Do you know the player called ‘Black death‘. The original name of chess player was Joseph Henry Blackburne. Blackburne defeated top players in chess history. Top players were Anderson, Stienitz. His attacking games made him popular in 19th century. Lets watch his some of masterpiece.

Blackburne, Joseph Henry vs Tarrasch, Siegbert

[Event "4th DSB Congress"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1885.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"] [Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C14"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1885.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qd2 c5 8. exd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 exd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Re8 12. O-O d4 13. Na4 b6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c3 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Qg5 Ne5 20. Bxb7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qxb7 22. Qxe5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Blackburne, Joseph Henry vs Steinitz, Wilhelm

[Event "Emperor's Cup"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1873.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"] [Black "Steinitz, Wilhelm"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C60"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1873.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "AUT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd5 Be7 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Be2 d6 12. f4 g6 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. h4 h5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Be6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. e5 Qe8 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Bf5 22. Qg3 Qxa2 23. Bc3 Kf7 24. Rh7+ Ke8 25. Bxg4 Be4 26. Qe3 d5 27. Qc5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Blackburne, Joseph Henry vs Gunsberg, Isidor

[Event "Hereford Congress"] [Site "Hereford"] [Date "1885.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"] [Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1885.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Qe5 10. Nd2 a6 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. Nxc7 Ra7 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 d6 17. O-O Be6 18. Ng5 Qd8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Nf4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Blackburne, Joseph Henry vs Anderssen, Adolf

[Event "Emperor's Cup"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1873.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"] [Black "Anderssen, Adolf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1873.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "AUT"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. d3 Nc6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qg3 Qe7 11. Kd1 c6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rf1 Rg8 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. b4 Ba7 16. a4 Qxb4 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Rb1 g5 19. Qf2 Rg6 20. g4 h6 21. Ne2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ba2 Rd7 24. Bb4 Qd8 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Qf5 Ne8 27. Ke2 Rf6 28. Qh7 c5 29. Bd2 b4 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qd6 32. Qg8 Re7 33. Rxf7 Kd8 34. Rf8 Kd7 35. Bc4 Qb6 36. Qd5+ Kc7 37. Qa8 Kd7 38. Bb3 Nf6 39. Ba4+ Ke6 40. Qc8+ Nd7 41. Bxd7+ Rxd7 42. Qe8+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.