Chess in 1830
by Bill Wall

In 1830, the Hamburger Schachklub, oldest chess club in Germany, was founded.

Around 1830, James Lonsdale (1777-1839) painted "The Chess Players." Two men play chess as two others watch. The painting is now in the Nottingham City Museum and Art Gallery.

In 1830, chess pieces were discovered among the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey northwest of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. They were carved from walrus tusk around the 11th or 12th century in the Scandinavian countries. The pieces can be found in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

In 1830, the first published game by an American woman player appeared in Philadelphia.

In May 1830, Joseph Graham Campbell was born in Cookstown, Ulster. He was a chess problemist. He died in 1891, at the age of 60.

On May 4, 1830, Jules Arnous de Riviere was born in Nantes, France. He was a French master.

On May 19, 1830, Eugene Cook was born in New York City. He was the first American chess composer of note.

On May 29, 1830, Frederick Milnes Edge was born in London. He was a journalist and wrote about Paul Morphy.

On June 10, 1830, Arthur Bolland Skipworth was born. He was secretary of the British Counties' Chess Association and editor of the Chess Players' Chronicle.

On August 8, 1830, James Cochrane died in Cheltenham, England. He wrote a book on the Muzio Gambit in 1829.

On August 16, 1830, George MacDonnell was born in Dublin. He was a chess columnist and author.

On August 18, 1830, Edward Freeborough was born in Hull, England. He was a chess author.

In September 1830, Wilhelm Hanstein defeated Johann Escher in a chess match in Zurich, scoring 3.5 out of 5. Also, Carl Mayet defeated Heinrich Meister in Zurich, scoring 4 out of 5.

McDonnell,Alexander - D'Arblay [C37], England simul, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3 gxf3 6.0-0 d6 7.Qxf3 c6 8.d4 Bh6 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qh5+ Kg7 11.Bxf4 Bxf4 12.Rxf4 Nf6 13.Qg5+ Kf7 14.e5 dxe5 15.dxe5 Nbd7 16.Ne4 Rg8 17.Qh5+ Kg7 18.exf6+ Kh8 19.Rh4 Nf8 20.Ng5 Rxg5 21.Qxg5 Ne6 22.Qh5 Qg8 23.f7 Qg7 24.Rg4 Qf8 25.Qe5+ Ng7 26.Rxg7 Qxg7 27.f8Q# 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - Finch,James Gayler [C38], England simul, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.0-0 Qe7 6.Nc3 c6 7.e5 Qc5+ 8.d4 Qxc4 9.Ne4 Qe6 10.Nd6+ Kf8 11.Nxg5 Qg6 12.Ngxf7 Ne7 13.Nxh8 Bxh8 14.Rxf4+ Kg8 15.Rg4 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - Harrison [C39], England simul, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 h5 6.Bc4 Rh7 7.d4 d6 8.Nd3 Qe7 9.Nxf4 c6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.0-0 Nfd7 12.g3 b5 13.Bxb5 cxb5 14.Nxb5 Nb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Qd7 17.Qd3 f5 18.Re1+ Re7 19.Re6 Rxe6 20.dxe6 Qh7 21.Qc4 Kd8 22.Bg5+ 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C33], England simul, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 d6 5.d4 g5 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Qd3 Ne7 8.g3 Bh3+ 9.Kf2 Qg4 10.Qd2 Bg7 11.Be2 Qe6 12.Nf3 h6 13.gxf4 gxf4 14.Qxf4 Ng6 15.Qe3 Bg4 16.Nd5 Kd7 17.Rg1 h5 18.Ng5 Qe8 19.e5 Bxe2 20.Kxe2 c6 21.Qh3+ Kd8 22.Nxf7+ Qxf7 23.Bg5+ Bf6 24.Bxf6+ 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C37], England simul, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3 gxf3 6.0-0 fxg2 7.Rxf4 f6 8.Qh5+ Ke7 9.Qf7+ Kd6 10.e5+ Kxe5 11.Re4+ Kd6 12.Qd5# 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C33], England simul, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 d6 5.d4 g5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nd5 Kd8 8.Be2 c6 9.g3 Qh6 10.Nc3 fxg3 11.Kg2 Qf6 12.Nf3 h6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.dxe5+ Bd7 16.Nd6 Kc7 17.hxg3 Be6 18.Bd2 Nd7 19.Bb4 Qd8 20.Qd4 Ne7 21.Ba5+ b6 22.Ba6 Nc5 23.Qxc5 Bxe5 24.Nb5+ 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - Popert,HW [C51], England simul, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.h3 h6 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Ba3 e4 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nh5 16.Rd1 Qf5 17.Bxf7+ Qxf7 18.Rd8+ Kxd8 19.Qxf7 1-0

