Morphy – Morphy,A Morphy Morphy,A Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1849.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: New Orleans Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "New Orleans"] [Site "?"] [Date "1849.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Morphy,A"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.O-O Na5 {This loses time and puts the knight out of the game. Black wants to play ...d5, but he isn't ready to castle, so his king will feel a draft.} 9.Bd3 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 {After this Black is losing. With the e-file open White is ready to jump on the enemy king. Black had to play 10...Ne7, though after 11 Ba3 it's pretty grim, since 11...O-O loses to 12 Re1 Re8 13 Ng5.} 11.Ba3 Be6 {Black sees the e-file needs protection, but this doesn't help.} 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.d5 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Bb5+ {This shot deflects the queen from the center files allowing White to invade.} Qxb5 16.Re1+ Ne7 17.Rb1 {White gets a little carried away with the deflection theme, as Black might resist a little by giving up his queen with 17...Qd7. White should just capture on e7.} Qa6 18.Rxe7+ Kf8 19.Qd5 Qc4 20.Rxf7+ Kg8 21.Rf8# 1-0 [Event "New Orleans"] [Site "?"] [Date "1849.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Morphy,A"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.O-O Na5 {This loses time and puts the knight out of the game. Black wants to play ...d5, but he isn't ready to castle, so his king will feel a draft.} 9.Bd3 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 {After this Black is losing. With the e-file open White is ready to jump on the enemy king. Black had to play 10...Ne7, though after 11 Ba3 it's pretty grim, since 11...O-O loses to 12 Re1 Re8 13 Ng5.} 11.Ba3 Be6 {Black sees the e-file needs protection, but this doesn't help.} 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.d5 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Bb5+ {This shot deflects the queen from the center files allowing White to invade.} Qxb5 16.Re1+ Ne7 17.Rb1 {White gets a little carried away with the deflection theme, as Black might resist a little by giving up his queen with 17...Qd7. White should just capture on e7.} Qa6 18.Rxe7+ Kf8 19.Qd5 Qc4 20.Rxf7+ Kg8 21.Rf8# 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.
