George Henry Mackenzie vs. Solomon Lipschuetz Match
October 4 - 17, 1886
New York, NY

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
Mackenzie, George    1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 1 0 1  +5-3=5
Lipschuetz, Solomon  0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 0 1 0  +3-5=5

[Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.10.04"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "George Henry Mackenzie"] [Black "Samuel Lipschutz"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] [Source "New York Times, 1886.10.05, p3"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 Nf8 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nh2 Ng6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 O-O 15.Qd2 Ne8 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.c3 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 g6 19.Rae1 Ng7 20.e5 Be7 21.Qh6 dxe5 22.Rxe5 f6 23.Nh5 Nxh5 24.Rxh5 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Qe7 26.Bxg6 Qg7 27.Bxh7+ Kh8 28.Bf5+ 1-0 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.10.06"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Lipschutz"] [Black "George Henry Mackenzie"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] [Source "St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, 1886.10.23, p11"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bh4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Na4 Bb6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.f4 O-O 13.O-O exf4 14.Nxf4 Qe8 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.a3 Qf7 17.Rf2 e5 18.Nh3 Rxf2 19.Qxf2 Qg6 20.Rf1 Rf8 21.Qe3 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Qf7+ 23.Nf2 Qa2 24.Qc1 Qf7 25.Qe3 Qa2 26.Qc1 Qf7 27.Kg1 Nf8 28.Nd1 Ne6 29.Ne3 Nf4 30.Qd2 b5 31.Nf5 d5 32.g3 Nh3+ 33.Kg2 Ng5 34.Qe2 dxe4 35.dxe4 Kh7 36.h4 Ne6 37.Qf2 g6 38.Nd6 Qxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Nd8 40.c4 bxc4 41.Nxc4 Nf7 42.Ke2 Kg7 43.a4 Kf6 44.Kd3 Ke6 45.b3 {And after a few more moves the game was declared drawn.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.10.09"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "George Henry Mackenzie"] [Black "Samuel Lipschutz"] [ECO "C22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "143"] [Source "Chess Player's Chronicle, v10 n336, 11 May 1887, pp222-223"] 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Be7 5.Bd2 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O-O d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.c4 Qc5 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Be2 Rad8 13.Bc3 Rfe8 14.Rxd8 Rxd8 15.Qxc5 Bxc5 16.Rf1 Nb4 17.Bxb4 Bxb4 18.a3 Bc5 19.b4 Be7 20.Rd1 Re8 21.Nd4 Bc8 22.Bf3 a5 23.c5 axb4 24.axb4 b6 25.Nc6 Bf8 26.cxb6 cxb6 27.Kc2 Be6 28.Kc3 g6 29.Bd5 Rc8 30.b5 Bf5 31.f3 Kg7 32.Ra1 Rc7 33.Ra8 Bd6 34.h3 Bg3 35.Kc4 h5 36.Ra6 Bf2 37.g4 Bc8 38.Ra2 Bc5 39.Re2 Kf6 40.gxh5 Bxh3 41.Rh2 Bf1+ 42.Kb3 Bxb5 43.h6 Bxc6 44.Bxc6 Rc8 45.h7 Rh8 46.Bd5 Kg7 47.Rh3 Be3 48.Kc4 Bh6 49.Bxf7 Kxf7 50.Rxh6 Kg7 51.Rh4 Rxh7 52.Rf4 Rh5 53.Rd4 Rf5 54.Rd3 Kh6 55.Rb3 Kh5 56.Kd4 g5 57.Ke4 Rf6 58.Ke3 Kh6 59.Rb5 Rg6 60.Ke4 Rc6 61.Kd5 Rf6 62.Ke4 Kg6 63.Ke3 Kh5 64.Kf2 Kh4 65.Rb4+ Kh3 66.Rb1 Kh2 67.Rb5 Rg6 68.Rb4 Rc6 69.Rb5 Rc2+ 70.Ke3 Rc5 71.Rxb6 Kg3 72.Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.10.13"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Lipschutz"] [Black "George Henry Mackenzie"] [ECO "C29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] [Source "British Chess Magazine, v7 n1, January 1887, pp7-8"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.Bf4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 fxe5 13.dxe5 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Ne7 15.Bg5 c6 16.Qd3 Qc7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.c4 dxc4 19.Qxc4+ Kh8 20.e6 Bd6 21.Bh5 g6 22.Be2 Qg7 23.Rad1 Rxf1+ 24.Bxf1 Qe5 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 Rd8 27.Bc4 Kg7 28.g3 Kf6 29.Rd3 Ke7 30.Rf3 Rf8 31.Rf7+ Rxf7 32.exf7 b5 33.Bb3 a5 34.a4 bxa4 35.Bxa4 Kxf7 36.Bxc6 Ke6 37.Kg2 Ke5 38.c3 Ba3 39.Kf3 Bb2 40.c4 Kd4 41.Bb5 Bc1 42.Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.10.16"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "George Henry Mackenzie"] [Black "Samuel Lipschutz"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "64"] [Source "(New Orleans) Times-Democrat, 1886.10.24, p9"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.Nc3 Ng6 6.Be3 c6 7.Ba4 Be7 8.Ne2 Ng4 9.Bb3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 d6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ng3 Be6 13.c3 Qb6 14.d4 Rad8 15.Qc2 a6 16.Nf5 Bf6 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.g3 Nf8 19.Kg2 Qc7 20.Nd2 g6 21.Bxe6 Nxe6 22.Nh6+ Kg7 23.Rxf6 Kxh6 24.Ref1 Re7 25.d5 Nf8 26.Qd1 Kg7 27.Qf3 h6 28.Qf2 Nh7 29.Rf3 Ng5 30.Rf6 Nh7 31.Rf3 Ng5 32.Rf6 Nh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.10.18"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Lipschutz"] [Black "George Henry Mackenzie"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] [Source "St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, 1886.10.30, p11"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Ng4 12.Nf3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.h3 Ne5 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.Ng5 Qd7 17.Qh5 Bf6 18.f4 Ng6 19.Bd2 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Qe7 21.Qh5 Rae8 22.Rae1 Qh4 23.Qf3 d5 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Qd3 Qf6 26.Qa6 Qd6 27.Qxa7 c5 28.Qa4 Re4 29.Qd1 d4 30.Qh5 Qd5 31.c4 Qe6 32.Rf2 Kh8 33.g4 Re1+ 34.Bxe1 Qxe1+ 35.Kg2 Qe4+ 36.Kh2 Qe3 37.Kg2 Qe4+ 38.Kg3 Qe3+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.10.20"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "George Henry Mackenzie"] [Black "Samuel Lipschutz"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] [Source "(New Orleans) Times-Democrat, 1886.10.31, p16"] 1.f4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7.Bb2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.Ne2 Rac8 11.c4 Rfd8 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.Rae1 dxc4 14.bxc4 Ne8 15.Rf2 Bf6 16.Ne5 Ng6 17.Ref1 Qa5 18.Ng3 Rc7 19.Ne4 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Rcd7 21.d4 cxd4 22.exd4 h6 23.g3 b6 24.h4 Rc8 25.Qb3 Qa6 26.h5 Nf8 27.Rc1 Nh7 28.d5 Qb7 29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Rc1 Qd8 31.Rcf1 Qc7 32.Rf4 exd5 33.cxd5 Qc2 34.Qb5 Qc7 35.e6 fxe6 36.dxe6 Re7 37.Rf7 Ng5 38.Rf8+ Kh7 39.Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.10.27"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "George Henry Mackenzie"] [Black "Samuel Lipschutz"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "132"] [Source "(New Orleans) Times-Democrat, 1886.11.07, p12"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O Bd7 9.Ne5 Rc8 10.a3 a6 11.dxc5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxc5 13.Qf3 Be7 14.Qh3 g6 15.a4 Bc6 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Bb2 Bf6 18.Ba3 Re8 19.e4 Ne5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Rfe1 Bd7 22.Qg3 Bh4 23.Qf4 Bg5 24.Qd4 Nxd3 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Qxd3 Bf5 27.Qd4 Rxc2 28.Nf3 Be7 29.Bb2 f6 30.Qxd5+ Qf7 31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.Rd2 Bb4 33.Rxc2 Bxc2 34.Nd4 Bd1 35.f4 Ke7 36.Kf2 Bd2 37.g3 Kd6 38.Nf3 Bb4 39.Nd4 Bd2 40.Nf3 Ba5 41.Nd4 Kc5 42.Ke3 Bb6 43.Bc3 Kd5 44.a5 Bc5 45.Kd3 Bg4 46.b4 Be7 47.Bd2 Bh3 48.Nf3 Bf1+ 49.Kc3 Ke4 50.Ne1 f5 51.Kc2 h5 52.Bc3 Ke3 53.Kd1 Be2+ 54.Kc1 h4 55.Nc2+ Kd3 56.Be1 hxg3 57.hxg3 Bf6 58.Bf2 Bc3 59.Bc5 Bd2+ 60.Kb2 