[Event "City corr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1860.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "City of Birmingham"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.Bc4+ Be6 6.Bxe6+
Kxe6 7.d4 Kf7 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Qe2 Rf8 10.Be3 Kg8 11.O-O-O c6 12.f4
Qa5 13.g4 Nbd7 14.g5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxa2 16.Nc3 Qf7 17.d5 cxd5
18.Nxd5 Rfc8 19.f5 Bf8 20.Rhf1 Nb6 21.g6 hxg6 22.fxg6 Qxg6
23.Nf6+ Kf7 24.Ng4+ Kg8 25.Nh6+ Kh7 26.Nf5 Re8 27.Qf3 Nc4
28.Qh3+ Kg8 29.Nh6+ gxh6 30.Rg1 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 6. d4 Nf6
7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bxf4 d6 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Nc3 Nc6
12. Qd3 Kg8 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rdf1
Bg7 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Rf7 Bd7 19. Rhf1 Be8 20. R7f4 h5 21. Qe6
Bd7 22. Qf7 Qe8 23. Kb1 Ng6 24. R4f2 Bxd4 25. Rf6 Qxf7
26. Rxf7 Ne5 27. Re7 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Kg8 29. Rf6 Re8 30. Rfe6
Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Rf6+ Bf7 33. a4 Kg7 34. Rf2 a5 35. g3
Nf3 36. Kb2 Kf6 37. c4 Bxc4 38. Kc3 Ba6 39. Kb2 Ke5 40. Kc3
Kxe4 0-1

[Event "corr ENG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Longman"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qe6+ 8. Kf2 Kd8 9. d4 Bd6 10. Re1 Qf6 11. Nd5 Qf5
12. Re5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Bxf4 c6 15. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1872.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. f4 Bc5
12. Rf1 Qd6 13. c3 Bb6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Na3 Be6 16. Qa4 Nd8
17. Nac4 Qc7 18. Ba3 O-O 19. O-O-O c5 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Qxa8
cxb4 22. Bxb4 Nd5 23. Qa3 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 f6 25. Nc4 Nc6 26. Qd6
Qf7 27. Qxc6 Rc8 28. Nd6 Rxc6 29. Nxf7 Bxf7 30. Kb2 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.Kf1 d5 6.Bxd5 Nf6
7.Nc3 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 O-O 9.Nxf4 f5 10.e5 Nc6 11.d4 g5 12.Nh5 g4
13.Nxh4 Qxh4 14.Nf6+ Kh8 15.Bf4 Be6 16.Qd2 g3 17.c3 Rxf6
18.Bg5 Bc4+ 19.Kg1 gxh2 20.Rxh2 Qxh2+ 21.Kxh2 Rg6 22.Bf6+ Kg8
23.b3 Bd5 24.Rg1 Kf7 25.g4 Rag8 26.g5 h6 27.Qf4 Be4 28.b4 Ne7
29.e6 Ke8 30.Qxc7 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.Kf1 d5 6.Bxd5 Nf6
7.d4 Nxd5 8.exd5 Bg4 9.c4 O-O 10.Bxf4 c6 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Qd2 f5
13.b3 Bf6 14.Re1 Nb6 15.Ng5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Qc8 17.Be7 Rf7 18.h3
Bh5 19.Qg5 Bg6 20.d6 f4 21.Kf2 Qd7 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Re8
24.Rhe1 Nc8 25.c5 h6 26.Qh4 Nxe7 27.Rxe7 Rfxe7 28.Rxe7 Rxe7
29.Qxe7 Qxe7 30.dxe7 Kf7 31.e8=Q+ Kxe8 32.Kf3 g5 33.Kg4 Kf7
34.Kf5 Kg7 35.Ke5 Kf7 36.b4 a6 37.a3 Ke7 38.a4 Kf7 39.d5 cxd5
40.b5 d4 41.Kxd4 Ke7 42.Ke5 Kd7 43.Kd5 h5 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.c6
bxc6 46.bxa6 f3 47.gxf3 1-0

[Event "corr ENG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Timbrell Pierce"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 6. d4 Nf6
7. Bc4 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Nxg4 Ng3 11. Rh2 Qe7+
12. Kf2 h5 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Be2 Nxe2 15. Nxe2 Bd6 16. Nxf4 Bg4
17. Qd3 Re8 18. Qc3 Bb4 19. Qe3 Be1+ 20. Kf1 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 Bg3
0-1

[Event "ENG"]
[Site "ENG"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Leopold Hoffer"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 6. d4 d5
7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Bxf4 Ne7 10. Bc4 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Rg8
12. O-O Bf5 13. Qe2 Nbc6 14. Rxf5 Nxd4 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxg8+
Nexf5 17. Qc4 Ke7 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "corr tt"]
[Site "The Chess Player's Chronicle"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "H Brewer"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5
Nxe5 7. d4 Bb4 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e6
fxe6 12. Qxg7 Bf6 13. Qg3 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Ba3 Kf7 16. O-O-O
Qc8 17. Qh3 h5 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "US-Britain corr. match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1879.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Ellen E Strong Gilbert"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nc5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 d6 11. Qe2 dxe5
12. Qxe5+ Qe7 13. Bf4 Qxe5 14. Bxe5 Bb7 15. c4 O-O-O 16. Nc3
b4 17. Na4 Rd3 18. Rfe1 Rxb3 19. Re3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Be7 21. Bd4
Rd8 22. Rf1 f6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rd1+ 26. Rf1
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 a5 28. g3 Kd7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kf5 31. Bf8
g6 32. Be7 Bg2 33. Kd4 b3 34. Kc3 a4 35. Kb4 Bf1 36. c5 Bb5
37. h4 Bc6 38. Bd8 Kg4 39. Bxf6 Kxg3 40. Kc3 h6 41. Kb4 Kg4
42. e4 {And Black announced Mate in 35.} 0-1

[Event "London Vizayanagaram"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Walter Montague Gattie"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O Kh8 11.Ne1 Ne7 12.cxd5
exd5 13.c4 c6 14.f3 Nd6 15.c5 Ne8 16.Bb2 Nf6 17.Qc3 Be6 18.Nc2
Qc7 19.a4 a6 20.a5 Ng6 21.Ba3 Rae8 22.Qb4 Bc8 23.Rae1 Nd7
24.Bc1 Nf6 25.Bd2 Nd7 26.Qb1 Nf6 27.Re2 Rf7 28.Na3 Qd7 29.g3
Rfe7 30.Rfe1 Kg8 31.Rg2 Kf7 32.Ree2 Nf8 33.Re1 g6 34.Rge2 Kg8
35.Bc3 Kf7 36.Qc2 Qc7 37.Nb1 Ne6 38.Nd2 Ng7 39.e4 fxe4 40.fxe4
dxe4 41.Bxe4 Bf5 42.Qa2+ Kf8 43.Bf3 Rxe2 44.Rxe2 Rxe2 45.Bxe2
Nd5 46.Qb2 Qe7 47.Kf1 Bh3+ 48.Ke1 Bg4 49.Nb1 Nf5 50.Qd2 Qe4
51.Qd3 Qxe2+ 52.Qxe2 Bxe2 53.Kxe2 Nxc3+ 54.Nxc3 Nxd4+ 55.Kd3
Ne6 56.Ne4 Ke7 57.Kc4 h6 58.Nd6 Nd8 59.Kd4 Ne6+ 60.Kc4 Nd8
61.Kd4 Nf7 62.Nxf7 Kxf7 63.Ke5 Ke7 64.h3 g5 65.g4 Kd7 66.Kf6
Kd8 67.Kg6 b6 68.cxb6 c5 69.Kf5 Kd7 70.Ke4 Kd6 71.Kd3 Kd7
72.Ke4 Kd6 73.Kf5 Kd7 74.Ke5 Kc6 75.Ke4 Kd6 76.Kd3 Kd7 77.Kc3
Kd6 78.Kb3 Kd7 79.b7 Kc7 80.b8=Q+ Kxb8 81.Kc4 Kb7 82.Kxc5 Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Vizayanagaram"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "L Febvret"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e4 b5
7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Rfd1 a6 13. Bc1 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. f4 Qb6+
17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rf1 Ng6 19. Rf3 Nh4 20. Be3 c5 21. Rh3 Ng6
22. Rg3 Qc6 23. Bf3 Rd3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re1 Ra8 26. Be2 Rd7
27. Bf3 Nh4 28. Rg1 g6 29. Bc1 b4 30. Rh3 b3 31. Qf2 Nxf3
32. gxf3 Ra2 33. Qh4 f5 34. exf6 Qxe4 35. Qg4 Qf5 36. Qh4 Rf7
37. Rhg3 Qxf6 38. Qh5 Rg7 39. Qxc5 b2 40. Bxb2 Rxb2 41. Qd6
Bd5 42. f5 Qxf5 43. Rf1 Rgb7 44. Kg1 Qc2 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qh4
Rb1 47. Qd4+ Kg8 48. Qf2 Qxf2+ 49. Kxf2 R7b2+ 50. Kg1 Rxf1+
51. Kxf1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "London Vizayanagaram"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "T H Piper"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O
O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7
12. g4 Qc7 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Qb6 16. Ne2 Ne4
17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Re6 19. f3 Nef6 20. Bf5 Re7 21. Ng3 Rae8
22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. c3 Nf8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. f4 Qd8 26. Re1 Qe8
27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Kf2 Ne6 29. Qe3 g6 30. Bd3 Qd6 31. Qe5 Qxe5
32. fxe5 Nd7 33. Kf3 a6 34. h4 c5 35. Ne2 Kg7 36. Nf4 Nxf4
37. Kxf4 c4 38. Bc2 Nf8 39. Kg5 Nd7 40. Bb1 Nf8 41. b3 Ne6+
42. Kg4 b5 43. Bc2 b4 44. Kf3 bxc3 45. Ke3 Nc7 46. bxc4 dxc4
47. Be4 f5 48. exf6+ Kxf6 49. d5 Nb5 50. Bc2 g5 51. hxg5+ Kxg5
52. a4 Na3 53. Be4 Kf6 54. Kd4 c2 55. Bxc2 Nxc2+ 56. Kxc4 Ke7
57. Kc5 Kd7 58. Kb6 Nb4 59. Ka5 Nxd5 60. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Vizayanagaram"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Charles Edwards Ranken"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Bc4
Nd6 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Ne8 11. f4 d6
12. Nf3 f5 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. c4 d5
17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nf3 c6 19. c5 Bf7 20. Qd3 Bh5 21. b4 Bxf3
22. Rxf3 a6 23. h3 Qh4 24. Kh2 Qh5 25. Rg3 h6 26. Bd2 Nf6
27. Qf3 Qf7 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. Rf3 Rae8 30. Raf1 Re6 31. Bc1 Rfe8
32. b3 g6 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Kh2 Nf6 35. Bd2 Re2 36. R1f2 Rxf2
37. Rxf2 Kf7 38. Kg1 Qe4 39. Qc3 Qb1+ 40. Rf1 Qa2 41. Ra1 Ne4
42. Rxa2 Nxc3 43. Bxc3 Re4 44. Rf2 Re3 45. Rf3 Rxf3 46. gxf3
Ke6 47. Kf2 Kd7 48. Ke3 Kc7 49. Be1 Kb8 50. Bh4 Kc7 51. Bf6
Kb8 52. Bg7 h5 53. Kf2 Kc8 54. Kg3 Kd7 55. Kh4 Ke7 56. Kg5 Kf7
57. Be5 1-0

