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Henry Bird vs George Mackenzie
Paris (1878), Paris FRA, rd 1, Jul-27
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Wormald Attack (C77)  ·  0-1

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Feb-20-08  Knight13: 18. e4?? WHAT!? Come on, Mr. Bird! It's not like you were in time pressure or anything! (After that move, George's life became ten times easier)
Oct-23-11
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  Phony Benoni: Lately, I've been taking a little break by going through the chess column published in the <Atlanta Sunny South>, available at http://www.chessarch.com/excavation.... It's a relaxing diversion, and on occasion the editor, A. F. Wurm, attempts a witticism. (He once played a match with Isaac Edward Orchard; make of it what you will.)

In this game, after <15.Qe4>


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Mr. Wurm commented: <"'On what ill-starred journey her Majesty now sets forth!' The way in which the Captain now focuses his attentions on her is not in accordance with his reputation for good breeding, though entirely consistent with his character as a skillful chess player.">

Wurm was also a proponent of the Polite Resignation School. In the final position


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he sarcastically commented: <"Premature; he is not much worse off now than he had been several moves back, and he yet had a move left with his knight.">

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