Chess in 1837
by Bill Wall

In 1837, the first comprehensive survey of openings was published by Aaron Alexandre in Paris. He tried to make a complete survey of the chess openings, publishing his findings as the Encyclopedie des echecs (Encyclopedia of Chess). Alexandre introduced the standard notation and the castling symbol.

In 1837, the Pleiades, a group of Berlin players, was formed.

In 1837, the Liverpool Chess Club was founded.

In 1837, Jacques Francois Mouret (born in 1787) died penniless. He was a French chess master and one of The Turk's operators. He was a great-nephew of Philidor. He was a chess tutor of the future Louis Philippe I. When he died, the members of the Chess Club in Paris took charge of his funeral expenses.

In January 1837, The Turk was exhibited in New Orleans. Admittance was $1.

On March 24, 1837, George Henry Mackenzie was born in North Kessock, Scotland. He was German champion in 1887. He was Scottish champion in 1888.

On April 6, 1837, Ignatz Kolisch was born in Pressburg, Hungary. He was a chess master and chess patron. He died in 1889.

On April 30, 1837, Ellen Gilbert, (ne Strong) was born in Leverett, Massachusetts. She was known as the Queen of Chess.

On June 22, 1837, Paul Morphy was born in New Orleans. He was the greatest chess player of his day. He died on 1884.

On September 7, 1837, Samuel Rosenthal was born in Suwalki, Russian Empire. He was a chess journalist and chess teacher.

On November 9, 1837, John Maelzel, William Schlumberger, and the Turk sailed for Havana.

In December 1837, George Walker edited England's first chess magazine, The Philidorian in London.

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnias - Jouantho [C37], Gilvoisin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Bh6 7.0-0 Qf6 8.e5 Qg6 9.Nc3 c6 10.Ne4 d5 11.Nd6+ Kd8 12.Bd3 f5 13.Bxf4 Kc7 14.e6 Bxf4 15.Qxf4 Qxe6 16.Nf7+ Kb6 17.Nxh8 Qf6 18.c4 Qxh8 19.c5+ Ka5 20.Qd2+ Ka4 21.b3+ Ka3 22.Qa5+ Kb2 23.Rb1# 1-0

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais - Jean Adolphe Laroche [C37], Paris, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3 gxf3 6.Qxf3 d5 7.Bxd5 c6 8.Bb3 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Qh5+ Kd7 11.d4 Nf6 12.Qh3 Qe7 13.Bxf4 Bg7 14.0-0 Na6 15.Rad1 Rae8 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Kc8 18.Kh1 Qd7 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Nb5 Nd7 21.Nxa7+ Kd8 22.Bg5+ Kc7 23.Qxe6 Rxe6 24.Rf7 Nab8 25.Rxg7 Kb6 26.h3 Kxa7 27.Rdxd7 Nxd7 28.Rxd7 Re2 29.Bd2 h5 30.g3 Rg8 31.Rd3 Rf8 32.Kg1 b6 33.Be3 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Re2+ 35.Kg1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

George Walker - Jozsef Szen [C33], 1837
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.d4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nd5 Kd8 9.dxe5 Bd7 10.Nf3 Qh5 11.h4 h6 12.Kg1 Qg6 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8 Bxh8 15.Qe1 Bg7 16.Qb4 b6 17.Bd2 Nc6 18.Qc3 Nge7 19.Re1 Be6 20.Nxe7 Nxe7 21.Bb5 Bd7 22.Qd4 c6 23.Bd3 Nf5 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.Rd1 g4 26.Ng5 Qxg5 27.Qxd7+ Kxd7 28.Bxf4+ Ke6 29.Bxg5 Bxe5 30.c3 f6 31.Be3 Rh8 32.Kf2 Rh7 33.a4 f5 34.a5 f4 35.Bd4 Bxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Ke5 0-1

