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D55 Queen's Gambit Declined

Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation. Normal Line

Frank James Marshall vs Amos Burn, 1900

1-0, 17 moves ("The Pipe Game")

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]
1.d4 {Notes by Marshall. Britisher Amos Burn was a very conservative player who liked to settle down for a long session of closed, defensive chess. He loved to smoke his pipe while he studied the board.} d5 2.c4 e6 {Burn began hunting through his pockets for his pipe and tobacco. } 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 {Not much thought needed on these moves, but Burn had his pipe out and was looking for a pipe cleaner.} 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 { He began filling up his pipe. I speeded up my moves.} 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h4 { Made him think on that one. And he still didn't have the pipe going. The threat is Bxh7+, Kxh7; Ng5+, known as the Pillsbury Attack.} g6 11.h5 Re8 12.hxg6 hxg6 { Now he was looking for matches. } 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Bxg6 fxg6 { He struck a match and appeared nervous. The match burned his fingers and went out. }15.Qxg6 Nd7 {Another match was on its way. } 16.Ng5 Qf6 { He was puffing away and lighting up at last, but too late. } 17.Rh8+ Kxh8 18. Qh7# { Poor Burn. I think I swindled him out of that one. If he could only have got that pipe going, it might have been a different story. He took it good naturedly and we shook hands. Then his pipe went out. } 1-0

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