Bd1 61.Na3 Be1 62.Nb1 Bxg3 63.Nc3 Bf3 64.Bd6 g5 65.Na4 Bxf4 66.Nc5+ Ke3 0-1 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.11.03"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Lipschutz"] [Black "George Henry Mackenzie"] [ECO "C25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] [Source "(Philadelphia) Times, 1886.11.07, p10"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bxf4 Bxf3+ 8.Kxf3 Nf6 9.Bb5 O-O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qd3 Qh5+ 12.Kf2 Be7 13.Rhf1 Qa5 14.Kg1 Rhf8 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.a4 c5 17.a5 Qc6 18.d5 c4 19.Qe2 Qa6 20.Ra4 Nd7 21.Rxc4 c5 22.b4 Bf6 23.b5 Qb7 24.b6 a6 25.Ra4 Be5 26.Rb1 Nb8 27.Nb5 Kd7 28.Nc7 Kc8 29.Rf1 h6 30.Ra3 Rd7 31.Bc3 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 Re7 33.Qg4+ Nd7 34.Qxg7 Rxe4 35.Rxf7 Rd8 36.Rxd7 1-0 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.11.06"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "George Henry Mackenzie"] [Black "Samuel Lipschutz"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] [Source "(New Orleans) Times-Democrat, 1886.11.21, p16"] 1.c4 e6 2.e3 c5 3.d4 Nf6 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.e4 Nb6 10.h3 Ne8 11.Qc2 g6 12.Bh6 Ng7 13.g4 Bd7 14.Ne2 a6 15.Ng3 Rb8 16.Kh2 Na8 17.Rg1 b5 18.b3 Nc7 19.Qd2 Nce8 20.Rac1 Kh8 21.Ne1 Rg8 22.f4 f6 23.f5 g5 24.Nf3 Nc7 25.h4 Nge8 26.Nh5 Na8 27.Rg2 Nec7 28.Rh1 Be8 29.hxg5 fxg5 30.Kg1 Nb6 31.Rgh2 Bxh5 32.Rxh5 Ne8 33.Bxg5 Rg7 34.Bxe7 Rxg4+ 35.Kf1 Qxe7 36.Rxh7+ Qxh7 37.Rxh7+ Kxh7 38.cxb5 axb5 39.Bxb5 Nf6 40.Ng5+ Kg8 41.Be2 Rf4+ 42.Ke1 Ra8 43.Ne6 Nxe4 44.Qe3 Rh4 45.Qg1+ Kf7 46.Qg7+ Ke8 47.Bb5+ 1-0 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.11.10"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Lipschutz"] [Black "George Henry Mackenzie"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "123"] [Source "(New Orleans) Times-Democrat, 1886.12.05, p8"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 f6 9.Bd3 c5 10.Nb5 Nc6 11.c3 c4 12.Bc2 a6 13.Nd6 b5 14.O-O Nb6 15.Qe1 f5 16.Kh1 g6 17.Rg1 h5 18.Qg3 Qg7 19.h3 Bd7 20.Qh2 Qh6 21.Raf1 Nc8 22.Nb7 N8e7 23.Nc5 Bc8 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Qxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Kg7 27.Ng5 Nd8 28.gxf5 Rh8+ 29.Kg3 gxf5 30.Rh1 Ng6 31.Rxh8 Nxh8 32.Rh1 Nhf7 33.Nh7 Nb7 34.Nf6 Nxc5 35.Rh7+ Kf8 36.dxc5 Ra7 37.Bd1 Bd7 38.Bh5 Be8 39.Kf3 Bc6 40.Ke3 a5 41.Kd4 b4 42.Bxf7 Rxf7 43.Rh8+ Kg7 44.Rg8+ Kh6 45.Rc8 Ba4 46.Ra8 bxc3 47.bxc3 Rc7 48.Rxa5 Bc6 49.Ra6 Kg6 50.a4 Kf7 51.a5 Ke7 52.Rb6 Kd8 53.a6 Rc8 54.a7 Kc7 55.Nh7 Ra8 56.Ra6 Kb7 57.Ra1 Bd7 58.Ng5 Rxa7 59.c6+ Bxc6 60.Rxa7+ Kxa7 61.Nxe6 Kb6 62.Ng7 1-0 [Event "Mackenzie - Lipschutz"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1886.11.17"] [EventDate "1886.10.04"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "George Henry Mackenzie"] [Black "Samuel Lipschutz"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "117"] [Source "St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, 1886.11.27, p11"] 1.c4 e6 2.e3 c5 3.d4 d5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Qxd5 exd5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Be2 Rfe8 12.h3 Bf5 13.Rd1 Rad8 14.Na4 Bd6 15.b3 Ne4 16.Kf1 Bb4 17.Bb2 h6 18.Rac1 Be6 19.a3 Be7 20.Bb5 Rc8 21.Ne5 Bh4 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Bxc6 Nxf2 24.Rd4 Ne4 25.Bxe8 Rxe8 26.Ke2 Bc8 27.Rc7 Ba6+ 28.Kd1 Nf2+ 29.Kd2 Bg5 30.Rxd5 Rxe3 31.Kc2 Bd3+ 32.Rxd3 Nxd3 33.Bd4 Ne1+ 34.Kd1 Re4 35.Bxa7 Nxg2 36.Nc3 Re1+ 37.Kc2 Rc1+ 38.Kb2 Ne1 39.b4 Nd3+ 40.Kb3 Rh1 41.b5 Rxh3 42.Bd4 Bf4 43.b6 Rf3 44.a4 Rf1 45.a5 Ra1 46.Na2 Rb1+ 47.Kc2 Rb5 48.Kxd3 Rxa5 49.Ra7 Rb5 50.Nc3 Rh5 51.Ke4 Bh2 52.Nd5 Rh3 53.b7 Kh7 54.Nf4 Rb3 55.Be5 Rb4+ 56.Kf5 Bg1 57.b8=Q Rxb8 58.Rxf7 Rg8 59.Nh5 1-0

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