[Event "London Vizayanagaram"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Alcock MacDonnell"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. a3 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7
12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. h4 Bd6 15. Bc3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Qc7
17. Bxf6 Qxg3+ 18. Kf1 Bxf3 19. h5 Bxh5 20. Bd4 Bg4 21. Re1
Rac8 22. a4 e5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qb3 Rc6 25. Re2 Rf6+ 26. Kg1
Bxe2 27. Bxe2 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch m"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "1885.06.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Frederick Carl Esling"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. c3 Bc5
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Be2 Re8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Nd4 Qg6
17. Bf3 d5 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Nf5 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxf5 21. Bxf5
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxd3 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Kf1 Rd2 25. Re2 Rd1+
26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. b4 Bb6 30. a4 Kd5
31. a5 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Kc4 33. Ke3 Kxc3 34. b5 Kb4 35. a6 b6
36. Kd4 Kxb5 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Charlick"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e6 2.e5 d5 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.d4 Ne7 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O
Nd7 8.Nc3 Ng6 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Re8 12.Re1 Ndf8
13.Ne4 Qd7 14.c3 Rad8 15.Qb3 Kh8 16.Bb5 c6 17.Bd3 Bb8 18.Ng3
c5 19.Bb5 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qc4 Qd5 22.Qxd5 exd5 23.dxc5
bxc5 24.Be3 c4 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.b3 Nd3 27.Red1 Be5 28.Nf1 Rc8
29.bxc4 dxc4 30.Nd2 Nb2 31.Rdb1 Na4 32.Rc1 Ne6 33.Rab1 Nf4
34.Kf1 Nd3 35.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "William Tullidge"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nf6 4.exf5 d6 5.Nf3 Bxf5 6.Bb5+ c6
7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7 9.Ba4 O-O 10.d3 d5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Nc3
Nc5 13.Be3 a5 14.Bxc5 Bxc5 15.Bb3 b5 16.a4 b4 17.Nd1 Rae8
18.d4 Bb6 19.c3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Bc7 21.Ne3 Be4 22.Nd2 Bd3 23.Rfe1
Kh8 24.Bc2 Rxe3 25.Rxe3 Bxc2 26.Re7 Rc8 27.Ra2 Bd3 28.Rb2 Re8
29.Rxe8+ Nxe8 30.Rb7 Kg8 31.Nb3 Bc2 32.Nc5 Bd6 33.Rb2 Bxc5
34.Rxc2 Ba7 35.Rb2 Nd6 36.Kf1 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Kd3 Kd7 39.g4
g5 40.f3 h6 41.h4 c5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Rh2 c4+ 44.Ke3 Nf7 45.Rb2
Nd6 46.f4 gxf4+ 47.Kxf4 Kc6 48.g5 Bb6 49.g6 Ne8 50.Kf5 Bd8
51.Ke6 Bh4 52.Kf7 Nd6+ 53.Kf8 Kd7 54.g7 Be7+ 55.Kg8 Bf6 56.Kh7
Bxg7 57.Kxg7 Ne4 58.Rc2 Ke6 59.Kg6 Kd6 60.Kf5 Ng3+ 61.Kf4 Ne4
62.Ke3 Kc6 63.Rc1 Nd6 64.Kd2 Nc8 65.Rh1 Nb6 66.Rh6+ Kb7
67.Rxb6+ Kxb6 68.Ke3 Kc6 69.Kf4 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.08.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John E Crewe"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 a6 5. d5 Na7 6. d6 e5
7. Nxe5 Qf6 8. Nc4 Nb5 9. Nxb5 axb5 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nd5 Qe5
12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Qe5 b6
17. Bd3 Qh5 18. Qxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxf6+ Be7 20. Bxe7+ Ke8
21. Nc7# 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.08.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "H Hookham"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qb2 f5
12. Nc3 g5 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 exd5 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Qd2 f4
17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Qxd3
f3 22. g3 Qd7 23. Re3 Rcf6 24. Qf1 Rh6 25. Re5 Rf5 26. Rde1
Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Rg6 28. h3 h6 29. Kh2 g4 30. Qe1 Kf7 31. hxg4
Qxg4 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 Rg7 35. Qxd5 Rc7
36. Qe5 Rg7 37. d5 h5 38. Re7 Rxe7 39. Qxe7+ Kh8 40. d6 Qd4
41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qxf3 Qxd6 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. Qg4+ Kh7 45. Qe4+
Kg8 46. Qxb7 Qd4 47. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.08.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Patrick Eiffe"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5
7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nxe5 Qc7 9. d4 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4
12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 f5 15. c4 Be6 16. Ba3 Rf6
17. Qe2 Qf7 18. c5 Rh6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qe3 Qg6 21. Rfb1 Qh5
22. h3 Rg6 23. Rb4 Qh4 24. Kh2 Qh6 25. Rab1 Rf8 26. Rb8 Rgf6
27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rb7 Ra8 29. Bb2 Bd5 30. c4 Bf7 31. d5 cxd5
32. cxd5 Qa6 33. Qd4 Qh6 34. Qe5 Re8 35. Rb8 Qg6 36. c6 e3
37. c7 Bxd5 38. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Frederick Carl Esling"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Ne7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Bxg5 h6
12. Bh4 Qd7 13. Nc3 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 c5 16. Ne4 dxe4
17. Bxf7+ Kd8 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. e6+ Kc6 20. Be5 Bh6 21. Bxh8
Rxh8 22. Rad1 Nf5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rxe4 Nd6 25. Re5 Bf6
26. Rxh5 Nxf7 27. exf7 Rf8 28. Rh7 Bc8 29. Re1 Kd6 30. Re8 Be7
31. Rh8 Rxh8 32. Rxh8 Be6 33. f8=Q Bxf8 34. Rxf8 Bxa2 35. Rf6+
Be6 36. f4 Ke7 37. Rh6 a5 38. Rh5 Kd6 39. Kf2 a4 40. c3 b4
41. cxb4 cxb4 42. Ra5 Bd7 43. Ke3 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.08.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John G Witton"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8
12. bxc3 Bg4 13. Be3 h6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rb1 Bxf3
17. gxf3 b6 18. Qb5 Qe6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qg6+ 21. Kf1 Na6
22. Bd3 Nc7 23. Bxg6 Nxb5 24. Be4 Nc3 25. Rc1 Nxe4 26. fxe4
Bxh2 27. f4 Bg3 28. Kg2 Bh4 29. Kh3 Be7 30. Rc7 Kf8 31. d5 Bd6
32. Rd7 Rc8 33. Kg4 Bb8 34. e5 g6 35. d6 Ke8 36. Re7+ Kf8
37. Rd7 Ke8 38. Rb7 Rd8 39. Bc1 Kf8 40. Ba3 Kg7 41. d7 f5+
42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Bb4 Ke6 44. a4 g5 45. a5 gxf4 46. axb6 Rxd7
47. Rxb8 axb6 48. Bd6 Rg7 49. Kxf4 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 h5 51. Rxb6
Kd5 52. Rb8 f4 53. Ra8 Rh4 54. Rf8 Rh1 55. Rxf4 Rf1+ 56. Kg3
Rg1+ 57. Kh4 Rh1+ 58. Kg5 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.08.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George B Hall"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Be3 O-O
7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Qd2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qc8 10. Kh1 Qh3 11. Qe2 Nd4
12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb1 Nh5 14. Rg1 Nf4 15. Qd1 Bh4 16. Rg4 Bxf2
17. Nd2 h5 18. Rxf4 Bg3 19. Qe2 Bxf4 20. Rg1 c6 21. Ba4 Bxd2
22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Qxd2 Kh7 24. c3 dxc3 25. bxc3 Rae8 26. d4 g6
27. Bc2 f5 28. Qg2 f4 29. Rxg6 Qe1+ 30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Rg8
32. e5+ Kh6 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. exd6 Rd8 35. Be4 Rxd6 36. Kg2 a5
37. a4 b5 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Bd3 b4 40. cxb4 axb4 41. Kf2 Rxd4
42. Ke2 Kg5 43. Kd2 Kh4 44. Kc2 Rxd3 45. Kxd3 Kh3 46. Kc4 Kxh2
47. Kxb4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1887.08.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Heiman"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bd7
7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ne3 a6 9. Ba4 Qe7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bc2 Nd8 12. O-O
Ne6 13. a4 Nf4 14. Qd1 O-O 15. Re1 c6 16. Nf1 N6h5 17. Ng3
Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nh5 19. Nh4 Nf6 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bd2 Bg4 22. f3
Bd7 23. Kf2 Kh7 24. Rh1 Ng8 25. g4 g5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 d5
28. Qc1 f6 29. d4 Rfd8 30. Be3 exd4 31. cxd4 c5 32. e5 Kh8
33. e6 b4 34. dxc5 d4 35. Bd2 Qxc5 36. Bd3 Bf8 37. Qxc5 Bxc5
38. Rac1 Bd6 39. g4 Kg7 40. Rc6 a5 41. Rb6 Ra7 42. Rc1 Ne7
43. Be4 Be5 44. Bd3 Nd5 45. Rbc6 Kf8 46. Rc8 Ke7 47. Rxd8 Kxd8
48. Rc5 Nc7 49. Ke2 Ke7 50. b3 Kd6 51. Rc4 Rb7 52. Be4 Rb6
53. Kd3 Ra6 54. Be1 Rb6 55. Bf2 Nxe6 56. fxe6 Kxe6 57. Bxd4
Bxd4 58. Rxd4 h5 59. Bf5+ Ke5 60. Re4+ Kd5 61. gxh5 Rb8 62. h6
Rh8 63. h7 Kc5 64. Bg6 Rd8+ 65. Ke3 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.Nxe4 Nxe5
7.d4 Ng6 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 c6 12.Kh1 Nd7
13.Ng3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nf6 15.Nf5 Qd7 16.Bg5 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Ndxe7
18.Ng5 Nxf5 19.Qxf5 Qxf5 20.Rxf5 Rae8 21.Rf2 f6 22.Nh3 Re4
23.g3 Rfe8 24.Kg2 Ne7 25.Nf4 f5 26.h4 g6 27.Rd1 Kg7 28.d5 cxd5
29.Nxd5 Rd8 30.Ne3 Nc6 31.Rxd8 Nxd8 32.Nc2 Nc6 33.Rd2 Kf6
34.Kf2 Ne5 35.b3 f4 36.Rd8 fxg3 37.Kxg3 Rg4+ 38.Kh3 h5 39.Nd4
Re4 40.Rf8+ Ke7 41.Rb8 Re3+ 42.Kg2 Rxc3 43.Rxb7+ Kf6 44.Rxa7
Nd3 45.Ra5 Nf4+ 46.Kf2 Nh3+ 47.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 {?} 4.Be2 e6
5.Nbd2 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.O-O c5 9.c4 Rc8 10.Rc1 b6
11.Re1 Bxf3 {?} 12.Nxf3 Ne4 {?} 13.cxd5 exd5 {His d-pawn
becomes isolated and his game much weakened for the ending.}
14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.Rxc5 Ndxc5 16.Qc2 Bh4 17.Nxh4 Qxh4 18.Bf3 {?
g3 was much better.} Nd3 19.Rf1 Nxb2 20.Qxb2 Qf6 {? Black had
already recovered ground and could have held it by Rc8.}
21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Rc1 f5 23.Rc7 a5 24.g3 Ng5 25.Kg2 {!} Rd8
26.Rc6 d4 27.exd4 Rxd4 28.Rxb6 Rd3 29.Bc6 Rd2 30.Rb5 {!} Rxa2
31.Rxf5 h6 32.h4 Ne6 33.Ba4 Nd4 34.Rd5 {!} Nxb3 {Only another
way of losing.} 35.Bxb3 Ra3 36.Rd3 Kg7 37.Bc4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Max Weiss"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O Bxc3 6.dxc3 d6
7.Qe2 h6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.h3 O-O 10.c4 c5 11.Nh2 Qe7 12.g4 g5
13.h4 Nh7 14.h5 Be6 15.Be3 Rfd8 16.f3 Nf8 17.b3 Bd7 18.Rfd1
Ne6 19.Nf1 Nd4 20.Qf2 Be6 21.Ng3 f6 22.Kg2 Kf7 23.Qd2 a5 24.a4
Qd7 25.Qf2 Qe8 26.Qd2 Kg7 27.Qf2 Kh7 28.Qd2 Bd7 29.Bxd4 cxd4
30.Qd3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.d4
Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bd3 O-O 9.h3 {?} Ne8 10.Qb3 Bc8 {Qc8,
instead, would have gained time and position, as he could soon
after advance f5.} 11.Be3 Kh8 12.Nbd2 b6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rfe1 g5
15.Nf1 g4 {?} 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Bxh6 Rg8 18.Ng3 {? Either Nh2
was evidently better.} Bxf3 19.gxf3 Bh4 20.Kg2 Rg6 21.Be3 Ng7
22.Rh1 Nh5 23.Rh3 Nf4+ {?} 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Rxh4+ {The Queen
ought to be better than the two Rooks in this position, but
still stronger was 25.Rah1 fxg3! ( If 25...Rh6 26.Nf5 and
wins) 26.Rxh4+ Kg7 27.e5 and wins.} Qxh4 26.Rh1 Qxh1+ 27.Kxh1
fxg3 28.fxg3 Nd7 29.g4 {29.Qh2+ Kg7 30.Kg2 Rh8 31.Qg1 would
have neutralized the two Rooks and kept the advantage of the
two Pawns that should have won in the end without trouble.}
Ne5 30.Be2 Kg7 31.Kg2 Rh8 32.Kg3 {?} Rgh6 33.Qa4 Rh1 34.Qxa7
R8h2 35.Qa6 Ng6 36.b4 Rh3+ 37.Kf2 R3h2+ 38.Ke3 Re1 39.a4 Ne5
40.Qb5 f6 41.f4 Rhxe2+ 42.Qxe2 Nc4+ 43.Kd3 Rxe2 44.Kxe2 Nb2
45.a5 b5 46.a6 Nc4 47.a7 Nb6 48.Kd3 Kf7 49.Kd4 Ke7 50.e5 Kf7
51.e6 Kg7 52.Ke4 Kg6 53.e7 {Mr. Tabenhaus is generally very
accurate as well as ingenious in his end play, but he
overlooks here a clever win by manouvering his King around to
h4 via f3 after which he could advance f5 and then form two
passed pawns by g5. The text move is a result of a
miscalculation.} Kf7 54.Kf5 Kxe7 55.g5 Kf7 {? Which might have
cost him the game if the opponent had simply captured the
pawn, whereas fxg5 now would have drawn.} 56.g6+ {?} Ke7 57.g7
Kf7 58.g8=Q+ Kxg8 59.Kxf6 Kf8 60.Ke6 Ke8 61.f5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 {The advance is not favorable to his
game on general principles, as it establishes a strong
majority of pawns on the Q side for the opponent, and his own
e-pawn is practically lost. The proper play is 7.exd5 cxd5
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2, as played by Senor
Golmayo (White) in a match against Captain Mackenzie at
Havana. See "Modern Chess Instructor," Part 1, p. 66.} Ng4
8.O-O Bc5 9.Bf4 {Having castled on the K side, while the
opponent has still the option of castling either side, it was
unwise to place this Bishop in the way of being attacked by
the adverse pawns, and the right play was 9.Nd2 whereupon of
course, Black could not capture the e-pawn on account of the
rejoinder Re1 followed by Nf3. If however 9.h3, a fine
variation might have arisen, which was first pointed out in
the London Chess Monthly and afterwards ocurred in a match
game between Messrs. Delmar (White) and Lipschutz, viz,
9...Nxe5 10.Re1 Qf6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Qxe5 Qxf2+ 13.Kh1 Bxh3
14.gxf3 Qf3+ 15.Kh2 Bd6, and wins.} g5 10.Bd2 {Probably best,
If 10.Bg3 h5 11.h3 h4 12.Bh2 Nh6, with a strong attack.} Nxe5
11.Re1 Qe7 12.Nc3 {12.Qh5 at once would have failed on account
of 12...h6, and if 13.Bxg5 Nf3+, and wins.} Bd7 13.Qh5 O-O-O
14.Bxg5 f6 15.Bh4 Qg7 16.Ba6+ Kb8 17.Bg3 Rhg8 18.Qd1 Ng4
{Black wastes time here. He could have at once proceeded with
Bg4, followed by h5, with the same attack as he institutes on
the 20th move.} 19.Bf1 Ne5 20.b4 Bg4 21.Qb1 {Be2 was his best
defence.} Bd4 22.Qb3 h5 23.Rab1 h4 {The initiation of a
masterly combination eight moves deep.} 24.Bxh4 Nf3+ 25.gxf3
Bxf3 26.Bg3 Qxg3+ 27.hxg3 Rxg3+ 28.Kh2 Bxf2 29.Bh3 Rxh3+ {One
of the finest specimens of sacrificing play on record. Mr
Gossip deserves the highest praise for the ingenuity and depth
of combination which he displayed in this game.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5
5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.Ne2 c6 8.f4 Bc7 9.Ng3 d6 10.Be3 Nf6
11.Bd3 O-O 12.Qf3 Bg4 13.Qf2 Bd7 14.h3 Re8 15.O-O Bb6 16.Rae1
Ba5 {?} 17.c3 b5 18.b4 Bc7 19.Kh1 {Of course if 19.Bxa7 Rxa7
which White dare not retake} Be6 20.f5 Bc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Bg5
d5 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.exd5 Qd6 {!} 25.Kh2 cxd5 26.h4 {?} h6 {?
Qf6 would have won.} 27.Kh3 Qxg3+ 28.Qxg3 Bxg3 29.Kxg3 Kf8
30.Kf4 Rad8 31.a4 f6 {?} 32.g3 a5 {?} 33.b5 Kf7 34.Re3 d4 {?
Disastrous Re7 was now his best play.} 35.Rxe8 Kxe8 36.Re1+
Kf7 37.cxd4 Rxd4+ 38.Re4 Rd7 39.Rxc4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Lipschutz"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Na4 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 exf4
7.Nxc5 dxc5 8.Qxf4 Nf6 9.d3 O-O 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bd1
Re8 13.O-O Qd6 14.Qf2 Rad8 15.Bg5 Re6 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Rb1 Rd7
18.Kh1 Qa6 19.a3 c4 20.e5 cxd3 21.exf6 dxc2 22.Bxc2 Re2 23.Qg3
Qxf6 24.Bxh7+ Kf8 25.Bd3 Re8 26.Bg5 Qd6 27.Qh4 f6 28.Bg6 Ne6
29.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qe2 Bf5
7.Qb5 Nc5 8.d4 a6 9.Qe2 Ne6 10.Be3 Bb4 11.Qf2 O-O 12.Rd1 f6
13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Rxd3 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 Na5 17.O-O Nc4
18.Bc1 Rae8 19.g3 c6 20.Nh4 Qxf2+ 21.Rxf2 Nxd4 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8
23.Kf1 Ne6 24.Rf3+ Kg8 25.Nf5 Nc5 26.Bf4 Ne4 27.Kg2 g5 28.Bc1
Ne5 29.Rf1 h5 30.h4 g4 31.Bf4 Nf3 32.Nd6 Nxd6 33.Bxd6 Re2+
34.Rf2 Re3 35.Bb4 b6 36.Bd6 Rxc3 37.Kf1 Re3 38.Re2 Rxe2
39.Kxe2 Nd4+ 40.Kd3 Nf5 41.Bc7 b5 42.c3 Kf7 43.Be5 Ke6 44.Bf4
c5 45.Bc7 c4 46.Kd2 d4 47.cxd4 Kd5 48.Kc3 Nxd4 49.a3 Nc6
50.Bf4 a5 51.Bc7 b4 52.axb4 axb4 53.Kd2 Ke4 54.Bd6 c3 55.Kc1
b3 56.Bf4 Kd3 57.Kb1 Nd4 58.Bg5 Ne2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 Na5
7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 Nh6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nc3
Kh8 13.Qe1 a5 14.Ne2 g6 15.d4 Ng4 16.Qd2 f5 17.exf5 e4 18.Ne1
Qh4 19.h3 Bxf5 20.hxg4 Bxg4 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Nf4 g5 23.Nh3 Bd7
24.d5 c5 25.Nf2 a4 26.bxa4 bxa4 27.b3 Bb5 28.c4 Bd7 29.bxa4
Bf5 30.Rb1 g4 31.Rb7 Kg8 32.Qb2 Qg5 33.g3 Bc8 34.Ra7 h5 35.Ng2
Rf3 36.Qb8 Rf8 37.Qc7 Bf5 38.Nf4 Qh6 39.Nxh5 Qh8 40.Qe7 Bg6
41.Qe6+ Bf7 42.Qxg4+ Kh7 43.Qf5+ Kg8 44.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bxc6 {As usual, such an exchange early in
the opening does not turn out advantageous.} bxc6 8.Ne2 Bg4
9.Ng3 Nh5 {A very good way of playing for the second party,
which we believe was first introduced by Herr Winawer.} 10.h3
Nxg3 11.fxg3 Bd7 {Better than ...Be6 at the present juncture,
though he has to play it to that square later on. His object
is at this stage to guard all points and to provide in advance
against any contingent adverse attack by Qa4 after c3.} 12.g4
Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Rb8 14.Qe1 Kh8 15.c3 {b3 was much better.} a5
{Black conducts the attack on the Q side in true modern
style. Albeit his doubled Pawn, he has the superior game on
account of the strnght of his two Bishops.} 16.Rb1 Qe7 17.Bg5
{Be3 here and on the next move, with the object of getting rid
of the adverse two Bishops, was a moe hopeful plan.} f6 18.Bd2
Be6 19.b3 d5 20.Nh4 Qd7 21.Rd1 a4 22.b4 Bd6 23.a3 dxe4 24.dxe4
Bb3 25.Rb1 Rbd8 {The KR would have been much better placed
here on that square if only for the reason that it provided at
once a retreat of the KB and guarded the valuable Bishop
against being exchanged for the adverse Knight.} 26.Rb2 c5
27.Nf5 cxb4 28.cxb4 Rf7 29.Qe2 {White ought not to have
hesitated to exchange Knight for Bishop, in order to remain
with Bishops of opposite colors, which gave him excellent
drawing prospects.} Bf8 30.Bc3 Qe6 31.Rf2 Rfd7 32.Rd2 Rxd2
33.Bxd2 c5 34.Qb5 Qc4 {This energetic move decides the battle,
for after the exchange of Queens which is forced, as Black
threatens Rxd2 followed by Qf1+; Black has an easy task, as he
forms a far advanced Pawn and ultimately wins one of his
opponent's.} 35.Qxc4 Bxc4 36.Bc3 cxb4 37.axb4 a3 38.Rd2 Rxd2
39.Bxd2 a2 40.Bc3 Bxb4 41.Bb2 Bc5 42.g5 Be6 {Promptly foring
the entrance of his Bd4, which wins a piece.} 43.gxf6 gxf6
44.g4 Bxf5 45.g5 Bxe4+ 46.Kh2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2
O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.Ne2 Ne4 8.Ng3 Nc6 9.d3 {A weak move which
seriously loosens his center.} Nf6 10.Ne5 {? He had nothing
better than d4 now.} d4 11.exd4 cxd4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qf3 {?
Suicidal but his position was already very bad. If 13.Bxd4
Bb4+ 14.c3 Qxd4 with a fine game.} Qa5+ {!} 14.Kd1 Nd5 15.Bxd4
Bxf4 16.c4 {?? Ofcourse a disastrous blunder, but the game was
ireedeemable. If 16.c3 e5 and wins. Again if 16.Ne4 f5 and
wins.} Qd2# 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Bc5 6.Bxc6 {?} dxc6 7.Nxe5 Nxe4 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bd6 10.f3 Nf6
11.f4 c5 {!} 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 {!} 14.Qf3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3
Re8 16.Qf2 f6 17.Nc3 Bf8 {!} 18.Nf3 b5 19.Nd2 Bb7 20.Nb3 Rc8
21.Rad1 Bd5 22.Nc5 {?} b4 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.b3 a5 25.Rfe1 {?}
Bxc5 26.dxc5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rd8 28.Qe3 Qd4 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Qxd4
Rxd4 31.Ke3 Rd5 32.Rc1 Ke6 33.Rc4 f5 {!} 34.h3 Kd7 35.g4 g6
36.gxf5 gxf5 37.a3 bxa3 38.Ra4 Rxc5 39.Rxa3 Kc6 40.Kd4 Kb5
41.Ra1 Kb4 42.h4 c6 43.Rb1 Rc3 44.Ke5 Rxb3 45.Rh1 a4 46.Kxf5
a3 47.Kg4 a2 48.Ra1 Rb2 {Obviously, Kh3 saved time.} 49.Kg5
Kb3 50.f5 Rb1 51.Rxa2 Kxa2 52.h5 c5 {A credible victory in a
closely fought game.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5
Bg4 6.h3 Bd7 7.Bxc6 {? Being a move ahead it was better to
play d3.} Bxc6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.d3 h6 {?} 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Be3 Nf6
12.g4 g5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Rhf1 Bb4 15.Bd2 Ne8 16.Qh2 f6
17.Qf2 Kb8 18.Be3 Bxc3 19.Bxa7+ Ka8 20.Bc5 Qe6 {Bxb2+ was now
the right play.} 21.bxc3 Qxa2 22.Kd2 Ba4 23.Ke3 Qe6 {? He
could have safely taken the c-pawn.} 24.Ra1 Qc6 25.Ke2 Kb8
26.Ra2 Kc8 27.c4 {!} Kd7 28.Nxe5+ {!} fxe5 29.Qf5+ Qe6 30.Rxa4
Nd6 31.Bxd6 cxd6 32.Ra7 Rb8 33.Qf7+ Qxf7 34.Rxf7+ Kc6 35.Rg7
Kb6 36.Ra2 Kc6 37.Rb2 Rhf8 {?} 38.Rg6 Rf4 39.Rxh6 Rbf8 40.Kd2
Rf2+ 41.Kc3 R8f3 42.Rb5 Rf6 43.Rh7 Rf7 44.Rh5 Rh2 {?} 45.Rxg5
Rff2 46.Rb2 Rxh3 47.Rg7 b6 48.g5 Re2 49.Ra2 Rhh2 50.g6 Rhg2
51.Rg8 Rg3 52.Ra7 b5 53.cxb5 Kxb5 54.Rb8+ Kc6 55.g7 Reg2
56.Rbb7 Rg1 57.Rc7+ Kb6+ 58.Rab7+ Ka6 59.Rb4 Rxg7 60.Rc6+ Ka7
61.Rxd6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.d3 Qe7 7.b4
Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.Nbd2 Bxc4
13.Nxc4 a5 14.b5 Nd8 15.Nh4 g6 16.Qf2 Nh5 17.g4 Ng7 18.Qg3 Kh8
19.Ra2 b6 20.Raf2 f6 21.Qh3 Kg8 22.g5 Nh5 23.Nf5 gxf5 24.Qxh5
fxg5 25.Rxf5 Rxf5 26.exf5 Nf7 27.e4 Qf6 28.Ne3 Qh6 29.Qg4 Qg7
30.f6 Qf8 31.Nd5 Qd8 32.h4 Kh8 33.Qh5 Qd7 34.Rf5 gxh4 35.Ne7
Qe8 36.Qxh4 h6 37.Kh2 Kh7 38.Qg4 Qf8 39.Rh5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxf4 d4 7.Ne4
Nc6 8.Nf3 Qd5 9.c4 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Bb4 11.h3 Ngxe5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5
13.Qe2 O-O 14.Qxe5 Qxe5+ 15.Nxe5 Re8 16.d4 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 f6
18.Bc4+ Be6 19.O-O fxe5 20.Bxe6+ Rxe6 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Rad1 Re7
23.Rd5 Rae8 24.c4 h6 25.Kh2 Re2 26.Rd7 R8e7 27.Rfd1 Kf7
28.R1d2 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Ke8 30.Kg3 Re3+ 31.Kf4 Re6 32.h4 g6 33.g4
Ke7 34.h5 g5 35.Kf5 Rf6+ 36.Ke5 Rf4 37.Re2 Kf7 38.Rd2 Rxc4
39.Rd7+ Ke8 40.Rh7 Rc6 41.Rh8+ Kf7 42.Rh7+ Kf8 43.Rd7 Ke8
44.Rh7 b6 45.Rh8+ Kd7 46.Rh7+ Kc8 47.Rg7 Rd6 48.Rg6 Kd7 49.Kf5
c5 50.Rg7+ Kc6 51.Rxa7 c4 52.Ra8 Kd5 53.Rc8 Kd4 54.Rg8 c3
55.Rg6 Rd5+ 56.Ke6 c2 57.Rxh6 c1=Q 58.Rf6 Qc8+ 59.Kf7 Rd7+
60.Kg6 Qg8+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.O-O
Nc6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.b4 a6 {?} 9.a4 Bxf3 {?} 10.Bxf3 h6
{?} 11.Na3 g5 12.Nc4 Ne7 13.Be3 Ng6 14.a5 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Nf4
16.g3 g4 {?}17.Nxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxg4 Qg5 19.Bf5 Qh5 20.f3 {!} Rg8
21.Rf2 Ke7 {? Though already a pawn behind he had a fair
chance of making a fight by withdrawing Ng6.} 22.Bg4 Rxg4 {?
22...Qg6 23. gxf4 h5 offered a better defence.} 23.fxg4 Qxg4
24.Kh1 Nh3 25.Rf5 Rg8 26.Raf1 Rg7 {?} 27.Qd1 h5 28.Qf3 Ng5
29.Rxe5+ {!} dxe5 30.Qf6+ Ke8 {? He had no good move, but if
he meant to hold out, Kd7 was preferable.} 31.Qxg7 Qe2
32.Qxe5+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qf6+ Ke8 35.Rf2 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qg4
37.Qf5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+
5.Ke2 d5 6.exd5 Bg4+ 7.Nf3 Bxf3+ 8.Kxf3 {It was not alone
safe, but in fact better to retake with the Pawn, which would
practically compel Black to sacrifice his Knight and to play
O-O-O with one strong piece less for the usual attack. Any
attempt at harrasing the king further by 8...Qe7+ 9.Kf2 Qh4+
10.Kg1 Qg5+ 11.Bg2, would only help to consolidate White's
forces.} Qh5+ 9.Kf2 Qxd1 10.Nxd1 Nxd4 11.c3 Nc2 12.Bb5+ c6
{After Queens are off the board, such a sacrifice of a pawn
becomes still ofcourse more hazardous.} 13.dxc6 Bc5+ 14.Kf3
O-O-O 15.cxb7 Kxb7 16.Rb1 g5 17.Ba4 {Still stronger was h4
first.} g4 18.Kxf4 Nd4 19.Re1 Ne6+ 20.Kxg4 Nf6+ 21.Kh3 Rd5
