Edward Winter
(2003)
In a scarce Dutch book of the 1880s we have found many forgotten games by the little-known player C.E.A. Dupré, mostly against top-class opposition:
C.E.A. Dupré – Adolf Anderssen
The Hague, 20 July 1875
King’s Gambit Accepted
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 g5 4 h4 g4 5 Ne5 Nf6 6 Bc4 d5 7 exd5 Bd6 8 d4 Nh5 9 Nc3 O-O 10 O-O Qxh4 11 Rxf4 Nxf4 12 Bxf4 f6 13 g3 Qh5 14 Nd3 Bf5 15 Qd2 Nd7 16 Nf2 Rae8 17 Kg2 Nb6 18 Bb3 Qg6 19 Rh1 h5 20 a3 Rf7 21 Nb5 Be4+ 22 Nxe4 Qxe4+ 23 Kg1 Bxf4 24 gxf4 Qf3 25 Qf2 Re2 26 Qxf3 gxf3 27 d6 c6 28 Nc3 Rg2+ 29 Kf1 Kg7 30 Bxf7 Kxf7 31 Rxh5 Nc4 32 Rh1 Ne3+ 33 Ke1 f2+ 34 White resigns.
Source: Schaakkalender van het Noordelijk Schaakbond 1883, pages 48-49.
Adolf Anderssen – C.E.A. Dupré
The Hague, 20 July 1875
Evans Gambit Accepted
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 b4 Bxb4 5 c3 Ba5 6 d4 exd4 7 O-O dxc3 8 Qb3 Qf6 9 e5 Qg6 10 Nxc3 Nge7 11 Ne2 b5 12 Bd3 Qe6 13 Qb2 Ng6 14 Nf4 Nxf4 15 Bxf4 a6 16 Rfd1 h6 17 Rac1 Bb7 18 Bg3 O-O 19 Nh4 Ne7 20 f4 f5 21 a4 Bb6+ 22 Kh1 Kh8 23 axb5 axb5 24 Bxb5 Ra2 25 Qb4 Bd5 26 Rxd5 Qxd5 27 Qxe7 Bc5 28 Qxd7 Resigns.
Source: Ibid., pages 51-52.
C.E.A. Dupré – Johannes Hermann Zukertort
Rotterdam, 12 July 1877
Ruy López
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Ne7 9 a4 b4 10 c3 bxc3 11 Nxc3 Nxc3 12 bxc3 Bb7 13 Qe2 Ng6 14 Be3 Be7 15 Rad1 O-O 16 c4 c6 17 cxd5 cxd5 18 Qd2 Qd7 19 Bd4 a5 20 Rfe1 Rfc8 21 Rc1 Bb4 22 Bc3 Rxc3 23 Rxc3 Nf4 24 Qxf4 Bxc3 25 Rd1 h6 26 Nd4 Re8 27 Qe3 Bb4 28 h3 Bc5 29 Kh2 Rxe5 30 Qd3 Re4 31 Nb5 d4 32 Qc4 Bd6+ 33 g3 Be5 34 f4 d3
35 Rxd3 Re1 36 Qxf7+ Qxf7 37 Bxf7+ Kh7 38 Bd5 Re2+ 39 Kg1 Bxd5 40 Rxd5 Bf6 41 Nd6 Bc3 42 Nc4 Ra2 43 Nxa5 Rxa4 44 Nc6 Ra2 45 Ne5 Be1 46 Rd3 h5 47 g4 h4 48 f5 Bf2+ 49 Kf1 Bg3 50 Ng6 Rh2 51 Rd8 Kh6 52 Rh8+ Kg5 53 Rh5+ Kf6 54 Nxh4 Rxh3 55 Kg2 Rxh4 56 Kxg3 Rxh5 57 gxh5 Kxf5 Drawn.
Source: Ibid., pages 53-54.
