Hungarian chess master Isidor Gunsberg goes for a Pawn Storm against English chess master Henry Bird!
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Henry Bird vs Isidor Gunsberg
6th American Chess Congress (1889), New York, NY USA, rd 35, May-11
Bird Opening: Gunsberg Defense (A02)
1.f4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.d3 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.e5 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 Rc8
8.a3 g6 9.b4 d4 10.b5 Nce7 11.c4 Nf5 12.a4 Ngh6 13.Na3 Ng4
14.Nc2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qh4+ 16.g3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Qxg3+ 18.Kd2 Qxf4+
19.Ke2 Qxe5+ 20.Kf1 Nh2+ 21.Kg2 Bd6 22.Qe1 Nxf3 23.Kxf3 Qf5+
24.Ke2 Qg4+ 25.Kf1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qxd3 27.Na3 h5 28.Ra2 h4 29.Qf1
Qb3 30.Rf2 Qg3+ 31.Rg2 Qc3 32.Nb1 Qb3 33.Bg5 h3 34.Nd2 h2
35.Kf2 Qc2 36.Qe2 Rh3 37.Ne4 Qxe2+ 38.Kxe2 Bc7 39.Nf6+ Kf8
40.Ng4 f5 41.Nf2 Ra3 42.Bc1 Ra2+ 43.Kf3 Kf7 44.Nh3 Rxa4 45.Re2
e5 46.Ng5+ Kf6 47.Kg2 e4 48.Rf1 e3 49.Nf3 Rh8 50.Kh1 Rxc4
51.Bb2 Re8 52.Rd1 Re4 53.Ba1 g5 54.Nxh2 Rh4 55.Kg1 Rxh2
56.Rxh2 Bxh2+ 57.Kxh2 Rc2+ 58.Kg3 f4 59.Kg4 e2 60.Re1 Ra2
61.Kf3 Kf5
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