22.g3 Rg8 23.Bb3 Rh5+ 24.Kg2 Nd5 {24...Ng4 25.h3 Ne5, might
have made it more difficult for White to make his game quite
safe.} 25.Bxd5+ Rxd5 26.b4 Bd6 27.Nf2 h5 28.Ne4 Be7 29.Be3 Rg6
30.Rbd1 Kc6 31.c4 {Very well played.} Rxd1 32.b5 Kc7 33.Rxd1
f5 34.Nc3 Bd6 35.Nd5+ {35.b6+ Kc6! (obviously if ...axb6
36.Nb5+ wins) 36.bxa7 Rg8 37.Nb5, was more forcible but
ofcourse, he is also bound to win in the way he plays.} Kb7
36.Rf1 h4 37.Nf4 Bxf4 38.Bxf4 hxg3 39.hxg3 Rg4 40.Kf3 Nd4+
41.Ke3 Ne6 42.Rd1 Rg6 43.Rd5 Ng7 44.c5 Nh5 45.Kf3 Rf6 46.Rd7+
Kc8 47.Rxa7 Re6 48.c6 Nxf4 49.Kxf4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dion M Martinez"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.Qe2
Nge7 6.d4 Ng6 7.Be3 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.d5 {?} Nb8 10.g4 {?} Nh4
11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Bd3 c6 13.c4 Na6 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Bb1 cxd5
16.cxd5 Bg5 17.O-O Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Qh4 19.Kg2 h5 {!} 20.f3 f6
21.a3 Na6 22.b4 Kf7 23.Bd3 Rh8 24.Rh1 Nc7 25.Rac1 b6 26.Ne2
Rac8 27.Ng3 g6 28.Be2 Nb5 {?} 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Bxb5 Bxb5 31.Rc1
Rh8 32.Rc7+ Kf8 33.gxh5 Bf1+ {? The sacrifice was difficult to
answer, but it was not sound.} 34.Nxf1 Rxh5 35.f4 {? Qe2
instead would have sooner enabled him to get safe, with a
piece ahead.} exf4 36.Qf3 Rg5+ 37.Kh2 Qe1 38.Rc2 Qh4 39.Rf2
Rh5 40.Rg2 Rg5 41.Rxg5 fxg5 42.Qe2 Qh8 43.Qc2 Qa1 44.Qd3 Qe1
45.Kg2 Qh4 46.Qc3 Qh5 47.Qf6+ Kg8 48.Qe6+ Kg7 49.Qd7+ Kg8
50.Qg4 Kg7 51.Nh2 {The settler. White has now an easy task to
win.} Kf6 52.Qe6+ Kg7 53.Qe7+ Kh8 54.Qf8+ Kh7 55.Ng4 f3 56.Kh2
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Max Judd"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 b6 6.Bb5 c6 7.Bd3 c5
8.dxc5 bxc5 9.b3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O Nb4 12.Be2 Ba6 13.a3
Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Nc6 15.Ng3 g6 16.Qe2 a5 17.Bb2 h5 18.Rad1 Qb6
19.Qf2 c4 20.Qxb6 Nxb6 21.Nd4 Bc5 22.Kh1 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4
24.Rxd4 cxb3 25.cxb3 Kd7 26.h4 Rhc8 27.Ne4 Ke7 28.Nd6 Rc3
29.Rb1 Nd7 30.Nb5 Rc5 31.a4 Rac8 32.Rdd1 Rc2 33.b4 axb4
34.Rxb4 Rc1 35.Rb1 Rxd1+ 36.Rxd1 Rc4 37.Ra1 Rxf4 38.a5 Rxh4+
39.Kg1 Nxe5 40.a6 Nc6 41.a7 Nxa7 42.Rxa7+ Kf8 43.g3 Rg4 44.Kf2
h4 45.gxh4 Rxh4 46.Kg3 g5 47.Nd6 Rf4 48.Ra8+ Ke7 49.Nb5 f5
50.Rg8 Rb4 51.Na7 Rb3+ 52.Kf2 g4 53.Nc6+ Kd6 54.Nd4 Rb6 55.Rg6
Ke5 56.Ke3 Ra6 57.Nb5 Rc6 58.Kd3 Rc4 59.Rg8 Rb4 60.Nc7 Rb3+
61.Ke2 Rb7 62.Rg7 f4 63.Rg5+ Kf6 64.Nxe6 Kxe6 65.Rxg4 Kf5
66.Rg8 Re7+ 67.Kd3 f3 68.Rf8+ Kg4 69.Rg8+ Kf4 70.Kd4 Rf7
71.Ra8 f2 72.Ra1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Weiss"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Bf5 12.Nb3 Bb6
13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Bg6 15.f3 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.f4 Bxc2
18.Qxc2 Qe7 19.Rae1 Qb4 20.Qd3 c5 21.dxc5 Bxc5+ 22.Kh1 Ba7
23.Qxd5 Rad8 24.Qb7 Ra8 25.Re4 Rfb8 26.Qxb8+ Rxb8 27.Rxb4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+
5.Ke2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bxf4 Bxf3+ 8.Kxf3 O-O-O 9.Bb5 {We prefer
9.Bg3 and if ...Qf6+ 10.Ke3 g6 11.Bf4.} Nf6 10.Bxc6 bxc6
11.Qf1 Re8 12.Qa6+ Kd7 13.h3 g5 {!} 14.Bg3 {White had already
a bad game. If 14.g3 Qh5+ 15.g4 Qg6,etc.} Qh5+ 15.Ke3 Nxe4 {!}
16.Nxe4 Qg6 17.Qd3 f5 18.Rae1 Bg7 19.c3 d5 20.Be5 fxe4 21.Qe2
Bxe5 22.Qg4+ Qe6 {As the exchange of queens is now forced,
Black wins in the ending with the majority of pawns, though
the opponent makes a clever resistance.} 23.dxe5 Qxg4 24.hxg4
Rxe5 25.Kd4 Kd6 26.Rh6+ Re6 27.Rxe6+ Kxe6 28.Kc5 Rf8 29.c4 Ke5
30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Kxc6 d4 32.Kxc7 Rf8 33.c5 e3 34.c6 e2 35.Re1 d3
36.Kb7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bb7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.Bd5
Bxd5 11.Qxd5 Nc5 12.Be3 c6 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Nc3 {? An error that
loses his best pawn.} f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Bxc5 {!}Bxc5 17.Ne4
Rf5 18.Rad1 {!} Be7 19.Qxd7 Rd5 20.Rxd5 cxd5 21.Qe6+ Kh8
22.Rd1 d4 23.Qe5 Rc8 24.Rxd4 Qa5 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Ng5 Rc5 {He
could do no good whatever he did, but his game goes to pieces
in a few moves.} 27.Nf7+ Kg8 28.Qe6 g6 29.Ne5 Kh8 30.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4
5.Ne5 {This is premature.} O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nd3 Bd6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Be2 a6 13.Na3 Re8 14.O-O
Ne4 15.Bf3 Qh4 {Black has now a strong attack.} 16.g3 Qf6
17.Bg2 h5 18.Rc1 h4 19.Bc3 Qg5 20.Nf4 {Black threatened hxg3
followed by Nxg3, and then Qxe3+ with a winning position.}
hxg3 21.hxg3 Be6 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Kg2 Rg6 25.Rh1
{To prevent the sacrifice of the Bishop.} Ne5 26.Rh5 Qe7 {Qf6
would still have maintained the attack.} 27.Qh1 f6 28.Bxe5
fxe5 29.Rc8+ Kf7 30.Rf5+ Ke6 31.Qh3 Rf6 32.Rg5 Kd5 33.Qg4 Rf7
34.Rg6 Rf6 35.Rxg7 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qf6+ 37.Kg1 Qf3 38.Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.c3 d6 6.Ne2 Nd7 7.O-O
Ngf6 8.f3 O-O 9.Nd2 c5 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.d5 Ne5 12.Bb1 b5 13.h3
Ned7 14.Kh2 Nb6 15.b3 Nfd7 16.c4 bxc4 17.bxc4 Ba6 18.f4 Rb8
19.Rf3 Bb2 20.Rc2 Na4 21.Nb3 Rb4 22.Bc1 Bg7 23.Qd3 Nab6 24.e5
dxe5 25.f5 Bxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 27.Qd2 e4 28.Rf2 Nf6 29.Na5 Rb4
30.Nc6 Qd6+ 31.Qf4 Rxb1 32.Qxd6 exd6 33.Bf4 Nfxd5 34.Bxd6 Rc8
35.fxg6 hxg6 36.Ne7+ Nxe7 37.Bxe7 Be5+ 38.g3 e3 39.Rf3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 f6 5.Bb5 Ne7 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.O-O
Bd7 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 Ng6 10.Bc4 Qa5 11.Qb3 f5 12.Bf7+ Ke7 13.Nc4
Qa6 14.Bg5+ Kxf7 15.Nd6# 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 {?}
5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Na6 8.Nf3 b6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bb7
11.Ne5 d6 12.Bf3 Ne4 13.Nd3 Qg5 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Nf4 Qf5 16.a4
g5 17.Ne2 Bc6 18.Ng3 Qg6 19.a5 Rab8 20.Qd1 d5 {This mistake is
cleverly shown up in White's next three moves. ...b5 was the
right play.} 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Ba3 Nb3 24.Bxf8 Nxa1
25.Qxa1 h5 {Unaccountable. His only chance was clearly
Kxf8. The opponent now maintains his piece, and the struggle,
though somewhat prolonged, is a onesided one.} 26.Qxa7 Rb7
27.Qc5 Rc7 28.Bd6 Rc8 29.Be5 h4 30.Ne2 h3 31.Ng3 hxg2 32.Rb1
Qf7 33.Ne2 Rf8 34.Bg3 Be8 35.cxd5 exd5 36.Nd4 Kh7 37.Rb6 Bd7
38.Qd6 Qh5 39.Qxd7+ Rf7 40.Qa4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Qd5 5.d4
exd3 6.Nxd3 Nf6 7.Be3 Bd6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Be2 Bf5
11.Qxd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Nxe3 13.Nxe3 Bxd3 {The bishop should have
retreated to e6.} 14.Bxd3 Ne5 15.O-O-O Nxd3+ 16.Rxd3 f5 17.Nc4
Bf4+ 18.Kc2 Rfe8 {?} 19.g3 b5 20.Na3 Re2+ {?} 21.Kd1 Rxb2
22.gxf4 Rxf2 23.Re1 {The persevation of his h-pawn by Rd2
would have have facilitated matters for him.} Rxh2 24.Rd2 Rh3
25.Nxb5 Rb8 26.Nxc7 Rb1+ 27.Ke2 Rh2+ 28.Kd3 {A remarkably
pretty position.} Rxd2+ 29.Kxd2 Rb2+ 30.Kd3 Rxa2 31.c4 h5
32.Kd4 {?} Rf2 33.Ke5 Rc2 34.Kd5 Rd2+ 35.Kc6 h4 36.c5 Rd4
37.Ne6 Re4 38.Rxe4 fxe4 39.Ng5 e3 40.Kd6 e2 41.Nf3 h3 42.c6 h2
43.c7 h1=Q {?} 44.c8=Q+ Kh7 45.Ng5+ Kg6 46.Qc2+ {!} Kf6
47.Ne4+ {!} Kf7 48.Qc4+ {!} Kf8 49.Qc8+ {The ending after
queening his pawn is played quite with surprising ingenuity by
the youthfull competitor. It was given as a study in various
chess columns, and it quite deserved the distinction.} Kf7
50.Qe6+ Kf8 51.Qe7+ Kg8 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2
Bg7 8.Nf1 Qe7 9.Ne3 Bd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Nd8 12.Bc2 Bc6
13.Bb3 Ne6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nc5 16.d4 Ncd7 17.Bg5 Rfe8
18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Qe2 Qd6 21.Rad1 Nd7 22.c4 f5
23.Bc1 Rf8 24.f3 Rae8 25.Qf2 Nc5 26.Bc2 a5 27.b3 Na6 28.Bb1 b6
29.Bb2 f4 30.Rd2 Rf7 31.Rde2 Rfe7 32.Kh1 c6 33.Qxb6 Nb4 34.a3
Rb8 35.Qxa5 Nxd5 36.cxd5 cxd5 37.b4 d4 38.Ba2+ Kh8 39.Qd5 Rd8
40.Qxd6 Rxd6 41.h3 g5 42.Re4 d3 43.Bxe5 Rxe5 44.Rxe5 Bxe5
45.Rxe5 d2 46.Bb3 Rd3 47.Bd1 Rxa3 48.Rd5 Ra2 49.Kg1 h6 50.Kf2
Kg7 51.Ke2 Rb2 52.Rxd2 Rxb4 53.Bc2 Rb6 54.Rd7+ Kf6 55.Rh7 Ke5
56.Rg7 Rb2 57.Kd2 Rb6 58.Rg6 Rxg6 59.Bxg6 Kd4 60.Bf7 Ke5
61.Kd3 Kf6 62.Bh5 Ke5 63.Kc4 Ke6 64.Kd4 Kd6 65.Bg4 Ke7 66.Ke5
Kf8 67.Kf5 Kg7 68.Bh5 Kh7 69.Kf6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Dion M Martinez"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Re1 Nd6
7.dxe5 Nxb5 8.a4 Nbd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Nf5 d5 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7
12.Nc3 Be6 13.Bf4 Qb4 14.Qd2 Rfe8 15.Nb5 Qxd2 16.Bxd2 Rac8
17.c3 a6 18.Nd4 Na5 19.Rad1 Bd7 20.Bf4 c5 21.Nf3 Be6 22.Ng5
Nb3 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rd3 c4 25.Rg3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bh6 Re7
28.Bg5 Rf7 29.Be3 b4 30.f4 bxc3 31.bxc3 g6 32.Rf3 Rd7 33.Rd1
Ra8 34.Rf2 Rad8 35.g3 Kf7 36.Ra2 Rb8 37.Kf2 Rb5 38.Ke2 Rdb7
39.Bd4 Ra5 40.Rxa5 Nxa5 41.Ke3 Rb2 42.Rd2 Rxd2 43.Kxd2 Kg7
44.Bb6 Nc6 45.h4 h6 46.Bc5 h5 47.Ke3 Kf7 48.Kd2 Ke8 49.Kc2 Kd7
50.Kb2 Nb8 51.Ba7 Na6 52.Be3 Kc6 53.Kc2 Nc5 54.Bf2 Ne4 55.Be1
Kc5 56.Kc1 d4 57.cxd4+ Kxd4 58.g4 hxg4 59.h5 gxh5 60.f5 Kxe5
61.fxe6 Kxe6 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Judd"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Ne7 9.c3 Bg4 10.Re1 c6 11.Bc2 Ng6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
Nxe5 14.Qf5 Bd6 15.f3 g6 16.Qf4 Nc4 17.Qh6 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Qf2
19.Bd2 Qg3 20.f4 Ncxd2 21.Nxd2 Bxf4 22.Rxe4+ dxe4 23.Nf1 Bxh6
24.Nxg3 f5 25.Kg1 O-O-O 26.Nf1 Rhe8 27.Kf2 e3 28.Ke2 Rd6
29.Rc1 Red8 30.g3 Rd2+ 31.Nxd2 Rxd2+ 32.Ke1 Rg2 33.Kf1 Rxg3
34.Re1 Rf3+ 35.Kg1 Rf2 36.Bb3 f4 37.Bg8 Rxb2 38.Bxh7 f3 39.Ra1
Bf4 40.Rf1 Rg2+ 41.Kh1 Rh2+ 42.Kg1 f2 43.Rxf2 exf2 44.Kf1 Bg3
0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2
{5.fxe5 dxc3 6.exf6 Qxf6 6.bxc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Rb1, is
preferable.} Bd6 {Not as good as 5...Nc6 and if 6.fxe5 Ng4,
etc.} 6.fxe5 Bxe5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c3 dxc3 9.bxc3 Bd6 10.Ng3
{10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Bg5, with the view of forcing on the d-pawn and
forming a strong center, was better.} O-O 11.Be2 h6 12.Rb1 Re8
13.O-O b6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Bd2 Bd7 16.Qb3 Rad8 17.Rbe1 g5 18.Nxg5
{A great blunder which costs at least one piece, and as his
error consisted in overlooking the force of Black,s 20th move,
he loses another piece, after which Black has no trouble to
win.} Bxg3 19.hxg3 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Qc5+ 21.d4 Qxg5 22.e5 Be6
23.Qb5 Qe3+ 24.Kh2 Ne4 25.Bf3 Qxc3 26.Rxe4 Nxd4 27.Qb1 Bf5
28.Bg4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Qc2 30.Qf4 Qh7+ 31.Kg1 Qg7 32.Bh5 Rd7
33.Re1 c5 34.Re4 Rde7 35.Qd2 Kf8 36.Rg4 Qh7 37.Rh4 Rxe5 38.Qf4
Qxh5 39.Rxh5 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (20-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (20-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.a3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.b4 b6
8.O-O O-O 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Rb1 cxb4 11.cxb4 Qd7 12.Bb2 Rfc8
13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.h3 Nh6 16.Nb3 Nf5 17.e4 Nfe7
18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Qd2 Nce7 20.Nd4 Qa4 21.f4 Nf5 22.Nxf5 Rc2
23.Qd4 Rxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Qc2+ 25.Qf2 Ne3+ 26.Kh2 Nxf1+ 27.Rxf1
Qxf5 28.g4 Qd3 29.f5 Rc8 30.Rc1 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (20-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (20-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Nf3
Bxc5 8.Ne2 Qb6 9.c3 Bf2+ 10.Kd2 Qe3+ 11.Kc2 Qe4+ 12.Qd3 Nc5
13.Qxe4 Nxe4 14.Ned4 Bd7 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bd3 Nc5 17.Be2 Nb7
18.Rf1 Bb6 19.Bd2 c5 20.Ba6 Rb8 21.Rae1 Nd8 22.Bd3 a5 23.Kc1
a4 24.a3 Nb7 25.f5 c4 26.fxe6 Bxe6 27.Bc2 Nc5 28.Nd4 O-O
29.Nxe6 fxe6 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Be3 Nb3+ 32.Bxb3 Bxe3+ 33.Rxe3
cxb3 34.Re2 Rf4 35.Kd2 Kf7 36.Re3 Rf2+ 37.Re2 Rxe2+ 38.Kxe2
Kg6 39.Ke3 Kf5 40.Kd4 h5 41.g3 g5 42.h3 h4 43.g4+ Kf4 44.Kc5
Kxe5 45.Kb4 d4 46.Kxa4 d3 47.Kxb3 Ke4 48.a4 Ke3 49.a5 d2
50.Kb4 d1=Q 51.b3 Qa1 52.c4 Kd4 53.Kb5 Qc3 54.Kc6 Qxb3 55.a6
Qxc4+ 56.Kb7 Qb5+ 57.Ka7 Kc5 58.Ka8 Kc6 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (32-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (32-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Ne2 Bc5 9.c3 Bb6 10.Ng3 h6 {?}
11.Ne1 Ng4 {?} 12.h3 Qh4 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 g6
16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Be3 Nh7 18.Bxb6 cxb6 {We would have considerably
preffered Black's game if he had retaken with the h-pawn.}
19.Nc2 Ng5 20.Qe3 Ne6 21.Qf3 Qf4 {An even position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (35-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (35-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.d3 c6 7.Qe2
Qe7 8.f5 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd1 Bb6 12.Bg5 Ba6 13.Ne3 Nc5
14.Bc4 Bb7 15.O-O O-O 16.Kh1 Bd8 17.Ng4 d5 18.Ba2 dxe4
19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Bh6 exf3 21.Rxf3 Kh8 22.Rg3 Bb6 23.Bg7+ Kg8
24.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (21-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (21-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 c5 {?} 4.dxc5 Bxc5
5.cxd5 {? Nf3 was much stronger, as Black could not well
exchange without subjecting his King to harrasment.} exd5
6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 b6 {?} 10.a3 Bb7 11.b4 Bd6
12.Nb5 Bb8 13.Bb2 a6 14.Nbd4 Ne7 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Ne2 {? Nh4
threatening Nf5 made it more unpleasant for the opponent.} Bd6
17.Bxf6 {?} gxf6 18.Ng3 Qg4 {!} 19.Bb1 Bxg3 {?} 20.hxg3 Rfc8
21.Qd3 {Here and on the next move Qd2 were better.} Qe4 22.Qd2
Qg4 23.Nd4 f5 24.Ne2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Nf4 Qg7
{! An ingenious move for drawing purposes.} 28.Nxd5 Nxd5
29.Qxd5 Qa1 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qxc8 Qxb1+ 32.Kh2 Qd3 33.Qc1 b5
34.Kg1 f6 35.Kh2 Kf7 36.Kh3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Bc4
c6 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Na4 {?} Bb4+ 8.c3 Ba5 9.b4 Bc7 10.fxe5 Nxe5
11.Nxe5 {? He could well retreat Bb3 and if 11...Bg4 12.d4
Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 with the better game.} dxe5 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Bg5
Qd6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.Nb2 Rae8 17.Nc4 Qg6 18.Bh4 Be6
19.Ne3 Bb6 20.Kh1 Qh6 21.Bf2 Nf6 22.Qe1 Rd8 23.Rd1 Bc8 {?}
24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Bxb6 Ng4 26.Bg1 Bc8 27.Rf3 b6 28.Rh3 Qg5 29.Qh4
Qxh4 30.Rxh4 Rd6 31.Rh3 Rfd8 32.Rf3 Nf6 {!} 33.h3 Ba6 34.c4
Nxe4 35.c5 bxc5 36.Bxf7+ Kh8 37.bxc5 Rxd3 38.Rfxd3 Rxd3 39.Re1
Ng3+ 40.Kh2 Rc3 41.Rxe5 Nf1+ 42.Kh1 Ng3+ {There was no more
than a draw in the game and Black rightly decides it that
way.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (32-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (32-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4
O-O 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 {? Ne2 was much
preferable.} Bxe3 10.Qxe3 Nh5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb3 Qh4+ 13.Kd2
Ng3 14.Rhe1 Kh8 15.Ne2 Nxe2 16.Rxe2 f5 17.Rae1 f4 18.Qf2 Qh6
19.Rf1 f3 {? The f-pawn formed his main strength, and he
should not have subjected it to an exchange.} 20.Re3 Rf6 21.d4
Nc6 22.c3 fxg2 23.Qxg2 Raf8 24.Rxf6 Qxf6 25.Ke2 Qf4 26.Rg3 g6
27.Qf3 Qh6 28.Qe3 Qh5+ 29.Rf3 Kg7 30.Kf2 Qh4+ 31.Kg2 Rxf3
32.Qxf3 Qg5+ 33.Kh2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (33-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (33-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.c3 Bb6 6.d3 Bg4 7.Nbd2
Nf6 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nf1 Qd7 10.Ne3 Bxe3 11.Bxe3 Na5 12.Bb3 Nxb3
13.axb3 a6 14.Bg5 Kh8 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Ng8 17.g4 f6 18.Bd2
Ne7 19.h4 Rad8 20.c4 c5 21.b4 Nc6 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.Re3 Nd4
24.Qd1 Nc6 25.Bc3 Qe6 26.Rg3 Rd7 27.Qf3 Rfd8 28.Rd1 b5 29.b3
b4 30.Bb2 Na5 31.g5 Nxb3 32.Qh5 Nd4 33.g6 h6 34.Bc1 Kg8 35.Kh2
f5 36.Rg5 fxe4 37.dxe4 Nf3+ 38.Qxf3 Rxd1 39.Be3 Qf6 40.Qh5
R8d6 41.Rxe5 Qxg6 42.Qxg6 Rxg6 43.Bxc5 b3 44.Re8+ Kf7 45.Rf8+
Ke6 46.f4 Kd7 47.Rb8 Rd2+ 48.Kh3 b2 49.f5 Rc6 50.Ba3 Rd3+
51.Kg4 Rxa3 52.Rxb2 Rxc4 53.Rb7+ Ke8 54.Rxg7 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (26-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (26-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Samuel Lipschutz"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.fxe5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Qd4
7.Nd3 Bb6 8.Qf3 O-O 9.Nf2 Nc6 10.a3 Ne5 11.Qf4 Nh5 12.Qh4 Ng6
13.Qxh5 Qxf2+ 14.Kd1 Nf4 15.Qf3 Qh4 16.h3 Ng6 17.g3 Qd8 18.g4
Qh4 19.Be2 Ne5 20.Qg2 Be6 21.d3 Rad8 22.Bf4 Ng6 23.Qg3 Qe7
24.h4 Nxf4 25.Qxf4 Bd4 26.Kd2 c6 27.Nd1 Bc8 28.c3 Bf6 29.Qf2
b6 30.Kc2 Be6 31.g5 Be5 32.d4 Bc7 33.Ne3 Rfe8 34.Bd3 a5
35.Rad1 b5 36.Nf5 Qf8 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Ra8 39.Ra1 Rxa1
40.Rxa1 Ra8 41.Rxa8 Qxa8 42.Kb1 Qa3 43.Qb2 Qa8 44.c4 bxc4
45.Bc2 Bxf5 46.exf5 Bd6 47.Qa2 Qxa2+ 48.Kxa2 Bxb4 49.Kb2 Kf8
50.Be4 c5 51.dxc5 Bxc5 52.Kc3 g6 53.h5 gxh5 54.Kxc4 Be3 55.g6
hxg6 56.fxg6 f6 57.Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (26-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (26-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Lipschutz"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.a3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6
axb6 8.c3 Bg4 9.f3 Bh5 10.Ne2 h6 11.O-O g5 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Bc2
Nd8 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Nh7 17.d4 f6 18.f4 Nf7
19.fxe5 dxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Bb3 Kf8 22.Qh5 Kg7 23.Be3 Rhd8
24.Bd4 Qe8 25.Qh3 c5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Rae1 Qc7 28.Qh5 Nf8
29.Re3 c4 30.Qe2 Qc5 31.Bxc4 Re8 32.Be6 Nxe6 33.b4 Nf4 34.bxc5
Nxe2+ 35.Kf2 Rxe3 36.Kxe3 Nxc3 37.cxb6 Rxa3 38.Kd4 Ne2+ 39.Kc5
Rc3+ 40.Kb5 Nd4+ 41.Kb4 Rc6 42.g4 Kf7 43.Rd1 Rxb6+ 44.Kc5 Rc6+
45.Kd5 Ne2 46.Ra1 Nf4+ 47.Ke4 Ke7 48.Ra7 Rc7 49.Ra8 h5 50.gxh5
Nxh5 51.Rh8 Nf4 52.h4 Rc4+ 53.Kf3 Rc3+ 54.Kg4 Rh3 55.Rh7+ Kd6
56.Rxb7 Rxh4+ 57.Kf3 Nd5 58.Ra7 Rf4+ 59.Kg3 Rxf5 60.Ra1 Rf4
61.Re1 f5 62.Re2 Rg4+ 63.Kf3 Ra4 64.Kg3 Ra3+ 65.Kf2 g4 66.Re8
f4 67.Re4 Ra2+ 68.Kg1 g3 69.Re1 Ne3 70.Rb1 f3 71.Kh1 Rh2+
72.Kg1 f2# 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (21-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (21-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2
Bd6 6.fxe5 Bxe5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nxe5 {? c3 would have given White
the better game.} Nxe5 9.Ng3 Nfg4 10.Bf4 {10.c3 with the
likely continuation ...Qh4 11.Qa4+ Bd7 (or ...Nc6 12.Bf4)
12.Qxd4 Nxh2 13.Qf2 Neg4 14.Qf4, was much stronger.} Ng6
11.Qd2 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 Ne3 13.Qe5+ Kf8 14.Qc5+ Kg8 15.Kd2 b6
16.Qe5 f6 17.Qf4 Qe7 18.a3 Kf7 19.Rg1 Qc5 20.Rc1 Re8 21.Be2
Re7 22.Nf1 Qa5+ 23.c3 Nxf1+ 24.Rgxf1 Bb7 25.Qf5 dxc3 26.Rxc3
Qxf5 27.Rxf5 Rd8 28.Rf4 {?} Bxe4 29.g3 c5 30.Bf3 Bg6 31.g4
Red7 32.Be2 Rd4 {? Premature ...Ke7 was much superior.}
33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.b4 {!} cxb4 35.Rc7+ Kf8 36.axb4 Rxb4 37.Rxa7
Rd4 38.Ra8+ Be8 39.Kc3 Rd6 40.d4 Ke7 41.Ra7+ Rd7 42.Ra6 Rc7+
43.Kd2 Rb7 44.Bf3 Rd7 45.Ke3 Rd6 46.Ra7+ Bd7 47.d5 {A fair
draw, though Black is a pawn ahead. He cannot make use of his
passed b-pawn or the f-pawn after advancing ...g6, as White's
King would come in accordingly at e5 or c5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (33-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (33-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Eugene Delmar"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3
Nf6 8.Na4 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.d3 Nd7 11.c3 Qf6 12.O-O Qe7 13.f5
O-O-O 14.Be3 Nf6 15.g4 h6 16.c4 Rdg8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.a4 Kb7
19.a5 bxa5 20.Rxa5 Ra8 21.Rfa1 Rxa5 22.Rxa5 Ra8 23.Rxa8 Kxa8
24.Qd1 Kb7 25.b4 d5 26.Bc5 Qe8 27.exd5 cxd5 28.Qa1 Qc6 29.Qa7+
Kc8 30.b5 Qb7 31.Qxb7+ Kxb7 32.Bf8 Ne8 33.f6 g6 34.Bxh6 dxc4
35.dxc4 Nxf6 36.Bg7 Ne4 37.h4 c6 38.Kg2 cxb5 39.cxb5 Kb6
40.Kf3 f5 41.Bxe5 Nd2+ 42.Kf4 fxg4 43.Kxg4 Kxb5 44.Bc3 Ne4
45.Be5 Kc5 46.Kf3 Kd5 47.Ba1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (24-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (24-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Re1 Nd6 7.dxe5 Nxb5 8.a4 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Nd6 10.Bg5 Nf5
{10...Bxg5 is, of course, out of the question on account of
the rejoinder Nc6+, and if 10...f6 11.Qh5+ Kf8 (or 11...g6
12.Nxg6, etc.) 12.Ng6+, and should win.} 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.Qd5+
Kg6 13.g4 Bxg5 14.Qxf5+ Kh6 15.h4 d5 {Black has defended
himself remarkably well against the opponent's highly
ingenious onslaught, and he is sure to remain with a pawn
ahead, with a good position, but he could have secured a still
greater advantage by advancing this Pawn only one step.}
16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Qxg5+ Kxg5 18.Re5+ Kxg4 {Kf6, followed by Bxg4
would have given him less trouble in the end.} 19.a5 Bd7
20.Rxd5 Bc6 21.Rc5 Rhd8 22.Nc3 Rd6 23.Nd1 Rad8 24.Ne3+ Kf3
25.Ra3 Ke2 26.Re5 Rg6+ 27.Ng2 Kd2 28.Rg3 Rxg3 29.fxg3 Kxc2
30.b4 Rd1+ {In excellent style Black has made fine use of his
King and has arrived at an ending which he ought to have won
without difficulty if he had only simplified matters here by
Bxg2, followed by Rd2.} 31.Ne1+ Kc3 32.b5 Rd5 33.Re7 Rd7
34.Re3+ {White proves great powers of ingenious resource in
this game which seemed to be several times almost hopeless.}
Kb4 {34...Kd2 or d4 35.bxc6, thratening cxd7, was still worse
for Black, and he selects the right course in giving up the
piece at once.} 35.bxc6 bxc6 36.Re5 c5 37.Nc2+ Kxa5 38.Rxc5+
Kb6 39.Re5 a5 40.Ne3 c5 41.Nc4+ Kb5 42.Nxa5 {It was no use
playing for more than a draw with a Knight against three
Pawns, and White properly simplifies matters for that
purpose.} Kxa5 43.Rxc5+ Kb4 44.Rc8 Kb5 45.Kg2 Kb6 46.Kh3 Rc7
47.Rh8 h6 48.Kh4 Kb7 49.Rg8 Re7 50.g4 Kc7 51.g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Johann Hermann Bauer"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 c6 6.Nge2 Bg4
7.f3 Bh5 8.O-O e6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Nf4 Bg6 12.Nxg6
hxg6 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.f4 Qb6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Qd2 O-O-O 17.c4 Bb4
18.Qc1 Qa5 19.a3 Bd2 20.Qc2 Ng4 21.h3 Ne3 22.Qb1 Nxf1 23.Qxf1
Be3 24.Qf3 Bxd4 25.b4 Qh5 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.Qe3 Rhd8 28.Be2 Qf5
29.Rf1 Kb8 30.b5 cxb5 31.cxb5 Qe4 32.Qf2 Rd2 33.Re1 R8d4 34.b6
axb6 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.Nd5 d6 6.c3 Nxd5 7.exd5
Ne7 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Bb6 10.d4 Ng6 11.h3 f5 12.f4 e4 13.Be3 Bd7
14.c4 Ne7 15.c5 Ba5 16.a3 Bb5 17.b4 dxc5 18.dxc5 Nxd5 19.Bf2
Kh8 20.bxa5 c6 21.Kh2 Qxa5 22.Re1 Rad8 23.Qb3 Rfe8 24.Nd4 Qd2
25.Ra2 Qd3 26.Qxd3 exd3 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Bxd5 Rd8 29.Bf3 1-0