R. – C.E.A. Dupré
Rotterdam, 22 September 1882
Steinitz Gambit
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 f4 exf4 4 d4 Qh4+ 5 Ke2 d5 6 Nxd5 Bg4+ 7 Nf3 O-O-O 8 c3 f5 9 Kd2 Qf2+ 10 Be2 fxe4 11 Rf1 e3+ 12 Kc2 Bf5+ 13 Kb3 Rxd5 14 Rxf2 Na5+ 15 Ka4 Bd7+ 16 Bb5 Bxb5+ 17 Kxa5 Bc6 mate.
Source: Ibid., page 56.
Johannes Hermann Zukertort – C.E.A. Dupré
Rotterdam, 27 August 1877
Four Knights’ Game
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Bb5 Bb4 5 Nd5 Nxd5 6 exd5 Ne7 7 Nxe5 Nxd5 8 Bc4 d6 9 Nxf7 Kxf7 10 Bxd5+ Kf8 11 O-O c6 12 Bb3 d5 13 d4 Qf6 14 c3 Bd6 15 Be3 Bd7 16 Qd2 h6 17 Rae1 Re8 18 Re2 Re7 19 Rfe1 Ke8 20 Bf4 Rxe2 21 Qxe2+ Kd8 22 Be5 Qe7 23 c4 dxc4 24 Qxc4 Re8 25 Qa4 a6 26 Qa5+ Kc8 27 Re3 Qg5 28 Bc4 Bxe5 29 dxe5 Qd8 30 Qxd8+ Kxd8 31 e6 Bc8 32 f4 Ke7 33 f5 Rd8 34 g4 Rd1+ 35 Kf2 Rd2+ 36 Kg3 Rxb2 37 h4 Rb4 38 Be2 Rd4 39 g5 hxg5 40 hxg5 b5 41 Bf3 c5 42 Bc6 Resigns.
Source: Ibid., pages 58-59.
Johannes Hermann Zukertort – C.E.A. Dupré
Rotterdam, 28 August 1877
Steinitz Gambit
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 f4 exf4 4 d4 Qh4+ 5 Ke2 d6 6 Nf3 Bg4 7 Bxf4 Nge7 8 Ke3 Bxf3 9 gxf3 Qf6 10 h4 h6 11 Bh3 g5 12 hxg5 hxg5 13 Bg3 Bh6 14 Bg4 a6 15 Qd3 Rd8 16 Ne2 Ng6 17 c3 Nce5 18 dxe5 dxe5 19 Nd4 c5 20 Nf5 Rxd3+ 21 Kxd3 Nf4+ 22 Kc2 Bf8 23 Rhe1 c4 24 Bxf4 gxf4 25 Re2 Kd8 26 Rd1+ Kc7 27 Red2 Bc5 28 b4 cxb3+ 29 axb3 a5 30 Rd7+ Kc6 31 b4 axb4 32 cxb4 Bxb4 33 Kb3 Bc5 34 R7d5 Rh2 35 Rc1 b6 36 Rd6+ Qxd6 37 Nxd6 Kxd6 38 Ra1 Bd4 39 Ra2 Rxa2 40 Kxa2 Kc5 41 Kb3 Drawn.
Source: Ibid., pages 59-60.
C.E.A. Dupré – Joseph Henry Blackburne
Rotterdam, 28 June 1880
King’s Gambit Accepted
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4 b5 4 Bxb5 Qh4+ 5 Kf1 f5 6 Nc3 Nf6 7 Nf3 Qh5 8 e5 Ne4 9 Nd5 c6 10 Nxf4 Qh6 11 d3 Ng3+ 12 Kg1 Nxh1 13 Bc4 g5 14 Nh3 Be7 15 Nhxg5 Qg7 16 Kxh1 Ba6 17 Bb3 Rf8 18 Bf4 Bb7 19 Qe2 h6 20 Nh3 c5 21 Re1 Nc6 22 Qd2 Rh8 23 Bd5 O-O-O 24 c3 Qg6 25 d4 cxd4 26 Nxd4 Nxd4 27 Bxb7+ Kxb7 28 Qxd4 Qb6 29 Be3 Qxd4 30 Bxd4 Rhg8 31 Nf4 Rg4 32 g3 Kc6 33 c4 Bc5 34 Bc3 h5 35 b4 Bf2 36 Re2 Bb6 37 c5 Bc7 38 Nxh5 Rc4 39 Re3 a5 40 a3 axb4 41 axb4 Ra8 42 Nf4 Ra3 43 Ne2 Rxb4 44 Nd4+ Rxd4 45 Bxd4 Rxe3 46 Bxe3 Bxe5 47 Kg2 Kd5 48 Kf3 Ke6 49 h4 Kf6 50 h5 Kf7 51 g4 fxg4+ 52 Kxg4 Kf6 53 Bg5+ Ke6 54 h6 Bd4 55 Bf4 Kf7 56 Bd6 Kg6 57 Bf8 Bxc5 Drawn.
