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S4 E14 Joseph Blackburne v NN (1863)

July 11, 2026 • Cassidy Noble • Season 4 • Episode 14

0:00 | 22:15

We are looking at a very color member of chess history - someone who had a 50 year chess playing career, someone who traveled from Europe to Australia to Cuba playing matches, simuls, and blindfold events, someone who put future World Champions through windows, been fined for assaulting people, arrested for being a French spy, and nicked named “The Black Death” - Joseph Blackburne.

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1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Bg5+ Nf6 10.Qh5 c6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.f4 Qc5 13.fxe5 Qxe5 14.O-O h6 15.Be8 Be6 16.Rxf6 gxf6 17.Rd7+ Bxd7 18.Qf7+ Kd6 19.Qxd7+ Kc5 20.Be3+ Kb4 21.Qxb7+ Ka5 22.b4+ Bxb4 23.Bb6+ axb6 24.Qxa8# 1-0

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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1028829

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Blackburne

http://cassidynoble.com/

1876 match: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79940

Cassidy Noble

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