[Event "07.22 R10 GER Bresla"]
[Site "07.22 R10 GER Bresla"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nf6
7.O-O Bd6 8.Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.bxc4 cxd4
13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Nd5 Qc5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Qa4 Bc6
18.Qb3 Ne4 19.Qh3 Rfd8 20.Bd3 f5 21.Rfe1 Qc5 22.Bxe4 Bxe4
23.Qc3 Rc7 24.Re3 Rcd7 25.Rce1 e5 26.Qxe5 Qxe5 27.Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "06.DSB-Kongress"]
[Site "07.18 R06 GER Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.e3 Nxg5 5.Nxg5 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.c3
Nc6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8
13.Re1 O-O 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bg5 16.Rc2 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Kh8
18.Qe3 Qh4 19.Rd2 f5 20.f4 g5 21.Rf1 g4 22.Bb5 Rc7 23.Rd4 Bc6
24.Be2 Rg8 25.Rfd1 Rg6 26.g3 Qe7 27.R1d2 h5 28.h4 Rg8 29.Bf1
Rd8 30.Bg2 b5 31.b3 Bb7 32.Bf1 Rdc8 33.Rc2 a6 34.Kf2 Kg7
35.Ke1 Kf7 36.Qd2 Kg6 37.Kd1 Qa3 38.Bd3 Qa5 39.c4 Qxd2+
40.Kxd2 bxc4 41.bxc4 Rc5 42.Rb2 dxc4 43.Rxb7 cxd3 44.Rdd7 Rc2+
45.Ke3 Rg8 46.Rf7 Kh6 47.Kxd3 Rg2 48.Rbe7 Rxg3+ 49.Kd4 Rf3
50.Rxe6+ Rg6 51.Re8 Rxf4+ 52.Kc5 Rg7 53.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Wroclaw"]
[Site "Wroclaw"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. dxe4 Nxe4
7. Qd4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Bb5 c6
12. dxc6 Nd6 13. cxb7 Nxb5 14. bxa8=Q Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qxe3+
16. Kd1 Ba6 17. Re1 Be2+ 18. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kc1 Qe3+ 20. Kb2
Nc6 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bb4
7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Ba3 Nbd7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Rae1 Re8 12.Nf5
Ne5 13.Bb3 Bxf5 14.exf5 Qd7 15.f4 Nc6 16.Qd3 Ne7 17.Be6 fxe6
18.fxe6 Qa4 19.c4 Qa5 20.f5 Nc6 21.Bb2 Qb6+ 22.c5 Qxb2 23.cxd6
cxd6 24.Qxd6 Qd4+ 25.Qxd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Fritz"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.Nge2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.O-O
Be6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Kh1 g5 11.f4 gxf4 12.gxf4 Bg4
13.Qd2 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 exf4 15.c3 O-O-O 16.d4 Bb6 17.Rxf4 Qg7
18.Rg1 Kb8 19.Bh3 Qf8 20.Rgf1 Qe7 21.Ng3 Qg5 22.Qe2 Rhg8
23.Rf5 Qh4 24.Rh5 Qe7 25.Nf5 Qf8 26.Nxh6 Rg7 27.Qf3 Qe8
28.Nxf7 Rxf7 29.Qxf7 Qxe4+ 30.Bg2 Qe2 31.b4 Qd2 32.Qc4 Ne7
33.Qf7 Nc6 34.Rh3 Qe2 35.a4 d5 36.a5 Ba7 37.Rh7 Ka8 38.Qxc7
Qb5 39.Rd7 Rh8 40.h3 Rg8 41.Rff7 Rxg2 42.Kxg2 Qe2+ 43.Rf2 Qe4+
44.Kf1 Qb1+ 45.Kg2 Qe4+ 46.Kf1 Qb1+ 47.Kg2 Qe4+ 48.Kg1 Qb1+
49.Kg2 Qe4+ 50.Kg1 Qb1+ 51.Kg2 Qe4+ 52.Rf3 Qc2+ 53.Kg1 Qb1+
54.Kf2 Qc2+ 55.Ke1 Qc1+ 56.Ke2 Qc2+ 57.Ke1 Qc1+ 58.Ke2 Qc2+
59.Ke3 Qc1+ 60.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Max Harmonist"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5
7.a4 d6 8.axb5 Nxe5 9.Re1 f6 10.Nh4 Be7 11.f4 Nf7 12.Qe2 d5
13.Nc3 c6 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.b3 Nd6 17.Ba3 Qd7 18.Bc5
Kf7 19.Ra6 Rhe8 20.Qf2 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Nb5 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Rxe7+
Kxe7 24.Qe3+ Kf7 25.Nxb5 cxb5 26.Qc5 Rc8 27.Qxa7 Qxa7+
28.Rxa7+ Ke6 29.Ra2 Kf5 30.g3 Ke4 31.Kf2 Kd4 32.Ke2 Kc3 33.Kd1
Rc7 34.Kc1 d4 35.Ra8 d3 36.cxd3 b4 37.Rd8 Kxb3+ 38.Kd1 Kb2
39.d4 b3 40.d5 Ka1 41.Ra8+ Kb2 42.Rd8 Ra7 43.d6 Ka2 44.Rb8 Ra6
45.d7 Rd6+ 46.Kc1 Rc6+ 47.Kd2 Rd6+ 48.Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johannes von Minckwitz"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O
7.O-O-O d6 8.f3 Be6 9.Nge2 Bc5 10.Qg5 Ne5 11.Nf4 c6 12.Nd3 h6
13.Qg3 Nxd3+ 14.Bxd3 Nh5 15.Qe1 Qf6 16.g3 g5 17.Qe2 Kh8 18.f4
g4 19.f5 Bd7 20.Qxg4 Ng7 21.Qf4 h5 22.h3 Bd4 23.g4 Be5 24.Qf3
Qh4 25.Ne2 b5 26.g5 d5 27.Rdg1 dxe4 28.Bxe4 Rae8 29.Rg4 hxg4
30.hxg4 Qxh1+ 31.Qxh1+ Kg8 32.f6 Bxb2+ 33.Kxb2 1-0