Source: Ibid., pages 60-63.
K. – C.E.A. Dupré
Rotterdam, 20 September 1882
Centre Game
1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 Bc4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 6 Nxd4 d5 7 Bb5 Bd7 8 a4 Bc5 9 Nxc6 bxc6 10 Bd3 O-O 11 c3 Qh4 12 Qc2 Rae8 13 a5 Re5 14 Ra4 Qxh2+ 15 Kxh2 Rh5+ 16 Kg1 Ng3 17 Bxh7+ Kh8 18 Rh4 Rxh4 19 any Rh1 mate.
Source: Ibid., page 63.
Joseph Henry Blackburne – C.E.A. Dupré
Rotterdam, 28 June 1880
King’s Gambit Accepted
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 g5 4 h4 g4 5 Ng5 h6 6 Nxf7 Kxf7 7 d4 d5 8 Bxf4 Nf6 9 Be2 Nc6 10 O-O Ke8 11 e5 Ne4 12 Bxg4 Qxh4 13 Bh5+ Kd8 14 Nc3 Nxc3 15 bxc3 Be6 16 Qf3 Bg7 17 Rab1 b6 18 Rb5 Ne7 19 Bg3 Qg5 20 Bf4 Qh4 21 Bf7 Bxf7 22 Bg3 Qh5 23 Qxf7 Qxf7 24 Rxf7 Bf8 25 Bh4 c6 26 Rb1 Kd7 27 Rbf1 Re8 28 R1f6 Kc8 29 Rd6 Kc7 30 Rdf6 Kc8 Drawn.
Source: Ibid., page 64.
Joseph Henry Blackburne – C.E.A. Dupré
Rotterdam, 29 June 1880
Vienna Gambit
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 f4 exf4 4 Nf3 g5 5 h4 g4 6 Ng5 h6 7 Nxf7 Kxf7 8 Bc4+ d5 9 Nxd5 Be6 10 d4 Nf6 11 O-O f3 12 gxf3 g3 13 f4 Bxd5 14 Bxd5+ Nxd5 15 Qh5+ Kg7 16 Rf3 Qf6 17 Rxg3+ Kh7 18 e5 Qe6 19 f5 Qe8 20 Qg4 h5 21 Qe4 Nf6 22 Qd3 Nxe5 23 dxe5 Qxe5 24 Bg5 Rd8 25 Qf3 Rg8 26 Kh1 Qe4 27 Bxf6 Qxf3+ 28 Rxf3 Rd2 29 Rd3 Rgg2 30 Rxd2 Rxd2 31 Re1 Rxc2 32 Bc3 Bd6 33 Re8 Rxc3 34 bxc3 Kg7 35 Re6 Resigns.
Source: Ibid., pages 64-66.
C.E.A. Dupré – Johannes Hermann Zukertort
Rotterdam, 28 August 1877
Giuoco Piano
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 O-O Nf6 5 d3 d6 6 h3 h6 7 Nc3 g5 8 Nh2 g4 9 hxg4 Rg8 10 Be3 Bxg4 11 Nxg4 Nxg4 12 Qf3 Rg7 13 Bxf7+ Kd7 14 Qf5+ Ke7 15 Nd5+ Kf8 16 Be6+ Resigns.
Source: Ibid., pages 69-70.