De Labourdonnais,Louis Charles Mahe - D'Arblay [C39], France, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 Nc6 6.Bc4 Ne5 7.Bb3 h6 8.d4 hxg5 9.dxe5 Rxh4 10.Rf1 g3 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Qd5 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qe7 14.Ba3 d6 15.exd6 Qe6 16.Qd4 Qf6 17.e5 Qf5 18.dxc7 Be6 19.Ba4+ Bd7 20.0-0-0 1-0

De Labourdonnais,Louis Charles Mahe - Pelling [C21], France, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 c5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Ng5 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Re1+ Be7 12.Ne6 Kf7 13.Qxc3 Nf6 14.h4 Re8 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Qg3 Nh5 17.Qg4 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - Finch,James Gayler [C00], London, 1830
1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 a6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Bc2 Bd7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nh6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.0-0 Nb4 12.Bb1 Nf5 13.g4 Nh6 14.f5 Nxg4 15.f6 Nxf6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Kh1 Qb6 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Nxg5 g6 21.Qg4 Qd6 22.Qh4 Kg7 23.Bg8 f5 24.Qh7+ Kf6 25.Nce4+ dxe4 26.Nxe4# 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C30], London, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.fxe5 dxe5 6.d4 Bxd4 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Bxg8 Rxg8 10.Bg5+ Kd7 11.Nxe5+ Kc7 12.Bxd8+ Rxd8 13.Qxg4 Bxe5 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Rf7 h5 16.Qe6 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Kc8 18.e5 a5 19.Qd6 Ra6 20.e6 g5 21.exd7+ 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C33], London, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.d4 g5 6.h4 gxh4 7.Bxf4 Bg4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Qd2 h3 10.Ng5 d5 11.Nxd5 Bh5 12.Nxc7+ Kf8 13.Nxf7 Bxf7 14.Bh6+ Kg8 15.Qg5# 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C39], London, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 Be7 5.hxg5 Bxg5 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bc4 Qe7 9.Kf2 Bg4 10.e5 d5 11.Bd3 h5 12.Qg1 Nd7 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.g3 Qe7 15.Bxf4 0-0-0 16.Qc1 Qb4 17.Be3 Nh6 18.Bxh6 Qxd4+ 19.Be3 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qe8 21.Re1 Qg8 22.Qe3 Nb6 23.Qe5 Rd7 24.Qb8# 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C33], London, 1830 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 d5 5.exd5 f3 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Nxf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Bd6 10.Nc3 f5 11.d4 Ne7 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nb5 Nc8 14.g3 Qe7 15.Kg2 0-0 16.Re1 Qb7 17.c4 a6 18.Nc3 Bb4 19.Qb3 Rf7 20.c5 h6 21.Bh5 g6 22.Bxg6 Kg7 23.Bxf7 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C37], London, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3 gxf3 6.0-0 c6 7.Qxf3 Qf6 8.e5 Qxe5 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.d4 Qxd4+ 11.Be3 Qg7 12.Bxf4 Nf6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bg5 Rg8 15.Qh5+ Qg6 16.Nd6+ Ke6 17.Rfe1+ Kxd6 18.Bf4# 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C33], London, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.d4 Ne7 7.g3 fxg3 8.Kg2 h5 9.hxg3 Qg4 10.Be2 Qe6 11.Bxg5 f6 12.Bxh5+ Kd8 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bf4 d6 15.Nge2 f5 16.Bg5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Rg8 18.Qd2 Nd7 19.Bf7 Rf8 20.Rh7 fxe4 21.Nd4 Nc5 22.Bxe7+ Kxe7 23.Qg5+ Kd7 24.Bg6+ 1-0

McDonnell,Alexander - NN [C34], London, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 exf4 4.d4 Bb6 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.e5 Ng8 11.Bg5 Qc8 12.Qe2 Nf8 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.Bh4 h6 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 a6 17.Nc3 Nf6 18.b3 Ba5 19.b4 Bxb4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nd5 Ba5 22.Nxf6+ 1-0

Perigal,George - Popert,HW [C51], London, 1830
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Bb6 8.cxd4 d6 9.Nc3 Nf6? 10.e5 dxe5 11.Ba3 Na5 12.Re1 Nxc4 13.Qa4+ c6 14.Qxc4 Be6 15.Rxe5 Qd7 16.Rxe6+ fxe6 17.Ne5 Qc8 18.Re1 Nd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Qb5+ Kd8 21.Nf7+ Kc7 22.Bd6# 1-0



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