However in recognition of the long chess history that the Victorian capital has, I did some digging for a suitable game. One of the earlier games I found came from a match between Charles Fisher and Louis Goldsmith. The match was played in 1875 and ended with a narrow victory to Fisher 6.5-5.5 (+5=3-4). The game in question was the 11th game of the match, and helped Fisher tie the match at 5.5 each. Goldsmith played the Sicilian Defence, a rarity at the time, although Fisher demolished it in a very modern manner. Bc5 by Black was probably dubious (although it has been played a number of times since) and once the knight landed on d6 Black was in serious difficulties. After that it was open lines and dancing knights before Black went down in flames.
Fisher,Charles M - Goldsmith,Louis [B40]
Melbourne m Melbourne (11), 08.02.1875
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bxe3 8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. fxe3 a6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Be2 b5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Qf2 b4 15. Qg3 Qa7 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Ne2 Qxe3+ 18. Kb1 Na5 19. Ng3 Qf4 20. Ngf5+ exf5 21. Nxf5+ Ke8 22. Qxf6 1-0
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Thanks for publishing this game. I wrote an article on this match for the first number of Australian Chess Lore in the late 70s. It was Australia's first great chess match and attracted a lot of attention at the time. As Robert Jamieson pointed out in a review, the games were really not of a high standard but they were quite hard-fought. Fisher and Goldsmith were interesting figures both inside and outside the chess world.
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