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais - Bonfil [C52], 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 Bb6 7.d4 Na5 8.Bd3 exd4 9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Bb2 0-0 11.Nc3 d6 12.e5 h6 13.exd6 cxd6 14.h3 d5 15.Ba3 Re8 16.Re1 Be6 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Rc1 Nc6 19.Bc2 Qf8 20.Qd3 f5 21.Bb3 Nb4 22.Qd2 Kh8 23.a3 Nc6 24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Ba5 27.Nc3 Qxa3 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Qe3 Nxd4 30.Nxd4 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Qxc3 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Ne6 Bb4 34.Kh2 Qe1 35.Nf8+ Kg8 36.Ne6+ Kh7 37.Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

Alexander Petrov - Allies [C43], Russian correspondence, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 f5 8.f4 c6 9.Be3 Be6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Rc1 Rf6 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Nb5 Ne7 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.g4 g6 17.f5 gxf5 18.Bg5 Rff8 19.Bh6 Rfc8 20.Qd2 Qd8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.gxf5 Nxf5 23.Qg2+ Kh8 24.Rxf5 Qg8 25.Rf6 Bh3 26.Qg3 Qxg3+ 27.hxg3 1-0

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Paul Rudolf von Bilguer [C33], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.h4 h6 8.d4 d6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nd5 e4 11.Qe1 Kd8 12.Qxe4 Bd7 13.Kg1 Qg6 14.Qxg6 fxg6 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.Rxh8 Bxh8 17.Nxc7 Kxc7 18.Bxg8 Nc6 19.Bf7 Nxd4 20.Nxg5 Ne2+ 21.Kf1 Nxc1 22.Rxc1 Bxb2 23.Rb1 Bf6 24.Ne4 Rh8 25.Ke2 Bg4+ 26.Kd2 Rd8+ 27.Ke1 Bh4+ 28.Kf1 Bf5 29.Nc5 b6 30.Ne6+ Bxe6 31.Bxe6 Rd2 32.Bb3 g5 33.c4 g4 34.Rd1 Rf2+ 35.Kg1 g3 36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1 1/2-1/2

Bernhard Horwitz - Ludwig Bledow [C53], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.d4 Qe7 6.d5 Nd8 7.Be2 d6 8.h3 f5 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Nh4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe7 Bxf2+ 14.Kf1 Ng3# 0-1

Jozsef Szen - George Walker [B20], Paris, 1837
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.f4 e5 4.d3 d6 5.Be2 f5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bf3 Nd4 8.exf5 Nxf5 9.Nge2 Be7 10.Bd5 Nd4 11.0-0 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bg4 13.Ndc3 0-0 14.h3 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Bf6 17.Rb1 Qd7 18.Qe4 Qc6 19.Qxc6 bxc6 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Be3 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Rb8 23.b3 a5 24.a4 Bd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Kf2 c5 27.Kf3 Re8 28.Rd1 Rb8 29.Rb1 Re8 30.Rd1 Re3+ 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.Rd2 g5 33.Rd1 h5 34.Rd2 Kf6 35.Rd1 Kf5 36.Rd2 g4 37.hxg4+ hxg4 38.g3 Rf3+ 39.Kg2 1/2-1/2

Karl Mayet - Wilhelm Hanstein [C40], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.d5 Qg6 8.h3 h5 9.Bf4 Bf5 10.Qd4 a6 11.a4 Nd7 12.0-0-0 Nf6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.Nxd6+ Kd7 15.Nxb7 Nc8 16.d6 Ke8 17.Qe5+ Kd7 18.Bb5+ axb5 19.Qxb5+ Ke6 20.Nd8# 1-0

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais - Francois-Nicolas-Benoit Haxo [C44], Blindfold Exhibition, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Qf6 4.Nc3 exd4 5.Nd5 Qd8 6.Bc4 Bc5 7.0-0 h6 8.b4 Nxb4 9.Nxb4 Bxb4 10.Qxd4 Nf6 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qxb4 d6 13.Qb3+ Be6 14.Qxb7 Qb8 15.Rb1 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxb1 17.Bxh6 Qxa2 18.Ng5+ Ke7 19.Bxg7 Rhg8 20.Re1 Kd7 21.Nxe6 Rae8 22.c4 Rxg7 23.Nc5+ dxc5 24.Qxe8+ Kd6 25.Qe6# 1-0

