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title="Monday, March 21st, 2016, 5:15 pm">March 21, 2016</abbr> </p> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>This game is from the infamous St. Petersburg International Chess Tournament of 1914. Then world champion, Emanuel Lasker plays fellow German and nemesis, Siegbert Tarrasch. Lasker was 45 years old at the time of this match and had convincingly defeated Tarrasch (+8 -3 =5) in a world championship match just six years earlier. The veteran Lasker would win the game and also go on to win the tournament. Tarrasch would place fourth behind Lasker and […]</p> </div> <p class="entry-meta"><span class="category"><span class="before">Posted in </span><a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/featured/" rel="tag">Featured</a>, <a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/games/" rel="tag">Games</a></span> | <a class="comments-link" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/1914-lasker-vs-tarrasch/#respond" title="Comment on 1914 – Lasker vs Tarrasch">Leave a response</a></p> </div> <div id="post-761" class="hentry post publish post-2 even alt author-admin category-games"> <a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/1883-mason-vs-bird/" title="1883 - Mason vs Bird"><img src="https://www.rookhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fg-175.png" alt="1883 - Mason vs Bird" class="thumbnail " /></a> <h2 class='post-title entry-title'><a href='https://www.rookhouse.com/1883-mason-vs-bird/'>1883 – Mason vs Bird</a></h2><p class="byline">By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" rel="author" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/author/admin/" title="Kevin Marchese">Kevin Marchese</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="Friday, April 19th, 2013, 7:41 am">April 19, 2013</abbr> </p> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Featured below is a classic game from the sixth round of the 1883 London International tournament between legendary chess greats James Mason of Ireland and Henry Edward Bird of England. Bird would play a Sicilian Defense against his opponent’s king’s pawn opening, but severely neglected his kingside defenses and Mason would eventually take advantage. GAME SOURCE: Brooklyn Chess Chronicle 1884 – Vol.2 No.5 p.75 (Analysis by Mason)</p> </div> <p class="entry-meta"><span class="category"><span class="before">Posted in </span><a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/games/" rel="tag">Games</a></span> | <a class="comments-link" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/1883-mason-vs-bird/#respond" title="Comment on 1883 – Mason vs Bird">Leave a response</a></p> </div> <div id="post-1128" class="hentry post publish post-3 odd author-admin category-games"> <a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/1885-blackburne-vs-mackenzie/" title="1885 - Blackburne vs Mackenzie"><img src="https://www.rookhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fg-175.png" alt="1885 - Blackburne vs Mackenzie" class="thumbnail " /></a> <h2 class='post-title entry-title'><a href='https://www.rookhouse.com/1885-blackburne-vs-mackenzie/'>1885 – Blackburne vs Mackenzie</a></h2><p class="byline">By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" rel="author" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/author/admin/" title="Kevin Marchese">Kevin Marchese</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="Wednesday, April 10th, 2013, 11:00 pm">April 10, 2013</abbr> </p> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>An enjoyable “Scotch Game” contested between Joseph Henry Blackburne and George Henry Mackenzie from the 1885 int’l chess tournament in Hamburg, Germany. This game was played in the second round of the tournament on July 13th, 1885. The closely contested event was won by Blackburne (+11 -3 =3) , while Mackenzie would finish up in seventh place (+7 -4 =6). GAME SOURCE: Blackburne’s Games at Chess p.58-59. (Analysis by Blackburne)</p> </div> <p class="entry-meta"><span class="category"><span class="before">Posted in </span><a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/games/" rel="tag">Games</a></span> | <a class="comments-link" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/1885-blackburne-vs-mackenzie/#respond" title="Comment on 1885 – Blackburne vs Mackenzie">Leave a response</a></p> </div> <div id="post-1082" class="hentry post publish post-4 even alt author-admin category-featured category-games"> <a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/1891-curtis-vs-willenberg/" title="1891 - Curtis vs Willenberg"><img src="https://www.rookhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fg-175.png" alt="1891 - Curtis vs Willenberg" class="thumbnail " /></a> <h2 class='post-title entry-title'><a href='https://www.rookhouse.com/1891-curtis-vs-willenberg/'>1891 – Curtis vs Willenberg</a></h2><p