[Event "Dundee Congress"] [Site "Dundee SCO"] [Date "1867.09.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Cecil Valentine De Vere (?)"] [Black "Wilhelm Steinitz (?)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C67"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit Accepted"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 { C67 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit Accepted } 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. d4 f6?! { (-0.37 → 0.41) Inaccuracy. Nxb5 was best. } (8... Nxb5 9. Rxb5 d5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nd2 b6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Qd2 c5 14. Rb3 Bf5 15. Re1) 9. Re1 Nxb5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxb5 c6 12. Qb3 d5 13. c4 Kf7 14. Nc3 dxc4?! { (0.37 → 1.10) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } (14... Qb6 15. cxd5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rd8 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 a6 19. Rec1 Rb8 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Nc5) 15. Qxc4+ Kg7 16. d5 cxd5? { (1.06 → 2.91) Mistake. Re8 was best. } (16... Re8 17. Be3) 17. Nxd5 Bf8? { (3.00 → 4.77) Mistake. Bd6 was best. } (17... Bd6 18. Bf4 b5 19. Qc6 Bxf4 20. Qxa8 Be5 21. Rad1 Qf8 22. Qxa7+ Qf7 23. Qc5 Bg4 24. f3) 18. Nxf6? { (4.77 → 2.69) Mistake. Nc7 was best. } (18. Nc7 Bd7 19. Nxa8 Bc6 20. Be3 Qxa8 21. Rad1 Rg8 22. Bd4 Qd8 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6) 18... Qxf6 19. Bd2 b5? { (2.81 → 5.23) Mistake. Qf7 was best. } (19... Qf7 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Bc3 Qg7 22. Qd5+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxh8 Be6 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Bc3) 20. Qd5 b4?! { (4.30 → 6.20) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } (20... Be6) 21. Rac1 Qf7?! { (5.64 → 8.85) Inaccuracy. Qd6 was best. } (21... Qd6 22. Qxa8) 22. Qxa8 Be6 23. Qe4 Bxa2 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Rc7 Qd5?! { (10.81 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h5 was best. } (25... h5 26. Rxf7) 26. Qxd5+?! { (Mate in 6 → 10.11) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf6 was best. } (26. Qf6 Qf7 27. Rxf7 Bxf7 28. Bh6 Bxh6 29. Re7 Be8 30. Rxe8+ Bf8 31. Qxf8#) 26... Bxd5 27. Re8 { Black resigns. } 1-0