"Mhoulsby" -remove- wrote in message
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Thanks for the reference, I, too, was unsure which game it was (despite
the
fact that I know the game... D'Oh!)

Mark

Wow, my response to Dan Yobry propagated fast. The reply from Fred (1958)
is also me, now I have synched the names in my newsgroup programs.

Naturally this game has indelibly imprinted on my mind, so I expect everyone
else to instantly recognize it too. Defintely my most memorable game.

FredH. wrote (13 Jul 2003 16:59:50 -0700):

Paul Morphy vs The Duke of Brunswick & Count Isouard,
Paris Opera House, 1958

If you do a Google search on Paul Morphy Opera you will get
lots of hits.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7
12.O-O-O Rd8 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7
16.Qb8+ Nxb8 17 Rd8#

"Dan Yobry" wrote in message
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Thanks! I am a little less clueless now.

This is a fun game. Definitely not high calibur play, but it shows that
Morphy knew exacly what he was doing. It's amazing because it seems as if
he
has this checkmate planned all the way back at 1.e4. All the moves come
together at the end.

Just beautiful.

Thanks again!

-Dan


It was quite funny really. I could have played the entire game in under
30 seconds, but I forced myself to use over 90 minutes on the clock.
Thought long and hard before the first sacrifice. My opponent was very
impressed, of course I accepted his praise with humility. LOL

Dan Yobry wrote:

Thanks! I am a little less clueless now.

This is a fun game. Definitely not high calibur play, but it shows that
Morphy knew exacly what he was doing. It's amazing because it seems as if he
has this checkmate planned all the way back at 1.e4. All the moves come
together at the end.

Black missed several chances to improve. 9. .. h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 would have been much better than 9. .. b5? Morphy had seen he would have recovered all his sacrificed material with Bxf6 and Rxd7 with extra pawns and a fantastic position, but 14. .. Qe6? (or your opponent's .. Qc5) allowed a quick(er) mate. After 14. .. h6 (what else?), Black dies a slower death. Still, it is a favorite for chess coaches.

I've had the White side about three times in casual games. One didn't play .. b5 and another played 7.. Qd7. I played 8. Qxb7 since Qb4+ was no longer on the table, but 8. .. Qc6 9. Bb5 was.


-Dan

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"Dan Yobry" wrote in message
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What famous game would that be?

Yes, I'm clueless.

-Dan

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"FredH." wrote in message
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"Tom E." wrote in message
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Has the same game ever been played twice? (unintentionally)
I'm not talking
about scholars mates here, but something like 20-30 moves
past a 10 move main line opening of the French or something.
Tom

Well, this isn't quite what you asked for, but here is a game I had
the good fortune of playing (honest!), as White of course, in a
tournament game. It is oh so close to another "somewhat" famous game.

Fred.

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "1983"]
[Round ""]
[White "Fred"]
[Black ""]
[Result ""]
[Eco "C41"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3
Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.O-O-O Rd8
13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qc5 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.Qb8+ *



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