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 "Unknown466"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3k4/p4pp1/2p2P2/3pP3/3P4/1PK3P1/q1B1Q3/2r5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. fxg7 Qa1+ 2. Kd3 ( { White can try: } 2. Kd2 Rxc2+ 3. Kxc2 Qa2+ 4. Kd1 Qxb3+ 5. Kc1 Qxg3 6. Qb2 Kc7 7. Qa1 Qg1+ 8. Kb2 Qxd4+ 9. Ka2 Qg4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qf6 Qc4+ 12. Ka1 Qc1+ 13. Ka2 Qc2+ 14. Ka3 { Draw. White cannot escape
checks. } ) 2... Qa6+ 3. Ke3 ( { White can try: } 3. Kd2 Rxc2+ 4. Kxc2 Qxe2+ 5. Kc3 Qg4 6. b4 Qxg3+ 7. Kb2 Qxg7 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Qxe2+ 4. Kxe2 Rxc2+ 5. Kd3 Rg2 6. g8=Q+ { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0