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Louis Paulsen"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3
a6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Rad1 Rc8 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Bf3
b5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.e5 dxe5 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.fxe5 Ne4 18.Nxe4
Qxe4 19.Qd3 Qxe5 20.Bd4 Qc7 21.c3 e5 22.Be3 Rcd8 23.Qf5 Rxd1
24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Kg1 Be7 27.Qe4 h6 28.Qa8+ Kh7
29.Qxa6 Bc5 30.Kf2 e4 31.g3 Qe5 32.Qc6 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Emil Schallopp"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Re1 Nd6
7.dxe5 Nxb5 8.a4 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Nd6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Qh5+ Kf8 12.Ng6+
hxg6 13.Qxh8+ Kf7 14.Qxd8 Bxd8 15.Bf4 Nf5 16.c3 g5 17.Bd2 a5
18.Na3 b6 19.Rad1 Bb7 20.Bc1 Bc6 21.b3 Nh4 22.f3 g4 23.fxg4
Nxg2 24.Re2 Nh4 25.Nb5 Nf3+ 26.Kf1 Ne5 27.Nd4 Bb7 28.Rde1 Nxg4
29.Bf4 d6 30.Re8 Ne5 31.Rh8 Ng6 32.Ree8 Nxh8 33.Rxh8 Be7
34.Rxa8 Bxa8 35.Nb5 g5 36.Nxc7 gxf4 37.Nxa8 Bd8 38.Kf2 Kg6
39.Kf3 Kf5 40.h4 d5 41.h5 Kg5 42.h6 Kxh6 43.Kxf4 Kg6 44.b4 d4
45.cxd4 axb4 46.Ke3 f5 47.d5 b3 48.Kd3 f4 49.d6 f3 50.Nc7 b2
51.Kc2 f2 0-1