E.H.E. van Woelderen – C.E.A. Dupré
Rotterdam, 7 January 1881
Steinitz Gambit
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nc3 Qh4+ 4 Ke2 d5 5 Nf3 Bg4 6 Nxd5 Nc6 7 Nxc7+ Kd8 8 Nxa8 Bc5 9 Kd3 Qf2 10 c3 Ne5+ 11 Nxe5 Bxd1 12 Nxf7+ Kc8 13 b4 Nf6 14 Nxh8
‘Black gives mate in five moves.’ (Fritz indicates that the forced mate, i.e. with 14…Qe1 or 14…b5, takes slightly longer.)
Source: Ibid., pages 71-72.
James Mason – C.E.A. Dupré
Rotterdam, 24 September 1881
Evans Gambit Accepted
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 b4 Bxb4 5 c3 Bc5 6 d4 exd4 7 O-O d6 8 cxd4 Bb6 9 Nc3 Na5 10 Bd3 Ne7 11 d5 Ng6 12 Ne2 c5 13 Bb2 O-O 14 Qd2 f6 15 Rac1 Ne5 16 Bxe5 fxe5 17 Ng3 a6 18 Kh1 Bc7 19 Nf5 Bxf5 20 exf5 b5 21 g4 c4 22 Be4 Nb7 23 Qe2 Nc5 24 g5 Nxe4 25 Qxe4 Qd7 26 Nh4 Rae8 27 Rc3 Bd8 28 Rg1 Qa7 29 Rh3 Qd4 30 Qf3 Bb6 31 Qh5 Qe4+ 32 f3 Qf4 33 Ng6 Qxf5 34 Qxh7+ Kf7 35 Nxf8 Qxh7
36 g6+ Qxg6 37 Rxg6 Rxf8 38 Rhg3 Bc5 39 Rxg7+ Kf6 40 R7g4 c3 41 Rg2 b4 42 Rc4 a5 43 h4 Rh8 44 Rgg4 Rh7 45 Kg2 Rc7 46 Kf1 a4 47 Ke2 b3 48 axb3 axb3 49 Rxc3 b2 50 Rb3 Bd4 51 Rxd4 exd4 52 Rxb2 Rc5 53 Kd3 Rxd5 54 Rg2 Rf5 55 Ke4 d5+ 56 Kxd4 Rxf3 Drawn.
Source: Ibid., pages 73-74.
C.E.A. Dupré – James Mason
Rotterdam, 27 September 1881
Ruy López
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 O-O Nxe4 5 d4 Be7 6 Bxc6 bxc6 7 Nxe5 O-O 8 Qf3 Nf6 9 Nc3 Rb8 10 b3 Bb7 11 Qe2 c5 12 Be3 cxd4 13 Bxd4 c5 14 Be3 d5 15 Bf4 Bd6 16 Nd3 Bxf4 17 Nxf4 d4 18 Na4 Re8 19 Qd1 Qc7 20 Nd3 c4 21 Ndc5 cxb3 22 axb3 Ba8 23 Qxd4 Rbd8 24 Qh4 Rd5 25 Nd3 h6 26 f3 a5 27 Rf2 Rh5 28 Qg3 Qd7 29 Re1 Rg5 30 Rxe8+ Qxe8 31 Qf4 Bc6 32 Nc3 Qd7 33 Ne5 Qc7 34 Nd3 Qb6 35 Kf1 Bb7 36 Ne4 Bxe4 37 fxe4 Rg4 38 Qf3 Rxe4 39 Re2 Rd4 40 g3 Qd8 41 Kg2 Qd5 42 Qxd5 Nxd5 43 Kf3 a4 44 bxa4 Rxa4 45 Rd2 Rd4 46 Re2 Kf8 47 Re4 Rxe4 48 Kxe4 Nf6+ 49 Kd4 Ke7 50 c4 Ne8 51 Nf4 g5 52 Nd5+ Ke6 53 Ne3 f5 54 Ng2 Nd6 55 Ne1 Ne4 56 Ke3 Drawn.
Source: Ibid., pages 75-76.
Regarding the final game below (see too pages 49-50 of Chess Facts and Fables), C.N. 4866 thanked Joost van Winsen (Silvolde, the Netherlands) for pointing out that, as indicated on page 77 of the Schaakkalender, Black was J.H. Zukertort, and not J. Mason as we had stated.
