[Event "Bird - Mason Match 1875/76"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1875.12.28"]
[EventDate "1875.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "Dubuque Chess Journal, n72, April 1876, pp144-148"]
[PlyCount "236"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Be6 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.a4 a5 13.b5
Nd8 14.Nc4 Bc5 15.Nfd2 Nf7 16.Nb3 Bb6 17.Nxb6 cxb6 18.h4 Qc7
19.Rc1 O-O-O 20.c4 Nd7 21.Qh5 Nc5 22.Nxc5 dxc5 23.Rd1 Qe7
24.Qe2 Qf6 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Kd2 Nd6 27.Kc2 Nf7 28.Rh5 Rxh5
29.Qxh5 Rh8 30.Qg4 Nh6 31.Qe2 Nf7 32.Qd2 Qd8 33.f3 Qe7 34.Rf1
Rh7 35.Qc3 Qd6 36.Qa1 Rh8 37.Rh1 Rd8 38.Qc3 Kd7 39.Bf2 Rh8
40.Rxh8 Nxh8 41.Qe1 Nf7 42.Qh1 Ke7 43.Qh7 Kf6 44.Be3 Qf8
45.Kd2 Qg7 46.Qh2 Qh8 47.Qxh8+ Nxh8 48.Ke2 Nf7 49.Kf2 Kg6
50.Kg3 Nh6 51.Bd2 Kh5 52.Bc3 Nf7 53.Bb2 Kg6 54.Ba1 Kh5 55.Bb2
Kg6 56.Kh3 Kh5 57.g3 Kg6 58.Bc3 Kh5 59.Bd2 Kg6 60.f4 exf4
61.gxf4 gxf4 62.Bxf4 e5 63.Bg3 Kg5 64.Kg2 Kh5 65.Kf3 Ng5+
66.Ke3 Nf7 67.Be1 Kg4 68.Bc3 Kg3 69.Be1+ Kg4 70.Bc3 Kg3 71.Bb2
Kg4 72.Kf2 Kf4 73.Bc1+ Kg4 74.Kg2 Ng5 75.Kf2 Nf7 76.Ke3 Kh4
77.Bb2 Kg4 78.Bc3 Kg3 79.Be1+ Kg4 80.Bf2 Ng5 81.Be1 Nf7 82.Ke2
Ng5 83.Kf2 Nf3 84.Bc3 Kf4 85.Bb2 Ng5 86.Bc1+ Kg4 87.Bd2 Nf7
88.Kg2 Ng5 89.Be1 Nf7 90.Bg3 Kh5 91.Kf3 Ng5+ 92.Ke3 Nf7 93.Kf3
Ng5+ 94.Kg2 Nf7 95.Bh2 Kg4 96.Bg3 Kh5 97.Kf3 Ng5+ 98.Ke3 Nf7
99.Bf2 Kg4 100.Be1 Ng5 101.Bc3 Nf7 102.Kf2 Kf4 103.Ke2 Ng5
104.Bb2 Nf7 105.Bc1+ Kg4 106.Ke3 Ng5 107.Bd2 Nf7 108.Bc3 Kg3
109.Be1+ Kg4 110.Kd2 Ng5 111.Ke3 Nf7 112.Bc3 Kg3 113.Bb2 Kg4
114.Kd2 Kf4 115.Kc3 Kg5 116.Bc1+ Kg4 117.Kb3 Ng5 118.Bd2 Nf7
1/2-1/2