2 Rf3
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