[Event "Bird - Mason Match 1875/76"] [Site "New York USA"] [Date "1875.12.31"] [EventDate "1875.12.28"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Henry Edward Bird"] [Black "James Mason"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Dubuque Chess Journal, n72, April 1876, pp160-163"] [PlyCount "195"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ng5 10.f4 Ne6 11.Qf2 f5 12.Ba3 c5 13.Bc4 Qa5 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.O-O b6 16.Rad1 Bb7 17.Rd6 O-O-O 18.Rfd1 Rhe8 19.h4 g6 20.Qd2 Re7 21.Bc1 Rg8 22.Qd3 Reg7 23.Be3 h6 24.a4 Be4 25.Qd2 Bc6 26.Bb5 Bxb5 27.axb5 Qb7 28.Ra1 Re8 29.c4 Kb8 30.Rd3 Kc7 31.Rda3 Ra8 32.Qd6+ Kd8 33.Qd5 Kc7 34.Kf2 h5 35.Qd6+ Kd8 36.Rd3 Re7 37.Qd5 Kc7 38.Rda3 Ree8 39.Qd6+ Kd8 40.Rd3 Qc7 41.Rda3 Qb7 42.Ra4 Rf8 43.Ra6 Re8 44.R1a3 Re7 45.Rd3 Ke8 46.Rda3 Kf7 47.Qd1 Ree8 48.g3 Rec8 49.Rd3 Ke7 50.Rd6 Rd8 51.Ra2 Rac8 52.c3 Kf7 53.Qd5 Qc7 54.Rd2 Ke7 55.Rd3 Rb8 56.Bc1 Qb7 57.Rd2 Qc7 58.Qf3 Qb7 59.Qd1 Rbc8 60.Ra2 Rc7 61.Be3 Rcc8 62.Rad2 Rb8 63.Ra2 Rbc8 64.Qd5 Rb8 65.Rd2 Qc7 66.Rd1 Qb7 67.Qd2 Rbc8 68.Qc2 Rc7 69.R1d5 Re8 70.Qd1 Qc8 71.Rd2 Qb7 72.Ra2 Rcc8 73.Ra1 Rf8 74.Rd2 Qc7 75.Rda2 Ra8 76.Qd5 Rg8 77.Qh1 Rh8 78.Ra3 Rhb8 79.R1a2 Qb7 80.Qd1 Qc7 81.Kg1 Rh8 82.Qa1 Qb7 83.Bf2 Qe4 84.Rxa7 Rxa7 85.Rxa7 Qxc4 86.Qd1 Rd8 87.Qd6+ Ke8 88.Qxb6 Qxc3 89.Rxd7 Rxd7 90.Qxe6+ Kd8 91.Qb6+ Kc8 92.Qc6+ Kd8 93.b6 Qb4 94.e6 Rg7 95.Qd6+ Ke8 96.Qb8+ Ke7 97.Qc7+ Kf8 98.Qd8# 1-0