H. E. Bird

Place the contents of the chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height of two feet, and you get the style of Steinitz.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown351"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r3k1/1Q3pp1/3p2qp/4p3/1P2P3/5R1P/Pr3P1K/R7 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rc3 ( { Black can try: } 1... Rcc2 2. Rf1 Rxa2 3. b5 Rab2 4. b6 Qe6 5. Qa8+ Kh7 6. b7 Qc4 7. Qc8 Qxc8 8. bxc8=Q Rxc8 { With a likely draw. } ) 2. Rg1 ( { White dare not try: } 2. Rxc3 Rxf2+ 3. Kh1 Qg2# ) 2... Rxf3 3. Rxg6 Rfxf2+ ( { Black can try: } 3... fxg6 4. Qd5+ Kh7 5. a4 Rfxf2+ 6. Kg3 Rg2+ 7. Kf3 Rgc2 8. b5 Rc3+ 9. Kg4 Rg2+ 10. Kh4 g5+ 11. Kh5 g6# ) 4. Kg3 Rg2+ 5. Kh4 ( { White can try: } 5. Kf3 fxg6 6. Qb8+ Kh7 7. Qxd6 Rgf2+ 8. Kg4 h5+ 9. Kg3 h4+ 10. Kxh4 Rg2 11. Qxe5 Rxb4 12. a3 Kh6 13. axb4 g5+ 14. Qxg5+ Rxg5 15. e5 Rg2 16. e6 g5# ) 5... fxg6 6. a3 Rbf2 7. Qc8+ Kh7 8. b5 g5+ 9. Kh5 g6# 0-1