James Mason uno de los mejores del Mundo

Delmar,Eugene - Mason,James [C52]
New York, 1873
[Guillermo Muñoz Portugal]

C52: Evans Gambit Accepted: 5 c3 Ba5 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.d4 exd4 8.e5 d5 9.Bb5 Ne4 10.cxd4 0-0 [10...Bd7 11.Qb3 Nb4 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.e6 Qxe6 14.Ba3 Nc6 15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qa6 Bb6 17.Qa4 Kd8 18.Rc1 Ne7 19.Ne5 Rb7 20.Re1 f6 21.Bxe7+ Kxe7 22.Nc6+ Kf7 23.f3 Nc5 24.Rxe6 Nxa4 25.Re7+ Schiller,E (2109)-Collins,A (1998)/Caleta 2012/CBM 147/1-0 (55)] 11.Qa4N [11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 (12.Ba3 Re8 13.Qa4 Bb6 14.Qxc6 Bg4 15.Rd1 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qh4 17.Qc2 Ng5 18.Rd3 Bxd4 19.Bb2 Bxf2+ 20.Kh1 Bb6 21.Nc3 Nh3 22.Nxd5 Nf2+ 23.Kg1 Nxd3+ 24.Nxb6 Nxb2 25.Nxa8 Qd4+ 26.Kg2 Rxa8 Gazic,J (2269)-Grochtmann,S (2080)/Lieme 2006/EXT 2012/0-1 (49)) 12...Bb6 13.Qxc6 Bg4 14.Bb2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Ng5 16.Nd2 Re8 17.Kh1 Nh3 18.f4 Qh4 19.Qxd5 Nxf2+ 20.Kg1 Nd3 21.Bc3 Nxf4 22.Qf3 Nh3+ 23.Kh1 Ng5 24.Qg2 Rad8 25.Rg1 h6 Morphy,P-Anderssen,A/Paris 1858/EXT 2002/0-1 (72)] 11...Bc3 12.Nxc3 Nxc3 13.Qb3 Nxb5 14.Qxb5 Bg4 15.Qxb7 Qd7 16.Be3? [>=16.Qb3!?-/+] 16...Rab8-+ 17.Qa6 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rb6 19.Qe2?? [19.Qd3 Qh3 20.Bf4-+]

19...Qh3 20.Rab1 [20.e6 Nxd4! 21.Bxd4 Rxe6-+]

20...Nxe5! 21.Bf4 [21.dxe5 Rg6+; /\21.-- Rg6+] 21...Nxf3+ 22.Kh1 Re6 [22...Rh6 23.Qe5 Rg6 24.Bg3 Nxh2 25.Qh5 Qxh5 26.Kg2 Rh6 27.f3 Re8 28.Rbe1 Qh3+ 29.Kf2 Ng4+ 30.fxg4 Rf6+ 31.Kg1 Qxg3+ 32.Kh1 Rh6#] 23.Qd3

Rh6! [23...Rh6 24.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 25.Kg1 Qxf4 26.Rfd1 Qxh2+ 27.Kf1 Re8 28.f3 Rg6 29.Rd2 Qg1#] 0-1