Blackburne - Blanchard, King's Gambit Declined

1 e4 e5
2 f4 Bc5
3 Nc3 Nc6
4 Nf3 exf4
5 d4! Bb4
6 Bxf4 d5
7 e5 Bxc3+
8 bxc3 Be6
9 Bd3 h6
10 0-0 Nge7
11 Rb1! b6
12 Qd2 0-0
13 Bxh6 gxh6
14 Qxh6 Ng6
15 Ng5 Re8
16 Rxf7 Bxf7
17 Qh7+ Kf8
18 Qxf7# (1-0)

From Irving Chernev's Logical Chess: "The danger in playing plausible but perfunctory chess is finely illustrated in this game. Blackburne, who played this and seven other games simultaneously while blindfolded, relied on order and method to achieve victory."

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