Jun-30-05 | | lopium: Wow, a Ruy Lopez by Morphy! Strong play. |
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Jan-10-06 | | morpstau: Yes strong play indeed. I like how he plays better than fischer and capablanca combined! A true chess genious! |
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Jan-11-06 | | syracrophy: The threat is 31.Rg8+ Rxg8 32.Rxg8+ Ke7 33.Re8++ and if black plays 30...Ke7 31.Nd5+ winning a whole rook, because its impossible 31...Kd8 32.Rg8+ and its mate in 2. Awesome! |
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May-04-07 | | Chessmensch: This game is a featured article by Pandolfini in the April 2007 Chess Life mag. Page 36. |
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Jan-28-08 | | JimmyVermeer: As those of you who have read my other kibitzes know, I like to see how games would have ended if the losing player hadn't resigned. Morphy claims a win by force here, but Black can prolong the game with any of the following moves: Bc6, h5, Ke7 Nc6, Rc5, or Rc6. |
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Jan-28-08 | | Doktorn: <JimmyVermeer>On all moves you suggest, except Ke7, white will reply with 31. Rg8+ Rxg8 (Ke7 32. Rxh8) 32. Rxg8+ Ke7 33. Re8++. On Ke7 white have Nd5+ winning a rook. |
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Jan-28-08 | | JimmyVermeer: Doktorn, I'm not claiming that Schulten can avoid losing here, I'm just saying the loss isn't within the next few moves, which is what the statement "winning by force" seems to imply - there is no mate in 6 or less with any of the moves I suggested, and I didn't have the patience to wait any longer for my computer to search for mate. With Ke7, there is no mate in 7 either. But there is a quick win for Morphy with any reply other than the ones I listed. |
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Jan-28-08 | | sneaky pete: 30... Ke7 31.Nbxd5+ Ke6 32.Nxc7+ Ke7 33.Nxb5 ..
It's only a scratch ... come back and fight!
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Apr-19-08
 | | plang: The theory that I have on the RL give 5..Bb6 so that 6 d4 can be answered with 6..exd 7 cxd..d5. That makes much more sense than what was played here. |
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Jun-04-09 | | WhiteRook48: the other Arabian!! |
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Aug-18-11 | | loveyou00: any body like to explan me why black never take knight in move number 21 Nxf6 and black replay Bc6 why black never take Knight |
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Aug-18-11 | | I play the Fred: <any body like to explan me why black never take knight in move number 21 Nxf6 and black replay Bc6 why black never take Knight> 21 Nxf6 Kxf6
22 Rd6+ (any)
23 Rxb6
This leaves white ahead by a pawn and black has to deal with the threat to his bishop. Certainly black's queenside is a tangled mess in that line. But I'm sure there's more to it than that. Anyone? |
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Apr-07-23
 | | Ziryab: 10.Nc3 would have been an improvement. |
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Oct-01-24
 | | keypusher: < sneaky pete: 30... Ke7 31.Nbxd5+ Ke6 32.Nxc7+ Ke7 33.Nxb5 ..> 32_Kxe5 33.Re3+ Kxf6 34.Nd5+ Kf5 35.Rf4+ and Black gets mated shortly, if anyone is wondering. |
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Dec-20-24 | | kjr63: According to Chess.com's computer, 4...Rge7 is the strongest move. But this variant is a gambit, starting with 5..d5. In the old days d5 was played but it wasn't played like a gambit game. |
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Dec-20-24 | | kjr63: In one Steinitz game his opponent after 5..d5 played 6...dxe4 and lost decisively. |
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Mar-31-25
 | | kingscrusher: This game seems to be a great demonstration of the importance for the battle of central control. Black needed to play 10...d5 to sac a pawn for d6 as one example. After White dominates the center, the rooks can even pivot with central squares. |
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