Game 4

Game 4
Blackburne – Blanchard
London 1891

[Fritz 6 (30s)]

C30: King's Gambit Declined
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 (last book move) 4...exf4 5.d4 Bb4 6.Bxf4 d5 7.e5 (White wins space) 7...Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Be6 9.Bd3 h6 10.0–0 Nge7 11.Rb1 b6 12.Qd2 0–0? [12...Qd7 would allow Black to play on] 13.Bxh6!+- (Demolition of pawn structure) 13...gxh6? [13...Nf5 14.Bg5 Qd7+-] 14.Qxh6 (Decoy to h6) 14...Ng6 [14...Nf5 a last effort to resist the inevitable 15.Bxf5 Bxf5+-] 15.Ng5 Re8 [15...Qxg5 the only chance to get some counterplay 16.Qxg5 Nce7+-] 16.Rxf7!! (Demolition of pawn structure.) 16...Bxf7 17.Qh7+ (Theme: Double Attack) 17...Kf8 18.Qxf7# 1–0