McDonnell, Alexander
—
Evans, William Davies
Evans-McDonnell odds match ca. 1828, London ENG, 1830,
0-1
Annotator: Harding, Tim
[Event "Evans-McDonnell odds match ca. 1828"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1830.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McDonnell, Alexander"]
[Black "Evans, William Davies"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Harding, Tim"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[ICUid "32768"]
{ In CPC, I, pages 177-8. This time McDonnell tried giving odds of the KN.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Be2 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. O-O O-O 5. Kh1 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 Qe7 8.
f5 Bd7 9. g4 Kh8 10. g5 Ng8 11. h4 f6 12. Qe1 Nd8 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. b4 $2
Nxb4 15. a3 (15. cxb4 Bd4) 15... Nc6 16. Ra2 Qf7 17. Rb2 Qe7 18. Bd1 (18.
Rxb7 $2 Bb6) 18... a6 19. Rg2 b5 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Nf3 Bc8 22. g6 h6 23. Nh2
(23. Bb3 $142 { idea either Bxg8 or Bf7 }) 23... Na5 24. Ng4 Rd7 25. d4
exd4 26. Rfg1 dxc3 27. Nxh6 gxh6 28. g7+ Qxg7 29. Qxc3 Qe7 30. Re1 Bb7 31.
Qxa5 Rf7 32. Rg4 Rg7 33. Rf4 d5 34. Bf3 dxe4 35. Bxe4 b4 { Note e on p178
clearly belongs here: "A good move, depriving the rook of the queen's
protection, and thus preventing the meditated capture of the bishop." } 36.
Qa4 Rd3 37. Kh2 Bxe4 38. Rfxe4 Qxe4 39. Rxe4 Bg1+ 40. Kh1 Rh3# { The
terminating moves are ingeniously played by Captain Evans. } 0-1
Thanks to Chess Tempo for the Pgn Game player.