The 9th game of the match Bird-Mason shows Bird beginning to make use of the opening move 1. f4 which was later named after him, though this time without great success…
[Event "New York 7576 m"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1875.12.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1875.12.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e4 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bc5 10. Nc3 Qd4 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Nd1 Nde5 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Bxc5
Qxc5 15. Qf2 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qc5 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Qf2 Nd4 19. Bd1 Rd6 20. Nd5 Rxd5
21. exd5 Qb4+ 22. Qd2 Nxd3+ 0-1
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