LONDON: DEAN & SON, 160A, FLEET STREET, E. C.

Comprising a Collection of 150 Choice Games of the past quarter
of a century, with Notes, including the finest Games in
the Exhibition Tournament of 1851, and in the
Vienna Tournament of 1873,

WITH EXCELLENT SPECIMENS OF THE STYLES OF

ANDERSSEN, BLACKBURNE, DER LAZA, HANSTEIN,
KOLISCH, LOWENTHAL,

MORPHY, STAUNTON, STEINITZ,

And the Principal English Players.

Supplemented by Games of Labourdonnais, Mac Donnell, and Cochrane,
Contested prior to 1849.

COMPILED BY H. E. BIRD.

LONDON: DEAN & SON, PUBLISHERS, 160A, FLEET STREET, E.C.

ΤΟ

HERR KOLISCH,

In vivid recollection of the support and encouragement rendered by him to the cause of Chess, by promoting and carrying out the Grand International Tournament for the Emperor's Prize at Vienna in 1873, and other important Chess events, in warm admiration of his pre-eminent and chivalrous qualities as a Chess Amateuf, and in grateful recognition of the attentions, courtesies, and hospitalities bestowed by him on the representatives at the Vienna meeting and on other occasions,

THIS TRIFLE

Is Dedicated,

With feelings of regard and esteem,

BY

THE COMPILER.