J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860)
Game 158 of 203
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Site
Paris
Date
1859.03.??
Round
7
White
Mongredien, Augustus
Black
Result
0-1
Mongredien against Morphy — the seventh game of their 1859 Paris match, an Evans Gambit.
- 8.d5 Black would have taken the Pawn with K's Kt. if White had played P. takes P.
- 11…Nh5 The two Knights are now strongly posted, and threaten, one or other of them, to occupy the King's Bishop's 5th square with effect.
- 14…f5 Mr. Morphy never misses an opportunity allowed him of advancing the K. B's P. when the Rook supports it. This move is almost always formidable, and in this instance becomes particularly potent.
- 16…Bd3 An effective coup, indeed, and one that places White's game beyond hope. Besides attacking the R., it threatens to win the Queen by Kt. to K's 7th (ch.).