[Event "?"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1899.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury, H. N.."]
[Black "Amateur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "Tilling,Chris"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[TimeControl "120+3"]

{70MB, Shredder9.ctg, Family Tilling} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 ({
Normal, here, is} 3. c4 {Then, if Black develops as normal, White can place
his queenside bishop outside his pawn-chain, after 5.e3. In other words, then
White won't be blocking his own bishop in behind his own pawns. However,
Pillsbury has a plan to get his presently blocked queenside bishop breathing
space again, with an e4 push.} Nf6 4. Bg5) 3... Nf6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. O-O b6 6.
Nbd2 Bd6 $2 {
After this, Black will either loose his bishop, or time. Advantage White.} (
6... Bb7 {is better, fighting for control over the e4 square} 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
c4 9. Bf1 c3 10. bxc3 dxe4 11. Ng5 e3 12. fxe3 {and things haven't worked out
with an immediate e4. 8. e4 would have been a mistake in this line, for
tactical reasons}) 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb7 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 {Take stock of the
position: White has the two bishops - a powerful combination; White has more
space in the centre; Black's king has yet to find safety after castling} 10.
Bf4 Bxf3 $2 {Awful. Now Black gives up his other strong bishop for no good
reason. As a result, White's queen finds a nice diagonal, and black cannot
defend d6 anymore with the queen to c7, as Qa8+ will cause serious harm. Plus,
this puts Black even further behind in development} 11. Qxf3 d5 {
Blocking the queen's diagonal, but ...} 12. Bd6 $1 {Now Black cannot castle
(he cannot castle through check - against the rules), and his king is stuck in
the centre to be beaten up by White's better developed army.} Rc8 13. Rfe1 {
Grins at the Black king} Rc6 14. Ba3 {
Making sure the bishop still stops any Black king castling} a5 15. c4 {
Opening up lines to the Black king. Black is doomed. DOOOOMMMED. RUN TO THE
HILLS} Ne4 16. cxd5 Ng5 (16... exd5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4+ Re6 19. Qc6 Qe7 20.
Rxe6 fxe6 (20... Qxe6 21. Qc8#) 21. Bxe7 $18) 17. Qg3 Rc8 18. dxe6 Nxe6 {
Pilsbury now finds, blindfolded, the most beautiful win} 19. Rxe6+ $1 {
This ruins what was left of the pawn protection in front of the king} fxe6 20.
Qg6+ $3 {Just lovely!} hxg6 21. Bxg6# {And mate! The moral of this story, is
don't leave a king in the middle against a better developed opponents army.
And NEVER play Pillsbury.} 1-0

