The Beauty of the Pawnstorm

This game illustrates the beauty of pawnstorms, and old chess games. Played in 1834 between the two best players in the world at the time, this was a game which shows that position is better than mere material.

La Bourdonnais was a noisy character, whotalked and laughed a lot when he was not thinking, conducting many conversations with the audience to pass the time.

In contrast, MacDonnell was a quiet player who spent a very long time thinking - 90 minutes on some moves, but put up with La Bourdonnais' character because he thrilled on good games - and La Bourdonnais was the best in the world.

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