1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 gxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. Nd5 Ne5 8. Qxf4 Bd6 9. O-O f6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Ne3 Bc5 12. Kh1 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d6 14. d4 Ng6 15. Qg3 Qe7 16. e5 d5 17. h4 f5 18. Bg5 f4 19. Rxf4 Qe6 20. Rf3 Qg4 21. Qf2 Be6 22. Rf1 N8e7 23. c3 Qh5 24. Rf7 h6 25. Rxe7+ Nxe7 26. Bxe7 Rg8 27. Bf6 Kd7 28. Bd1 Qg6 29. Kh2 Raf8 30. Bc2 Qh5 31. Bf5 Bxf5 32. Qxf5+ Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Rg4 34. Kh3 Rfg8 35. Bg5 Re4 36. Bxh6 Re2 37. Bg5 Ke8 38. h5 Rxb2 39. g4 Rxa2 40. Bf6 Ra1 41. Rf2 Rh1+ 42. Kg3 Rxh5 43. Ra2 a6 44. Rb2 Rh7 45. Rb6 a5 46. Kf4 a4 47. e6 Rc7 48. g5 Rh7 49. Kf5 Rc7 50. Ke5 Rc8 51. Rxb7 Ra8 52. Rb2 a3 53. Ra2 Rg6 54. Kd6 Ra6 55. Kc5 Rg8 56. Kb4 c5+ 57. dxc5 Rxe6 58. Rxa3 Rg6 59. Ra7 Rgxf6 60. gxf6 Rxf6 61. Kb5 Rf3 62. Kc6 Rxc3 63. Kxd5 Rh3 64. Kc6 Rh6+ 65. Kc7 Rh7+ 66. Kb6

(...and wins. "Report in the 'Morning Post', 10 May, shows that the game was probably played on 9 May and that a few more moves must have been played." - Harding.)

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Annotator(s): MacDonnell (see source).

Source(s): Tim Harding, Vizayanagaram 1883 Tournament (part 1), Chess Mail web site, April 2014, citing the tournament book; Games played in the London International Chess Tournament, 1883 (J. I. Minchin, ed.), pp. 368-69 (game 294).

Event information: Tim Harding, Vizayanagaram 1883 Tournament (part 1) and Vizayanagaram 1883 Tournament (part 2), Chess Mail web site, April and May 2014.

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