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ANNOTATED GAME
Don't neglect the centre especially against Morphy!
Paul Morphy vs. Dr. Samuel Lewis
Annotated by: tomwhufc (1200)
Chess opening: Guatemala defence (B00)
Paul Morphy vs. Dr. Samuel Lewis
Annotated by: tomwhufc (1200)
Chess opening: Guatemala defence (B00)
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17... Nd7 |
Black develops a new piece but, alas this move ahs the curse the fatal drawback of all blacks developing moves; his failure to control anypart of the centre has deemed his developing move absolutely useless! | ||||
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18. Nef4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Qe7 |
Now we see the effect of Morphy's cleverly executed exchange maneuver, whites kinside force has been increased , Black's protective knight has evaporated and his King's position is stripped bare against a powerful attack. | ||||
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20. Rg3 |
With Black's protective Knight gone this threatens 21.Qxh6 | ||||
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20... Kh7 |
This parries the threat. | ||||
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21. Rff3 |
Morphy's superior mobility has the fantastiv quality that one infiltration leads to another. | ||||
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21... Rfg8 |
He tries to avoid the weakening of the King's positionthat results from 21...g6 | ||||
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22. Nh3 g6 23. Ng5+ |
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23... Qxg5 |
Now the pawn weaknesses of the castled position take their toll. | ||||
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24. Rxg5 |
Black's Queen is gone and everything but the game is gone too. | ||||
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24... Kh8 25. Qxh6# |
This game is a wonderful object in the eploitation of the difficulties arrising from the neglect of the centre. Morphy's utilisation of thye f-file is striking in its simplicity; but even more immpressive is the fact that the whole attack, powerful as it wis, stems from the basic strategem of opening a line of attack by means of a Pawn exchange. If ever you get to play Paul Morphy in some other life for God's sake don't neglect the centre!What a game! I hope you liked this game. I'm happy for positive and negative feedback aslong as its constructive criticism! and feel free to leave comments. One thing I would like you to do is before you rate this game please think honestly and think how I can improve on it and leave comments and PM me with them. Don't just give one and a half stars and not tell me why. Thanks Tom | ||||
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