1.
e4
d5
2.
exd5
Qxd5
3.
Nc3
Qa5
4.
d4
e5
5.
dxe5
Qxe5+
6.
Be2
Bb4
7.
Nf3
Bxc3+
8.
bxc3
Qxc3+
9.
Bd2
Qc5
10.
Rb1
Nc6
11.
O-O
Nf6
12.
Bf4
O-O
13.
Bxc7
Nd4
14.
Qxd4
Qxc7
15.
Bd3
Bg4
16.
Ng5
Rfd8
17.
Qb4
Bc8
18.
Rfe1
a5
19.
Qe7
Qxe7
20.
Rxe7
Nd5
21.
Bxh7+
Kh8
22.
Rxf7
Nc3
23.
Re1
Nxa2
24.
Rf4
Ra6
25.
Bd3
1-0
Howard Staunton, Chess Praxis (1860)
Game 118 of 357
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Site
Paris
Date
1858.12.25
Round
7
White
Black
Result
1-0
- 3…Qa5 Perhaps a better move than playing the Queen home again; but the defence of 1. ... P. to Q's 4th, is objectionable, however conducted.
- 6…Bb4 In Mr. Lange's observations on the present game, he remarks, ‘Black strives with masterly energy to relieve himself from the disadvantage entailed by the opening he has chosen,’ which, considering the very ordinary moves really made, savours a little too much of the hyperbolical tone adopted by Mr. Morphy's adulators in England.
- 15…Bg4 He should have played P. to K. R's 3rd; this turns out a lost move.
- 17…Bc8 A fatal necessity.
- 22.Rxf7 White has now the ball at his foot, and he maintains his superiority unflinchingly.
- 25.Bd3 And Black resigns.
[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1858.12.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Morphy, Paul"] [Black "Anderssen, Adolf"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bxc7 Nd4 14. Qxd4 Qxc7 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Ng5 Rfd8 17. Qb4 Bc8 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Qe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Nd5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf7 Nc3 23. Re1 Nxa2 24. Rf4 Ra6 25. Bd3 1-0