Morphy – Unknown Morphy Unknown 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 "Unknown"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 {This loses, as Black's king becomes too exposed.} 7.O-O Be7 8.Nxf7 {Now Black's king will get dragged to e6 where it will shortly die of exposure.} Kxf7 9.Qf3+ Ke6 10.Nc3 {This beautiful sacrifice has two purposes. First, White gets ready to bring his queen rook into the fight, and second, Black's d- pawn is drawn away from its post keeping the d-file closed. Black can't decline, since d5 is attacked.} dxc3 11.Re1+ Ne5 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Rxe5+ {Now it will be White's rook, queen and bishop against Black's bare king, not a fair fight.} Kxe5 15.Re1+ Kd4 16.Bxd5 {Black's king has nowhere to run to.} Re8 17.Qd3+ Kc5 18.b4+ {Not 18.Qxc3+ Kd6. Now 18...Kd6 allows 19.Bf3 mate.} Kxb4 {18...Kb6 19.Qd4+ Ka6 20.b5+ with a mate similar to the game.} 19.Qc4+ Ka5 20.Qxc3+ Ka4 21.Qb3+ Ka5 22.Qa3+ Kb5 23.Rb1# 1-0 [Event "Paris"] [Site "?"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Unknown"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 {This loses, as Black's king becomes too exposed.} 7.O-O Be7 8.Nxf7 {Now Black's king will get dragged to e6 where it will shortly die of exposure.} Kxf7 9.Qf3+ Ke6 10.Nc3 {This beautiful sacrifice has two purposes. First, White gets ready to bring his queen rook into the fight, and second, Black's d- pawn is drawn away from its post keeping the d-file closed. Black can't decline, since d5 is attacked.} dxc3 11.Re1+ Ne5 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Rxe5+ {Now it will be White's rook, queen and bishop against Black's bare king, not a fair fight.} Kxe5 15.Re1+ Kd4 16.Bxd5 {Black's king has nowhere to run to.} Re8 17.Qd3+ Kc5 18.b4+ {Not 18.Qxc3+ Kd6. Now 18...Kd6 allows 19.Bf3 mate.} Kxb4 {18...Kb6 19.Qd4+ Ka6 20.b5+ with a mate similar to the game.} 19.Qc4+ Ka5 20.Qxc3+ Ka4 21.Qb3+ Ka5 22.Qa3+ Kb5 23.Rb1# 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.
