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 "Unknown139"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/3p4/2p1k2p/1pPpb1pP/pP1P2P1/P2KB3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. dxe4 Kxe4 2. Bd1 ( { White can try: } 2. Bxg4 hxg4 3. Ke2 d5 4. cxd5 Kxd5 5. Kd3 Ke5 6. Kc4 Ke4 7. Kxc5 d3 8. Kxb4 d2 9. Kxa3 d1=Q { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 2... d3 ( { Black can try: } 2... d5 3. Bc2+ Ke5 4. cxd5 Kxd5 5. Bg6 Kd6 6. Bxh5 c4 7. Bf7 c3+ 8. Kd3 Ke5 9. Bg6 Kf6 10. Be4 Ke5 11. h5 c2 12. Kxc2 Kxe4 13. h6 Ke3 14. h7 d3+ 15. Kd1 Kf3 16. h8=Q { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Bxg4 hxg4 4. h5 Kf5 5. Kxd3 Kg5 6. Ke4 Kxh5 7. Kd5 Kg5 8. Kxd6 Kf5 9. Kxc5 Ke4 10. Kxb4 Kf3 11. c5 Kxg3 12. c6 Kf2 13. c7 g3 14. c8=Q 1-0