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johann Nepomuk Berger"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.c3 Be6 10.O-O c5 11.Qd1 c4 12.Bc2 Nc6
13.Be3 Ne5 14.Nd2 h5 15.Bd4 Be7 16.Qe2 Bf6 17.f4 Bg4 18.Qe3
Nc6 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Bg5 21.Qf2 O-O 22.Ne4 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Be7
24.h3 Be6 25.Rad1 Bd5 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.exf6 Qxf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6
29.Rxf6 Rfe8 30.Rf5 Re2 31.Rg5+ Kh8 32.Rxh5+ Kg7 33.Rg5+ Kh6
34.Rxd5 Rxc2 35.Rf1 Rxb2 36.Rxf7 Rg8 37.g4 Rxa2 38.Rh5+ Kg6
39.Rff5 Re8 40.Rhg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th US Congress"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 Be6 7.Bb3
Qe7 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 O-O 10.c4 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Rae8
13.Qe2 Nd7 14.O-O-O Nc5 15.Bc2 Nb4 16.Bb1 Bd7 17.d4 Na4 18.Qd2
Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Nc6 20.Bc2 a5 21.Kb1 Nb4 22.dxe5 Nxc2 23.Qxc2
dxe5 24.Rd5 Bc6 25.Rxa5 Qf6 26.Nd2 Qf2 27.Rd1 Qxe3 28.Ra3 Qe2
29.Rg3 Rd8 30.Rgg1 Rd4 31.Rge1 Qg2 32.Kc1 Rfd8 33.h4 Qxg4
34.Rg1 Qf4 35.Rge1 Qxh4 36.b4 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau, Germany"]
[Date "1889.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semion Alapin"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.f5 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.d3 Na5
8.Bg5 Nxc4 9.dxc4 h6 10.Bh4 Bd7 11.Nd5 Bc6 12.Nxf6+ gxf6
13.Qe2 Ke7 14.O-O-O Qg8 15.h3 h5 16.Ne1 Qg7 17.Nd3 Qh6+ 18.Kb1
Qe3 19.Rhe1 Qxe2 20.Rxe2 Bd4 21.Nb4 Rab8 22.Nd5+ Bxd5 23.exd5
Bc5 24.a3 b5 25.cxb5 Rxb5 26.Ka2 Rhb8 27.b4 Bxb4 28.c4 Ra5
29.Rd3 Bc5 30.Be1 Ra4 31.Re4 Rg8 32.g3 Rg5 33.Rf3 Rg8 34.Bd2
Rb8 35.Rd3 Kd7 36.Be3 Bxe3 37.Rdxe3 Rbb4 38.Rc3 c6 39.dxc6+
Kxc6 40.h4 Kc5 41.g4 hxg4 42.Rxg4 Rb8 43.h5 Rh8 44.Rh4 Rh6
45.Kb3 Ra5 46.Rg3 Kb6 47.Rg7 e4 48.Rxf7 Re5 49.Rh2 Rxf5 50.Re7
Rf3+ 51.Kb4 a5+ 52.Ka4 f5 53.Rd2 Rd3 54.Rxd3 exd3 55.Re3 Rxh5
56.Rxd3 Rh6 57.Rb3+ Kc6 58.Kxa5 Rf6 59.Kb4 f4 60.Rf3 Kb6
61.Kc3 Kc5 62.Kd3 d5 63.cxd5 Kxd5 64.Ke2 Ke4 65.Rb3 Rc6
66.Rb4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau, Germany"]
[Date "1889.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3
Nd4 8.Qg3 Nxc2+ 9.Kd1 Nxa1 10.fxe5 Ne7 11.Qxg7 Kd7 12.Bxf7 Kc8
13.Qg4+ Kb8 14.e6 Ng6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Nd5 c6 17.e7 Qe8 18.Nf4
Rg8 19.Rf1 Qxe7 20.Nxg6 Qg7 21.d3 Qxg6 22.Qxg6 Rxg6 23.Rf8+
Kc7 24.Rxa8 Rxg2 25.Bf4 Nc2 26.e5 dxe5 27.Bxe5+ Kb6 28.Bb8 Ka6
29.Be5 Ne3+ 30.Kc1 Bb4 31.a3 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau, Germany"]
[Date "1889.07.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Nc3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Rb8 12.b3 Bg7
13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Qe3 Bb7 15.Qa7 O-O 16.Qe3 d5 17.Nd1 d4 18.Qd2 c5
19.Nb2 f5 20.Nc4 f4 21.gxf4 Rxf4 22.Qe2 Rbf8 23.Ncd2 g4 24.Nh4
Rxf2 25.Qxg4 Bc8 26.Qg3 c4 27.Nhf3 Rxd2 28.Nxd2 Qb4 29.dxc4
Rf4 30.Qd3 Bb7 31.O-O-O Qc3 32.Kb1 Qa5 33.Rdf1 c5 34.Rxf4 exf4
35.Nf3 Qa3 36.e5 Qa5 37.Qg6 d3 38.Qe8+ Bf8 39.Qg6+ Bg7 40.Qe8+
Bf8 41.Qe6+ Kh8 42.Ng5 dxc2+ 43.Kxc2 Qxa2+ 44.Kc3 Qa5+ 45.Kd3
Qd8+ 46.Qd6 Qxd6+ 47.exd6 Bxg2 48.d7 Be7 49.Rxh6+ Kg8 50.Rg6+
Kf8 51.Nh7+ Kf7 52.Rxg2 f3 53.Rg4 1-0