Karl Mayet - Wilhelm Hanstein [C40], Berlin, 1837 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5 3.Nf3 fxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Nxg6 Nf6 7.Qe5+ Be7 8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.Bb3 Rg8 11.Nc3 c6 12.g3 Bh3 13.d3 exd3 14.cxd3 Nbd7 15.Be3 Bg2 16.Rg1 Bf3 17.h3 c5 18.Bd1 Bxd1 19.Nxd1 d4 20.Bd2 Ne5 21.Ke2 Nh5 22.g4 Raf8 23.b4 Nf3 24.Rf1 Nxd2 25.Kxd2 Nf4 26.bxc5 Nxh3 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.Rh1 Ng5 29.f4 Nf7 30.Nf2 h6 31.Rhe1+ Kd7 32.Re4 Kc6 33.Rxd4 Kxc5 34.Rd7 Nd6 35.Rc1+ Kd5 36.Ne4 Rgd8 37.Rcc7 a5 38.Rxb7 1-0

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais - D Wilson [C00], London, 1837
1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.Bc2 f6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Kh1 0-0-0 10.a3 Nh6 11.d4 fxe5 12.fxe5 Be8 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.b4 cxd4 15.b5 Qxb5 16.cxd4 Bh5 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.Na4 Qa5 19.Rb1 Rd7 20.Qd3 Bg6 21.Qe2 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Rc7 23.Qb3 Kd7 24.Rfc1 Rhc8 25.Nc5+ Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Nxd4 27.Rxc7+ Qxc7 28.Nxd4 Qxe5 29.Qxb7+ Rc7 30.Qb5+ Kd6 31.Nf3 Qf4 32.Re1 h5 33.Qe8 Qh6 34.Ne5 Qf6 35.Qb8 Qf2 36.Rc1 Kxe5 37.Qxc7+ Kf6 38.Qxh7 h4 39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Qg7+ Kd8 41.Qc7+ Ke8 42.Qb8+ Ke7 43.Rc7+ Kf6 44.Qf8+ 1-0

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais - Lecrivain [C00], Paris, 1837
1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Bd3 a6 7.Bc2 Bd7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Nge7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Qh5 Rfc8 15.Qxf7+ Kh8 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qh7+ Kf8 18.Qh8+ Ng8 19.Nh7+ Kf7 20.Ng5+ Kf8 21.f5 Ke7 22.Qxg7+ Kd8 23.fxe6 Nge7 24.Rf8+ Kc7 25.Nxd5+ Nxd5 26.Qxd7+ Kb8 27.Qxc8+ Ka7 28.Qxa8# 1-0

Douai City - City of Valenciennes [C54], City Match Postal, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nb3 Be6 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Rc1 Qf6 14.Rc3 Rad8 15.Qc1 h5 16.Be2 Nxe2+ 17.Rxe2 Bxb3 18.Rxb3 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Re1 Rfe8 0-1

City of Valenciennes - Douai City [C44], City Match Postal, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Nxe5 Ne6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.f4 b5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Nxf7 Kxf7 10.f5 Nf6 11.fxe6+ dxe6 12.0-0 Bxh2+ 13.Kh1 Ke7 14.Qd4 Qe5 15.Qf2 Qh5 16.Qf3 Qh4 17.Bg5 Qxg5 18.Kxh2 Ng4+ 19.Kg1 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Qh5+ 21.Qh3 Qxh3+ 22.gxh3 Ne5 23.Rg1 g6 24.Rg5 Nf3 25.Rg2 Nd4 26.a4 Nxb3 27.cxb3 Bb7 28.axb5 cxb5 29.Re2 a6 30.Nd1 Rhf8 31.Kg2 Rac8 32.Nf2 Rfd8 33.h4 Rd4 34.Kf3 Rb4 35.Re3 Rc2 36.Rae1 Rd4 37.R1e2 Rxe2 38.Kxe2 e5 39.Kf3 Rd2 40.Re2 Rxe2 41.Kxe2 a5 42.Ke3 b4 43.Ng4 Ke6 44.Kf3 Bc8 45.Nh2 Kd6 46.Nf1 Be6 47.Nd2 Kc5 48.Ke3 h6 49.Kd3 g5 50.hxg5 hxg5 51.Nf3 g4 0-1

