Morphy – Schulten Morphy Schulten Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1857.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: New York Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "New York"] [Site "?"] [Date "1857.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Schulten"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O f5 {Awful. Black exposes his kingside and opens the game when he is behind in development.} 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 {This pawn is a bone in Black's throat, and if he doesn't do something about it White will break through in the center and exploit Black's inability to castle short.} d6 {But this opens things even further with Black having no chance to get his king out of the way.} 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Re1+ {White immediat ely exploits the open e-file and invites Black to move into a nasty pin.} Nge7 9.Ng5 Ne5 {Unpinning the knight on e7, but walking into to pins on e5.} 10.Bf4 N7g6 11.Bxe5 Nxe5 12.Nf7 {The pin now nets at least a piece, with Black's king still stuck in the middle .} 1-0 [Event "New York"] [Site "?"] [Date "1857.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Schulten"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O f5 {Awful. Black exposes his kingside and opens the game when he is behind in development.} 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 {This pawn is a bone in Black's throat, and if he doesn't do something about it White will break through in the center and exploit Black's inability to castle short.} d6 {But this opens things even further with Black having no chance to get his king out of the way.} 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Re1+ {White immediat ely exploits the open e-file and invites Black to move into a nasty pin.} Nge7 9.Ng5 Ne5 {Unpinning the knight on e7, but walking into to pins on e5.} 10.Bf4 N7g6 11.Bxe5 Nxe5 12.Nf7 {The pin now nets at least a piece, with Black's king still stuck in the middle .} 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.
