Lee’s opponent, Charles Blake (1880-1961m 80 years ols) was a Canadian who was born in London. Blake emigrated to Winnipeg in 1903 before serving as a Major in French territory during the First World War. He had moved to Ontario by 1925 and later to White Rock, British Columbia.
The game was played in the 1905 Westen Championship in Excelsior, Minnesota. There were 18 players and the event was won by E.F. Schrader (13 points) a half point ahead of Charles Blake. Places 3-5 (with 12 points) were shared by E.P. Elliott, Harry Lee and Louis Uedemann.
[Event "Western Champ. Excelsior, Minnesota"]
[Site "Excelsior, MN USA"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harry Lee"]
[Black "Charles Blake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 17"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]
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119,117,111,258,245,240,82,247,207,258,202,238,110,326,311,332,347,433,412,414,
446,479,485,575,562,826,793,831,804,29995,29992] C77: Ruy Lopez} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {This is thr Anderssen Variation which just
reinforces the e-Pawn. Black has two different main move: One is ...d6 or he
can play ...b5 to get out of the pin.} Bc5 {Seldom played, but reasonable. The
B puts pressure on f2 in a fashion that is similar to the Cordel Defence (3...
Bc5} 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. Nbd2 {[%mdl 32] The nain line is 8.O-O} Bb7 9. Nf1
Ne7 {The more aggressive 9...d5 was worth considering. Both sides are engaging
in some slow maneuvering,} 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. Qe2 {Worth comsidering was 11.d4}
Bb6 {Evidently played in preparation of ...c5 which he can now play at any
time.} 12. h3 {Stopping a square shirt. 12.h4 would have given black something
to think about because further advance of the h-Pawn would loomimg.} O-O 13.
Nf5 Re8 14. Bg5 d5 15. O-O-O d4 {Releasing tension in the center is a major
mistake. He should first drive back the B with 15...h6 and the begin play on
the Q-side with 16...a5. Now white begins operations on the K-side.} 16. cxd4
Bxd4 17. N3xd4 exd4 18. h4 c5 {Black ignores what's happening on the K-side as
there isn't much he can do about it.} (18... h6 {isn't much help.} 19. h5 Ne5
20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. f4 {with a strong initiative.}) 19. h5 Ne5 20. f3 {Much too
slow. He gets real winning chances with the attacking 20.f4. Now all he is
left with is a modest positional advantage.} Rc8 {More slow maneuvering,
White's last move alloed black to slow white down on the K-side.} (20... h6 21.
Bf4 Bc8 22. g4 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Kh8 24. Rhg1 Nfd7 {Black has a chance to survive.}
) 21. Kb1 {Why not 21.f4?!} Re6 {Thanks to white's last move there was still
time to give 21...h6 a try} 22. g4 {The alternative 22.f4 was also good.} c4
23. Qf2 c3 {Not as good as it looks! Lee now conducts the finiah flawlessly.} (
23... cxd3 {was worth a try...things get rel messy and so black would have a
fighting chance.} 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxe4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Nxg5 (
27... Rd6 28. Be3 Rcd8 29. Rhd1 Nc5 30. R3d2 {is equal. There is no way for
black to take advantage of the pin.}) 28. Nxe6 fxe6 {Theorecticall favors
black, but practical play is a different story.}) 24. Nxd4 Qb6 25. Rhf1 Rd6 26.
Nf5 Qxf2 {The trade of Qs in no way helps black, but there was really nothing
better.} 27. Rxf2 Rd7 28. h6 {Undermining the N.} Rcd8 29. hxg7 Nexg4 30. fxg4
Nxg4 31. Bxd8 Nxf2 32. Bf6 {Black resigned. He can only be delayed.} 1-0
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