(1) Pillsbury,H. N. - Amateur [D05]
Toronto, 1899
[Tilling,Chris]

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. 3...Nf6 4.Bg5 ]

3...Nf6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.0-0 b6 6.Nbd2 Bd6?
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?
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!
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.

12...Rc8 13.Rfe1
Grins at the Black king

13...Rc6 14.Ba3
Making sure the bishop still stops any Black king castling

14...a5 15.c4
Opening up lines to the Black king. Black is doomed. DOOOOMMMED. RUN TO THE HILLS

15...Ne4 16.cxd5 Ng5
[16...exd5 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4+ Re6 19.Qc6 Qe7 20.Rxe6 fxe6 (20...Qxe6 21.Qc8# ) 21.Bxe7+- ]

17.Qg3 Rc8 18.dxe6 Nxe6
Pilsbury now finds, blindfolded, the most beautiful win

19.Rxe6+!
This ruins what was left of the pawn protection in front of the king

19...fxe6 20.Qg6+!!
Just lovely!

20...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