C.E.A. Dupré – Johannes Hermann Zukertort
Rotterdam, 22 October 1881
Ruy López
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Ne7 9 a4 b4 10 c3 bxc3 11 Nxc3 Nxc3 12 bxc3 Bb7 13 Be3 Ng6 14 c4 dxc4 15 Bxc4 Qxd1 16 Raxd1 Bxf3 17 gxf3 Nxe5 18 Bd5 Rd8 19 f4 Nd7 20 Bd4 Bd6 21 Rfe1+ Kf8 22 Bc6 h5 23 Kg2 Rh6 24 Kf3 Re6 25 Rg1 f6 26 Rg6 Re7 27 Rdg1 Bc5 28 Bc3 Nb8 29 Be4 Bd4 30 Rd1 c5 31 Rgg1 Nd7 32 Rxd4 cxd4 33 Bb4 a5 34 Bxe7+ Kxe7 35 Rxg7+ Ke6 36 Bd3 Nc5 37 Ke2 Nxa4 38 Ra7 Nc3+ 39 Kd2 a4 40 Ra5 h4 41 Bc4+ Ke7 42 Kd3 Nd1 43 Ra7+ Kd6 44 Kxd4 Kc6+ 45 Ke4 Kc5 46 Be6 Kb6 47 Rf7 Nxf2+ 48 Kf3 Nd3 49 Rxf6 Rd6 50 f5 a3 51 Rf8 Nc5 52 Ra8 Na6 53 Bc4 Kb7 54 Re8 Nc7 55 Re3 Rd4
56 f6 Rxc4 57 f7 a2 58 Rb3+ Kc6 59 f8(Q) a1(Q) 60 Qh6+ Kd5 61 Qg5+ Qe5 62 Rd3+ Drawn.
Source: Ibid., pages 77-79.
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Below are three further games from Schaakkalender van het Noordelijk Schaakbond 1883:
M. – Joseph Henry Blackburne
Rotterdam, 30 June 1880
Ruy López
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Bc5 4 O-O Qe7 5 Nc3 Nf6 6 d3 h6 7 Bxc6 dxc6 8 d4 exd4 9 Nxd4 Bg4 10 f3 O-O-O 11 Be3 Bh5 12 Kh1 Qe5 13 f4 Qe8 14 Qd3 Bxd4 15 Bxd4 c5 16 e5 cxd4 17 Qf5+ Qe6 18 Qxe6+ fxe6 19 exf6 dxc3 20 fxg7 Rhg8 21 f5 cxb2 22 Rab1 exf5 23 Rxf5 Rd1+ 24 Rxd1 Bxd1
25 Rf8+ Kd7 26 Rxg8 b1(Q) 27 Rd8+ Kc6 28 h3 Bh5+ 29 Kh2 Bf7 30 Rf8 Qxa2 31 White resigns.
Source: Schaakkalender, pages 68-69.
Hartogh Heijs – van Nouhuijs
Occasion?
Evans Gambit Accepted
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 b4 Bxb4 5 c3 Bc5 6 O-O d6 7 d4 exd4 8 cxd4 Bb6 9 Bb2 Nge7 10 Ng5 d5 11 exd5 Nxd5 12 Nxf7 Kxf7 13 Qf3+ Ke8 14 Bxd5 Qd7 15 Bxc6 bxc6 16 Re1+ Kd8 17 d5 Bb7 18 Bf6+ Kc8 19 Re7 Re8 20 Rxe8+ Qxe8 21 Qf5+ Kb8 22 Qe6 Qxe6 23 dxe6 gxf6 24 e7
24…a6 25 e8(Q)+ Resigns.
Source: Ibid., page 83.
Finally, a miniature featuring a highly unusual gambit:
Hartogh Heijs – Prins
Occasion?
English Opening
1 c4 c5 2 b4 cxb4 3 d4 e6 4 Nd2 d5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 e4 dxe4 7 Nxe4 Qd5 8 Qe2 Qxd4 9 Bb2 Qb6
White announced mate in four moves.
Source: Ibid., pages 87-88.
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