Morphy – Bottin Morphy Bottin 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 "Bottin"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "19"] 1.e4 e5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 {White hopes to show that Black's knight is misplaced.} Bc5 5.Qg4 Nxf2 {Too greedy. Black could get good play by the sacrificial 5...d5 6.Qxg7 Rf8. The text loses by giving up control of g5.} 6.Qxg7 Rf8 7.Bg5 f6 {The only other way to save his queen was 8...Be7, when White just wins a piece by 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Kxf2.} 8.exf6 Rxf6 {There was still no escape for the queen, and White was threatening 9.f7+} 9.Bxf6 Be7 10.Qg8+ 1-0 [Event "Paris"] [Site "?"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Bottin"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "19"] 1.e4 e5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 {White hopes to show that Black's knight is misplaced.} Bc5 5.Qg4 Nxf2 {Too greedy. Black could get good play by the sacrificial 5...d5 6.Qxg7 Rf8. The text loses by giving up control of g5.} 6.Qxg7 Rf8 7.Bg5 f6 {The only other way to save his queen was 8...Be7, when White just wins a piece by 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Kxf2.} 8.exf6 Rxf6 {There was still no escape for the queen, and White was threatening 9.f7+} 9.Bxf6 Be7 10.Qg8+ 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.
