Morphy – Anderssen Morphy Anderssen Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1858.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Paris Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Paris"] [Site "?"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Anderssen"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "33"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 {This creates a serious weakness at d5, which will be exploited by White.} 7.Be3 f5 8.N1c3 f4 {This was Black's basic idea. After the bishop retreats, Black can continue with rapid development. But Morphy has more aggressive plans.} 9.Nd5 fxe3 10.Nbc7+ {It is not the rook White is after, but the king!} Kf7 11.Qf3+ Nf6 12.Bc4 {This sets up a nasty discovered check.} Nd4 13.Nxf6+ d5 {What now? White is attacking with four pieces, but each one is under an immediate threat of capture!} 14.Bxd5+ Kg6 {14...Ke7 15.Ng8+ Rxg8 16.Qf7+ Kd6 17.O-O-O} 15.Qh5+ Kxf6 16.fxe3 {The importa nt point of this delayed capture is that it opens up the f- file. Black could have held out a little longer here with 16...Qe7, but decided to grab some material instead.} Nxc2+ 17.Ke2 {Now Anderssen realized that capturing the rook would lead to checkmate, so he resigned.} 1-0 [Event "Paris"] [Site "?"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Anderssen"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "33"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 {This creates a serious weakness at d5, which will be exploited by White.} 7.Be3 f5 8.N1c3 f4 {This was Black's basic idea. After the bishop retreats, Black can continue with rapid development. But Morphy has more aggressive plans.} 9.Nd5 fxe3 10.Nbc7+ {It is not the rook White is after, but the king!} Kf7 11.Qf3+ Nf6 12.Bc4 {This sets up a nasty discovered check.} Nd4 13.Nxf6+ d5 {What now? White is attacking with four pieces, but each one is under an immediate threat of capture!} 14.Bxd5+ Kg6 {14...Ke7 15.Ng8+ Rxg8 16.Qf7+ Kd6 17.O-O-O} 15.Qh5+ Kxf6 16.fxe3 {The importa nt point of this delayed capture is that it opens up the f- file. Black could have held out a little longer here with 16...Qe7, but decided to grab some material instead.} Nxc2+ 17.Ke2 {Now Anderssen realized that capturing the rook would lead to checkmate, so he resigned.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
