The Pillsbury Attack

1895:
[Event "Logical Chess, Move by Move #22"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Pillsbury"]
[Black "Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 a6 13. Qf3 b5 14. Qh3 g6 15. f5
b4 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qh4 bxc3 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxf6 a5 20. Raf1 Ra6 21. Bxg6
fxg6 {White now demonstrated mate in 7} 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qh8+
Kf7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qxd7 cxb2 {Or any} 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. Qg7# 1-0


1974:
[Event "Candidates qf2"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 (
8. Qc2 c6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 $1 {Polugaevsky} Nh5 $1 {Stockfish}) 8... c6 9.
Bd3 b6 $6 {Byrne} 10. cxb6 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Nxb6 (12... Qxb6 $5) 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. f4 {Pillsbury's famous attacking set-up} Rb8 $6 (14... Nfd7 $5) 15. f5
$1 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qf3 exf5 18. Bxf5 Nxe5 {Offering an exchange, but the
Bf5 looks more valuable than the Rc8} 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qh3 (21.
Qg4 $1 $18) 21... g6 22. Rcd1 Qb6 23. Rd7 Rce8 24. e6 gxf5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26.
Qg3+ Kh8 27. Bh6 fxe6 28. Bxf8 Rd7 $2 29. Bh6 Qa5 30. Qb8+ Qd8 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32.
Qxe6+ Rf7 33. Rxf5 *


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