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau, Germany"]
[Date "1889.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5
Ne4 8.Re1 Nc5 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Ne6 12.Nf5 f6
13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Qe2 fxe5 15.Qxe5 Qf7 16.Be3 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rae8
18.Ne2 Bc8 19.c3 b6 20.Qg3 c5 21.b3 Qf5 22.Bh6 Qf6 23.Be3 Bb7
24.Rd7 Bc6 25.Rd2 Qf5 26.f3 Rf6 27.Qf2 g5 28.Ng3 Qg6 29.h3 h5
30.Red1 Ref8 31.Nf1 g4 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.f4 Nxf4 34.Bxf4 Rxf4
35.Qg3 R4f7 36.Ne3 Rg7 37.Rd8 Be8 38.Nd5 Rh7 39.Nf4 Qf5 40.Rf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "DSB-06.Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau, Germany"]
[Date "1889.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johannes Metger"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.e5
Ne4 8.Nxd4 Nc5 9.Nf5 Ne6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Qg4 Kh8 12.Nc3 g6
13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.Bh6 Ng7 15.Qf4 d6 16.Qf6 Rg8 17.Bxc6 Qxf6
18.exf6 Nf5 19.Bg7+ Nxg7 20.fxg7+ Kxg7 21.Ba4 c5 22.Bb3 Bf5
23.Re7 b5 24.Bd5 Rae8 25.Rxf7+ Kh6 26.Rxf5 gxf5 27.Bxg8 Rxg8
28.Re1 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 {It has not
yet been proved that this defence leads to a lost game.} 4.d3
{Qe2 is probably the correct play.} d6 5.exf5 Nf6 6.Nh4 Be7
7.Bg5 O-O 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.b3 {Rb1 is the better
defence.} Qe8 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ne4 {If Bxe7, a piece is won by
Nxc3.} Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Nf4 14.Qd2 c5 15.O-O-O Qc6 16.Rhe1 a5
17.Qxa5 {After this his game is lost.} Ra8 18.Qc3 Rxa2 19.Ne4
Nd5 20.Qd2 Qa6 21.Qg5 Qa5 22.Nd2 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "6th BCA Congress"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1890.09.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5
Nxd5 7. exd5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6
12. Bb2 Qf6 13. c4 d6 14. d3 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Bf5
17. Qe2 Qg6 18. Rfd1 c6 19. dxc6 Rfe8 20. Qf1 Bg4 21. f3 Bc8
22. cxb7 Bxb7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Re3 25. Bc1 Qh6 26. Kh1 f5
27. Bxe3 dxe3 28. Ra3 f4 29. d4 Bxd4 30. Qd3 Qh4 31. Rf1 Qf6
32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Ra2 Bb6 34. Qxd6 e2 35. Rxe2 Qxe2 36. Qb8+ Kf7
37. Qxb7+ Ke8 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rd6+ Kf7 41. Qf5+
1-0