Karl Schorn - Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa [C23], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Ne2 Nf6 4.Ng3 0-0 5.d3 d5 6.exd5 Ng4 7.Ne4 Be7 8.h3 Nf6 9.Nbc3 c6 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.a3 Nd4 12.Be3 a6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Ne4 b5 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Bd5 Ra7 17.c3 Rd7 18.Ba2 Nf5 19.0-0 Bb7 20.Qe2 Qg6 21.g4 Nh4 22.f4 Qc6 23.Kh2 Rxd3 24.Kg3 exf4+ 25.Rxf4 Ng6 26.Rg1 Nxf4 27.Kxf4 Qe4+ 0-1

Karl Schorn - Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa [C23], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.Nf3 h6 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 f5 7.0-0 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.d4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Ng6 Qg7 14.Bxe6 Qxg6 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Qd6 Rh7 17.Rad1 Na6 18.Bd7+ Kf7 19.Bf5 1-0

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Karl Schorn [C33], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 d6 5.Nf3 Qe7 6.Nc3 c6 7.d4 g5 8.h4 f6 9.Nxg5 fxg5 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.hxg5 Be6 12.Bd3 Bf7 13.Qg4 Bg6 14.Bxf4 Qd7 15.Qg3 Na6 16.a3 Nc7 17.Be2 Ne8 18.Bg4 Qe7 19.Re1 h6 20.Bf5 Qf7 21.Bxg6 Qxg6 22.Qe3 Rc8 23.Ne2 Rc7 24.Ng3 Rch7 25.Nf5 Kc7 26.Nh4 Qf7 27.g6 Qc4+ 28.Re2 Rg7 29.e5 Be7 30.exd6+ Bxd6 31.Nf5 Bxf4 32.Qxf4+ Kb6 33.Nxg7 Nxg7 34.Qe5 Nf6 35.Qxf6 Re8 36.Qf2 Nf5 37.Qxf5 Qxe2+ 38.Kg1 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Qxd4 40.Rf1 Qd6+ 41.Kh1 Rg8 42.b4 a6 43.Qf2+ c5 44.bxc5+ Qxc5 45.Rb1+ Kc6 46.Qf6+ Kc7 47.Qf7+ Kd6 48.Rd1+ Kc6 49.Qe6+ Kc7 50.Rd7+ Kb8 51.Qxg8+ Ka7 52.Qd5 1-0

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Karl Schorn [C33], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.h4 Be7 8.Kg1 Bg4 9.hxg5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qxg5+ 11.Kf2 Nc6 12.c3 Nf6 13.Qg1 Nd7 14.Qh2 Qf6 15.Qxf4 Na5 16.Bd3 0-0-0 17.d5 Ne5 18.Be2 Qg7 19.Na3 b6 20.b4 Nb7 21.Nb5 Kb8 22.a4 h6 23.a5 a6 24.Nxc7 Kxc7 25.axb6+ Kxb6 26.Rxa6+ Kc7 27.Qe3 Rb8 28.Qb6+ Kc8 29.Bf1 Nc5 30.Bh3+ Ncd7 31.Bxd7+ Nxd7 32.Qc6+ Kd8 33.Ra7 Bh4+ 34.Rxh4 f5 35.Qc7+ Ke8 36.Qxb8+ Nxb8 37.Rxg7 1-0

