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Henry Bird vs John Barry
Simul, 19b (1877) (exhibition), Montreal CAN, Jan-22
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C52)  ·  0-1

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Aug-09-12
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  jnpope: Wrong Barry. Boston's John Finan Barry was not playing in simuls at the age of 4.
Jun-09-14  ljfyffe: John Barry, George Barry, and Palmerson Barry were chessists playing out of Montreal In the latter 1800's.
Jun-09-14  ljfyffe: Sorry, that's Palmerston. He played Steinitz in 1893. John Barry and George Barry played Zukertort in 1884.
Jun-09-14
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  tamar: Bird versus Barry, now that's a matchup.
Jun-09-14  ljfyffe: George Barry won the Canadian championship in 1887.
Jun-10-14  ljfyffe: J. Zukertort - John Barry: Zukertort blindfold exhibition Montreal 1884: 1e4 e5 2Nc3 Bc5 3f4 d6 4 Nf3 Nf6 5Bc4 Bg4 6d3 Bxf3 7Qxf3 Nbd7 8Na4 Bb6 9Nxb6 axb6 100-0 0-0 11c3 h6 12Bb3 Kh8 13fxe5 Nxe5 14Qe2 Qe7 15Bd2 Nh7 16d4 Nd7 17Qd3 f6 18Rae1 Rfe8 19Bc2 Nhf8 20a3 Qf7 21Rf3 Re7 22Rh3 Qg8 23Rf1 c5 24Bf4 c4 25Qd2 d5 26e5 fxe5 27dxe5 Nxe5 28Bxh6 gxh6 29Qxh6+ Nh7 30Qf6+Rg7 31Bxh7 Qb8 32Bf5+ Kg8 33Be6+ 1-0.
Jun-10-14  ljfyffe: John Barry belonged to the Canadian Chess Association and sat on its Managing Committee.
Jun-30-14  ljfyffe: He played in the Canadian Chess Association
Championships of 1881 and 1882.
Jul-01-14  ljfyffe: <1886 Globe Correspondence Tournament: John Barry (Quebec) - Alfred Porter (New Brunswick) [King's Indian Attack] 1e4 e5 2g3 Bc5 3Bg2 Nf6 4d3 d5 5exd5 Nxd5 6Nf3 Nc6 7Nbd2 0-0 80-0 f5 9a3 f4 10Ne4 Bb6 11c4 Nf6 12Nfg5 Ng4 13c5 Bxc5 14Qb3+ Kh8 15Nf7+ Rxf7 16Qxf7 Bb6 17gxf4 Nd4 18Ng5 Ne2+ 19Kh1 Nxf2+ 20Rxf2 Bxf2 21Qh5 1-0.>

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