class="byline">By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" rel="author" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/author/admin/" title="Kevin Marchese">Kevin Marchese</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, 11:00 pm">April 3, 2013</abbr> </p> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>C. Locke Curtis and F.H. Willenberg were regular mainstays in competing for the championship of the Ohio State Chess Tournament in the 1890’s. The following is the deciding game in a tie for that state’s annual championship in 1891, played in Toledo, Ohio. GAME SOURCE: Charleston Sunday News – July 19th, 1891 (score and notes originally from the Toledo Commercial)</p> </div> <p class="entry-meta"><span class="category"><span class="before">Posted in </span><a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/featured/" rel="tag">Featured</a>, <a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/games/" rel="tag">Games</a></span> | <a class="comments-link" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/1891-curtis-vs-willenberg/#respond" title="Comment on 1891 – Curtis vs Willenberg">Leave a response</a></p> </div> <div id="post-901" class="hentry post publish post-5 odd author-admin category-featured category-games post_tag-1890-gunsberg-vs-gunston"> <a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/featured-game-1/" title="1890 - Gunsberg vs Gunston"><img src="https://www.rookhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fg-175.png" alt="1890 - Gunsberg vs Gunston" class="thumbnail " /></a> <h2 class='post-title entry-title'><a href='https://www.rookhouse.com/featured-game-1/'>1890 – Gunsberg vs Gunston</a></h2><p class="byline">By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" rel="author" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/author/admin/" title="Kevin Marchese">Kevin Marchese</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="Wednesday, March 13th, 2013, 11:14 am">March 13, 2013</abbr> </p> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The following game is from the 1890 Manchester International chess tournament, played between prominent English masters Isidor Gunsberg and William Gunston on Saturday, September 6th in the 18th round. This game earned Gunston the tournament’s brilliancy prize awarded by Mr. E.N. Frankenstein. He would go on to tie for 13th place in the strong twenty player field, while Gunsberg finished in a tie for 6th place. GAME SOURCE: British Chess Magazine 1890 – p.430-431 (Analysis […]</p> </div> <p class="entry-meta"><span class="category"><span class="before">Posted in </span><a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/featured/" rel="tag">Featured</a>, <a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/games/" rel="tag">Games</a></span> <span class="post_tag"><span class="before">| Tagged </span><a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/tag/1890-gunsberg-vs-gunston/" rel="tag">1890-Gunsberg vs Gunston</a></span> | <a class="comments-link" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/featured-game-1/#respond" title="Comment on 1890 – Gunsberg vs Gunston">Leave a response</a></p> </div> <div class="navigation-links"> <a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/games/page/2/" ><span class="next">Next »</span></a> </div> </div> <div id="primary" class="sidebar aside"> <div id="hybrid-search-4" class="widget search widget-search"><div class="widget-wrap widget-inside"><h3 class="widget-title">Search</h3><form method="get" class="search-form" id="search-formhybrid-search" action="https://www.rookhouse.com/"><div><input class="search-text" type="text" name="s" id="search-texthybrid-search" value="" onfocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value=this.defaultValue;" /></div></form></div></div><div id="shredderchess_widget-3" class="widget shredderchess_widget widget-shredderchess_widget"><div class="widget-wrap widget-inside"> <div class="shredderchess_widget"> <h3 class="widget-title">Daily Puzzle</h3> <iframe scrolling="no" height="341" width="310" loading="lazy" frameborder="0" src="https://www.shredderchess.com/online/playshredder/gdailytactics.php?mylang=en&mysize=32" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"> </iframe> </div> </div></div><div id="category-posts-2" class="widget cat-post-widget widget-cat-post-widget"><div class="widget-wrap widget-inside"><h3 class="widget-title"><a href="https://www.rookhouse.com/category/articles/">Articles</a></h3><ul id="category-posts-2-internal" class="category-posts-internal"> <li class='cat-post-item'><div><a class="cat-post-title" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/a-classic-nimzowitsch-game/" rel="bookmark">A Classic Nimzowitsch Game</a></div></li><li class='cat-post-item'><div><a class="cat-post-title" href="https://www.rookhouse.com/a-new-napier-game-by-john-s-hilbert/" rel="bookmark">A “New” Napier Game (by John S. 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