Ludwig Bledow - Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa [C44], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Qf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 d3 7.Qxd3 Qg6 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Na3 a6 10.Nc2 Nf6 11.Rfe1 Nh5 12.Be3 Bh3 13.Qf1 0-0 14.Ncd4 Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Nf3 Bd6 17.Rad1 Qxe4 18.Bd5 Qf5 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.Qxa6 e4 21.Rd5 Qf6 22.Bg5 Qe6 23.Nd4 Qg6 24.g3 f6 25.Bc1 f5 26.Ra5 Nf6 27.Nb5 Ne8 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Qxd6 Nxd6 30.Bd5+ Kh8 31.a4 Rf6 32.b4 h6 33.Rc5 Ne8 34.Bf4 Rd8 35.a5 g5 36.Be5 Kg7 37.Bb7 1-0

Ludwig Bledow - Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa [C51], Berlin, 1837
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 Nge7 11.a4 a6 12.d5 Na5 13.Ba2 0-0 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Qd6 16.Nd2 Bf5 17.Nec4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 f6 19.Nf3 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qg3+ 21.Kh1 Qxh3+ 22.Nh2 Kh8 23.Qg4 Qxg4 24.Nxg4 Rfd8 25.Rad1 h5 26.Nh2 Bc5 27.Kg2 Rd6 28.Nf3 g6 29.Rfe1 Nf5 30.Ng5 Kg8 31.Ne6 Bb4 32.Re2 Kf7 33.Rb1 a5 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.Ba2 g5 36.Rxc7+ Rxc7 37.Nxc7 h4 38.Nb5 g4 39.Nxd6+ Bxd6 40.Re6 h3+ 41.Kh1 Kg6 42.Rxf6+ Kg5 43.Rf7 g3 44.fxg3 Kg4 45.Rxf5 Kxf5 46.Bc3 Bxg3 47.Bxa5 Bd6 48.Bc3 Kf4 49.a5 Kf5 50.Bb3 Ke4 51.Bc4 Ke3 52.Bf1 h2 53.Bh3 Kd3 54.Bc8 Kxc3 55.Bxb7 Kb4 56.a6 Bb8 57.d6 1-0

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Ludwig Bledow [A84], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 f5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 d5 4.Qb3 e6 5.Nc3 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qxd4 7.e3 Qb6 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nge2 Bc5 11.Na4 Bb4+ 12.Kf2 Qc7 13.Nd4 0-0 14.Kg2 Qe7 15.Nxf5 Bxf5 16.Qxf5 b5 17.Nc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Ne4 19.Qh5 Nxc3 20.Bd3 g6 21.Qg4 Nd7 22.Qd4 b4 23.Bc2 c5 24.Qd2 Ne5 25.f4 Nc4 26.Qf2 a5 27.Bd3 Nd6 28.Bb2 Nde4 29.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 30.Qf3 Qc2+ 31.Qf2 Qxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Ne4+ 33.Ke2 c4 34.Be5 a4 35.Rhd1 Rfd8 36.Rd4 a3 37.Rad1 Nc3+ 0-1

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Ludwig Bledow [C44], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qc4+ Be6 11.Qe2 Ne5 12.b3 c5 13.f4 Bg4 14.Qb5 Qh4+ 15.g3 Nf3+ 16.Kf2 Qe7 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Qh4+ 19.Kxf3 Bxg4+ 20.Kg2 Be6 21.Qxb7+ Kf6 22.e5+ Kf5 23.Qf3 dxe5 24.fxe5+ Kxe5 25.Bf4+ Qxf4 26.Re1+ Kf5 27.Qxf4+ Kxf4 28.Rxe6 Rhe8 29.Rf6+ Kg5 30.Rf7 Re1 31.Rf1 Re2+ 32.Kg1 Kh4 33.Na3 Kxh3 34.Rf2 Rae8 35.Raf1 Rxf2 36.Rxf2 Re1+ 37.Rf1 Re2 38.Nc4 Rg2+ 39.Kh1 Rh2+ 40.Kg1 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

