[Event "Telegraph Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1856.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liverpool"]
[Black "Manchester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1856.03.28"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bg5
exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 Ba5 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Rb1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 Qf4 18. b4 Bb6 19. Rf1 f5 20. g3 Qg5 21. Kg2
f4 22. Nf3 Nxf3 23. Bxf3 Rf6 24. h4 Qe5 25. g4 a5 26. b5 Bc5 27. a4 Kf7 28. Qe2
28... Ke7 {Illustrated London News, April 5, 1856} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Telegraph Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamilton"]
[Black "St Catherine's"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1863.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O 6... h6 {This is not
a good move; it loses time at a moment when the second players have none to
spare. They should have played 6...d6.} 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Qb3 9... Qe7
{Again Black throw away valuable time. They ought to have moved their Queen at
once to f6.} 10. Ba3 10... Na5 {This counter-irritant does not prove so
efficacious as it promises to be; though we doubt if the St. Catherine's
players had any better line of action.} 11. Qa4 Qf6 12. e5 12... Qd8 {
They had no good move left; but 12...Qh5 would have been less injurious than
retiring her thus.} 13. e6 {The game move; for whether Black this terrible
Pawn or leave it, the result must be a position hopelessly broken up and
exposed.} 13... fxe6 14. Bxe6 Nc6 15. Bxg8 Rxg8 16. d5 16... Qf6 {
Had they moved the knight, mate would have followed in a very few moves.} 17.
Re1+ Kd8 18. dxc6 18... d6 {They evidently would have lost their Queen if they
had captured the rook by Be7+, Bf6+.} 19. Nbd2 19... g5 {
Why not? The game is lost, so what have they to fear?} 20. Nc4 20... Bxf2+ {
As good as any other move. They might with impunity have followed it with
sacrificing their Queen; the end must have been the same.} 21. Kxf2 g4 22. Nxd6
22... cxd6 {If they had taken the other Knight with Pawn, White could have
mated them in three or four moves.} 23. c7+ Kxc7 24. Qc4+ Kb8 25. Rac1 Qd8 26.
Qxg8 {Illustrated London News, May 2, 1863} 1-0

[Event "Telegraph Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boston"]
[Black "Springfield"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bb5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Kf8 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. f4
c5 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qe6 17. Ng3 h5 18. Qf3 Re8 19. Bb2 Qh3 20. Qe4 20...
Nh6 {Many would have preferred playing 20...h4, with an eye to the continuation
} (20... h4 21. Nf5 21... Nf6 {but if White then reply with} 22. Qg2 {
the counter-attack does not come to much.}) 21. a4 Ng4 22. Qh1 c4 23. Ra3 Rd8
24. Rf3 h4 25. Ne4 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 Rh6 29. Kg2 Rc6
30. Rh3 Nh6 31. f5 {
Boston has now the better game, notwithstanding the deficient pawn.} 31... Ba5
32. e6 f6 33. Kf1 Bb4 34. Bc1 Ke7 35. Bxh6 gxh6 36. Ke2 c3 37. Kd1 37... c2+ {
The bold advance of this Pawn, and the consequent danger of White, render the
position here one of striking interest.} 38. Kc1 Rc4 39. Re3 Ba5 40. f3 Bb6 41.
Re2 Rxa4 42. Rxc2 Ra5 43. Kd1 Rxf5 44. Ke2 Kxe6 45. Rc4 Rf4 46. Nc5+ Kf5 47.
Ne4 a5 48. Rc6 Ke5 49. Rc3 f5 50. Nd2 50... Kd5 {
Illustrated London News, March 20, 1869 (also on Correspondence II database)}
0-1

[Event "Telegraph Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Montreal"]
[Black "Toronto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 {
Somewhat tame. They should rather have played 7.d4.} 7... O-O 8. d4 Bg4 9. dxe5
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe5 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Na3 a5 15. Rad1
Qc5 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Red1 Rd6 18. Kf1 f6 19. Rd3 {
This move looks to us to be a loss of time. What was the object of it?} 19...
Rad8 20. f3 Kf8 21. R1d2 Ke7 22. h3 Na4 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Qf2 {
Another ambiguous move. Why not have saved the Pawn by playing Nb1?} 24...
Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rd1+ 26. Ke2 Nxb2 27. Nc4 Rb1 28. Nxb2 {They could not safely
take the a-pawn, because their opponents would have answered with ...Nd1
effectively.} 28... Rxb2+ 29. Ke3 29... Rb1 {It was rightly thought by the
on-lookers that Toronto should have exchanged Rooks at this moment.} 30. Kd3 g6
31. Rd2 {Very well played.} 31... a4 32. Kc2 32... Rb5 {
Manifestly a lost move, as they cannot maintain the Rook in this position.} 33.
c4 Rb4 34. Kc3 34... Rb6 {If 34...c5, White wins easily by playing 35.Rd5.} 35.
Rb2 35... Kd6 {
It was shown afterward that they ought to have exchanged the Rooks.} 36. Rxb6
cxb6 37. Kb4 Kc7 38. Kxa4 Kb7 39. Kb4 Ka6 40. h4 f5 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 h6 43.
g5 h5 44. a3 Kb7 45. a4 Ka6 46. c5 b5 47. axb5+ cxb5 48. c6 {
Illustrated London News, April 19, 1873} 1-0

[Event "Telegraph Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Toronto"]
[Black "Montreal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8.
Ng3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. h3 11... a6 {
Comparatively useless. Toronto have now the superiority in position.} 12. Qf3
12... b5 {Another ineffectual move.} 13. a3 Nh7 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nh7 16. Qf4
16... Rc8 {This move affords their adversaries a favorable opportunity to
advance the a-pawn. 16...Ra7 would, therefore, have been a safer mode of
defending the c-pawn.} 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 {
A very difficult move to answer.} 19... Qd7 20. Nf5 {
Threatening to win a clear piece.} 20... Ne7 21. Nxg7 {More effective as well
as more artistic than taking the knight and then playing Ba3.} 21... Ng5 22.
Qf6 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nh5 Nf5 25. Rxe4 25... Qd8 {The Toronto players now
annouced mate in five moves. Illustrated London News, April 19, 1873} 1-0

[Event "Telegraph Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1845.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Evans, Perigal, Tuckett,Walke"]
[Black "Staunton, Capt. Kennedy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k3r1/2p5/2p5/1p6/8/1PPpr3/P2R1RP1/2K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "1845.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. Rf3 Rg3 2. Rdf2 Re2 3. Rxd3 Rxg2 4. Rxe2 Rxe2 5. Rd2 5... Re5 {
Howard Staunton: The English World Chess Champion, by Keene and Coles, p.12}
1/2-1/2

