Johannes Zukertort vs Joseph Henry Blackburne, 1883

The queen nobody could take

London 1883 · English Opening · 1-0

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Game moves (PGN)

[Event "London 1883"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1883.05.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. c4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
dxc4 15. Bxc4 d5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4 g6
21. Re3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. f5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. fxg6 Rc2 26. gxh7+ Kh8
27. d5+ e5 28. Qb4 R8c5 29. Rf8+ Kxh7 30. Qxe4+ Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Kxf8 32. Bg7+ Kg8
33. Qxe7 1-0