Hyacinthe Henri Boncourt - Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint Amant [C50], Paris, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Bb6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Bg5 d6 8.b4 Be6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bh4 Kh7 11.a4 a6 12.Kh1 Rg8 13.Qc2 g5 14.Bg3 h5 15.h3 h4 16.Bh2 Nh5 17.d4 g4 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.hxg4 Rxg4 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Nc4 Ng3+ 22.fxg3 hxg3 23.Rad1 Qe7 24.b5 Rh4 25.Nxb6 Rxh2+ 26.Kg1 Qc5+ 27.Rf2 cxb6 28.Nxh2 axb5 29.axb5 Rf8 30.Nf3 Na5 31.Qe2 Nc4 32.Ng5+ Kg6 33.Nf3 Rf4 34.Rd3 gxf2+ 35.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Rxe4 37.Rd7 Rf4 38.Rxb7 e4 39.Kg3 exf3 0-1

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz [C24], Berlin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Qe7 5.Qe2 Ng8 6.Nf3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Bb5 f6 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nxd4 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 Bc5 14.Be3 0-0 15.Nc3 Re8 16.Rad1 Bg4+ 17.f3 Bh5 18.Kf2 Rad8 19.Nf5 Bxe3+ 20.Nxe3 Bg6 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Nexd1 Kf7 24.Ke3 Ke6 25.Ne4 Bxe4 26.fxe4 Ng4+ 27.Kf4 Nxh2 28.Ne3 h5 29.Kg3 Ng4 30.Nxg4 hxg4 31.Kxg4 Ke5 32.Kf3 a5 33.g3 b5 34.Ke3 c5 35.b3 c4 36.bxc4 bxc4 37.a4 g6 38.Kd2 Kxe4 39.Kc3 Kd5 40.g4 g5 41.Kb2 Kd6 42.Kc3 Kc5 43.Kb2 Kb4 0-1

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Paul Rudolf von Bilguer [D20], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 exd4 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Ne5+ Ke8 8.Qxg4 Nf6 9.Qe6+ Qe7 10.Qc8+ Qd8 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf7+ Ke8 13.Nxh8 1-0

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Seligo [D20], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.d5 c6 5.Bxc4 cxd5 6.Bxd5 Nf6 7.Bg5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 0-0 10.Ne2 Qb6 11.Rb1 Qd6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Bxb7 Bxb7 14.Rxb7 Rd8 15.Qc2 Qc6 16.Qb3 Nd7 17.Qb5 Qxe4 18.Rxd7 Rxd7 19.Qxd7 Qb1+ 20.Qd1 Qxa2 21.0-0 h6 22.Re1 a5 23.Qa1 Qc4 24.Ng3 f6 25.Re4 Qe6 26.Ra4 1-0

Eck - Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa [D20], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.d5 f5 5.f3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.Bxc4 fxe4 8.fxe4 Ng4 0-1

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz [D20], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.d5 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 fxe4 7.fxe4 Bc5 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Bxc4 Kh8 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qe2 h6 12.h4 Qe8 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.0-0-0 a6 15.Qc2 b5 16.Bb3 Bd7 17.Kb1 Ng4 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.Qxc5 Ra6 20.Qxc7 Nf2 21.Qxe5 Qa8 22.a3 Nxh1 23.Rxh1 Re8 24.Qc7 Ra7 25.Qc3 Rb8 26.Re1 b4 27.axb4 Ra1+ 28.Kc2 Rc8 29.Bc4 Qa4+ 30.Kd2 Rxe1 31.Nxe1 Qa7 32.Nd3 Qg1 33.Nc5 Qxg2+ 34.Be2 Bg4 35.Qd3 Qf2 36.Qe3 Qxh4 37.Qf4 h5 38.e5 g5 39.Qf6+ Kh7 40.Bd3+ Kg8 41.e6 Qh2+ 42.Kc3 Qc7 43.Qg6+ Kf8 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.d6 Qg7 46.Qxg7+ Kxg7 47.Kd4 h4 48.Ke5 h3 49.d7 h2 50.dxc8Q h1Q 51.Qd7+ Kg8 52.Qh7+ Qxh7 53.Bxh7+ Kxh7 54.e7 Bh5 55.Kf6 1-0

Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz - Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa [D20], Berlin, 1837 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.d5 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 Bc5 7.Na4 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 b5 9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 a5 12.Bxc4 0-0 13.Qd3 fxe4 14.fxe4 Kh8 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.Nc1 c6 17.dxc6 Qxc6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Rf1 Qh4+ 20.g3 Rxf1+ 21.Qxf1 Qxe4+ 22.Kd1 Bg4+ 23.Be2 Nc6 24.Bxg4 Rd8+ 25.Nd3 Rxd3+ 26.Kc1 Qe3+ 27.Kb1 Rd8 28.Qb5 b3 29.Qxc6 Qd3+ 30.Kc1 Qf1+ 31.Bd1 Rxd1# 0-1

Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz - Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa [D20], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.d5 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 Bc5 7.Na4 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 fxe4 9.Bxc4 Qd6 10.b3 c6 11.Nc3 b5 12.Be2 b4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.fxe4 cxd5 15.exd5 0-0 16.Bc4 Rd8 17.Rf1 Bb7 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.Rf2 e4 20.Bf4 Qf6 21.Rc1 Na6 22.Rcc2 Nc5 23.Rcd2 Qc3 24.Rfe2 Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 exd3 26.Re3 Rxd5 27.Kf1 Rf8 28.Rf3 Rdf5 29.Qe1 Bxf3 30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.gxf3 Rxf4 32.Rf2 d2 33.Qe2 Qc1+ 34.Kg2 d1B 35.Qd3 Bxf3+ 36.Rxf3 Rxf3 0-1

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz [D20], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.d5 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 Bc5 7.Na4 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 fxe4 9.fxe4 0-0 10.Nc3 Ng4 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bxc4 Nbd7 13.Be3 Kh8 14.g4 Ne8 15.Kd2 Nd6 16.Bb3 Nf6 17.Qc2 c6 18.Raf1 cxd5 19.Bxd5 Nc4+ 20.Ke2 Nxe3 21.Kxe3 Qb6+ 22.Kd2 Rd8 23.Ke2 Bd7 24.Qb3 Nxd5 25.exd5 Qh6 26.Rf3 Rf8 27.Rgf1 Rxf3 28.Rxf3 b6 29.Ne4 Qg6 30.Ke3 Rc8 31.Nc3 h5 32.gxh5 Qxh5 33.Ne4 Bxh3 34.d6 Bg2 35.Rg3 Bxe4 36.Kxe4 Qh4+ 37.Kd5 Rc5+ 38.Ke6 Qf6+ 39.Kd7 Qf5+ 40.Qe6 Qxe6+ 41.Kxe6 1-0

Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz - Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa [D20], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.d5 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 Bc5 7.Nh3 fxe4 8.Bxc4 Bxh3 9.gxh3 0-0 10.Bg5 exf3 11.Qxf3 Qd6 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.0-0-0 Kh8 14.Rhe1 a6 15.Nc3 Bd4 16.Be3 c5 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Ne4 Qb4 19.b3 b5 20.Bd3 Nbd7 21.Ng5 c4 22.Bf5 cxb3 23.axb3 Nc5 24.Nxh7 Nxb3+ 25.Kc2 Rac8+ 26.Bxc8 Rxc8+ 27.Kd3 Rc3+ 0-1

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz [D20], Berlin, 1837
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Bxe3 9.fxe3 bxc6 10.Bxc4 Nf6 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Kc2 0-0 13.h3 Re8 14.Rhf1 Be6 15.Bd3 c5 16.b3 Rb4 17.Rab1 Reb8 18.Rf4 c4 19.bxc4 Nd7 20.Rxb4 Rxb4 21.Nd5 Ra4 22.Nc3 Ra5 23.Rf1 Nc5 24.Rb1 g6 25.Rb5 Nxd3 26.Rxa5 1-0



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