[Event "It London"]
[Site "It London"]
[Date "1891.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.f4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 c5 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qe1 a6 9.Bd3 b5 10.Be2 Ne4 11.d3 Bf6 12.Ne5 Nd6 13.Nd2
Bb7 14.Bg4 Bh4 15.Qe2 f5 16.Bh3 Bf6 17.Rad1 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Nf7
19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Qf2 Rae8 21.d4 a5 22.g4 fxg4 23.Bxg4 Ng5 24.Nxg5
Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Nf8 26.Rdf1 Bc8 27.dxc5 Qxc5 28.Bd4 Qe7 29.h4 h6
30.Rf7 Qb4 31.Nh3 Ng6 32.Bh5 Ne7 33.c3 Qa3 34.R7f2 g6 35.Be2
Bd7 36.Bd3 Nf5 37.Bxf5 gxf5 38.Nf4 Kh7 39.Nh5 Rg8+ 40.Kh2 Rd8
41.Nf6+ Kh8 42.Rg1 Bc6 43.Rfg2 Qf8 44.Bc5 1-0

[Event "1, New York"]
[Site "1, New York"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bxe3
7. fxe3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qe7 11. g4 Nb4
12. O-O-O Qe6 13. Kb1 a5 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 a4 16. a3 Na6
17. Bh3 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rdf1 Rf8 20. Qf5 Nac5 21. Qxh7 c6
22. Qxg7 cxd5 23. h5 dxe4 24. h6 exd3 25. h7 dxc2+ 26. Kxc2
Qb6 27. Bxd7+ Kxd7 28. Rxf7+ Kc6 29. Rxf8 Qb3+ 30. Kb1 Nd3
31. Rf2 Nxf2 32. Rc1+ Kd5 33. Qf7+ Ke4 34. Rc4+ Kd3 35. Rc3+
Qxc3 36. bxc3 Nd1 37. Qg8 Nxc3+ 38. Kc1 Ra5 39. Qg6+ Kxe3
40. h8=Q Ne2+ 41. Kd1 Rd5+ 42. Ke1 Nf4 43. Qc2 Nd3+ 44. Kf1
Nf4 45. Qhh2 Kf3 46. g6 e4 47. Qcf2+ 1-0

[Event "R4 10/5 New York"]
[Site "R4 10/5 New York"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Re1 Nd6
7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nd4 f6 11.f4 fxe5 12.fxe5
Bc5 13.Ne4 Bb6 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Kh1 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Qd3 Bb6
18.Nf5 Kh8 19.Rf1 Qh5 20.Be7 Re8 21.Qg3 Qg6 22.Qf4 Ba6 23.Rf3
Qe6 24.Qg5 Qxe5 25.Nh6 Qxg5 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Bxg5 Bc4 28.Nd8 h6
29.Bh4 g5 0-1

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. b5 Na5 6. Be2 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. d3 c6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Qd2
Rfd8 13. Qg5 d5 14. Bb2 d4 15. Nd1 Nd7 16. Qg3 f6 17. c3 Nb3
18. Rb1 cxb5 19. cxd4 Qc2 20. Nc3 b4 21. Bd1 Qxd3 22. Be2 Qc2
23. Bd1 Qd3 24. Be2 Qc2 25. Bd1 Qd3 26. Be2 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Schmidt"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.Nxe4 Nxe5
7.Be2 Be7 8.d4 Ng6 9.Nf3 Bh4+ 10.g3 Be7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bc4 O-O
13.Nfg5 Nf6 14.c3 h6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Qh5 Nh8
18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qxh6 Qd7 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5+ Kh7 22.Qh4+ Kg8
23.Qg5+ Kh7 24.Rf6 Ng6 25.Raf1 Kg7 26.Rxg6+ fxg6 27.Qe5+ Kh6
28.Rxf8 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2
Bg4 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ng3 Ne8 10.h3 Bd7 11.c3 Bc5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2
g6 14.b4 Bb6 15.c4 c5 16.b5 c6 17.a4 Ng7 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Rfb1 f5
20.Bg5 Qe8 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Qd1 Qg6 23.Qf1 e4 24.Be7 exf3
25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.a5 Bc7 27.b6 axb6 28.axb6 Bb8 29.Ra7 Be6
30.Rb7 d5 31.Ra1 Be5 32.Raa7 f4 33.Rxg7+ Bxg7 34.b7 Be5 35.Ra8
Bb8 36.cxd5 cxd5 37.Qb1 fxg3 38.gxf3 gxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Qg3+ 40.Ke2
Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7
7.Nc3 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.f3 c6 12.Ba4 d5
13.Bb3 h6 14.Bd2 Be6 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Rxf8+ Qxf8 17.Rf1 Qe8
18.c4 Nf5 19.c3 Nfd6 20.Be1 Rc8 21.Bc2 c5 22.Bb3 dxc4 23.Nxc4
Bxc4 24.Bxc4+ Kh8 25.d5 Nf6 26.Bg3 Nde4 27.Re1 Nxg3 28.hxg3
Qd7 29.Qe6 Rd8 30.Rb1 b6 31.Qxd7 Rxd7 32.Rd1 Ne4 33.Re1 Nxc3
34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Bd3+ g6 36.Re6 Rxd5 37.Bxg6+ Kg7 38.Be8 Rd2
39.a4 Ne2+ 40.Kh2 Nd4 41.Re3 Re2 42.Rxe2 Nxe2 43.Bb5 Nc3
44.Bd7 Kf6 45.Kh3 c4 0-1

[Event "New York 1893"]
[Site "New York, NY"]
[Date "1893.10.06"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bb6
7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5 Ke7 11. Nd2 c6
12. Nf3 Bc7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. e5 Be6 16. Bb3 Bxb3
17. axb3 Ke6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. f5+ Ke7 20. Rae1+ Kf8 21. Bh6+
Kg8 22. Re4 Bb6+ 23. Kh1 1-0

[Event "ENG"]
[Site "ENG"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Bg7 6.Nxg4 d5 7.exd5
Qe7+ 8.Kf2 Bd4+ 9.Kf3 Bxg4+ 10.Kxg4 Nf6+ 11.Kf3 Qe4# 0-1

[Event "ENG"]
[Site "ENG"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Kirkpatrick"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d4 Bh4+ 6. g3 fxg3
7. O-O Bh3 8. Nxh4 gxh2+ 9. Kh1 Bxf1 10. Qxf1 Qxh4 11. Qxf7+
Kd8 12. Qf8+ Kd7 13. Qf5+ Ke8 14. Bg5 Qe1+ 15. Kxh2 Nf6
16. Nc3 Qxa1 17. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Manchester (England)"]
[Site "Manchester (England)"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emil Schallopp"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Be7
7.d4 O-O 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Rb1 b6 10.O-O c5 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7
13.Ng5+ Bxg5 14.Qxh5+ Bh6 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Rf6 Kg7 17.Qxh6+ Kg8
18.Qg5+ Kh7 19.Rh6# 1-0

