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Alexander McDonnell vs Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais
La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 5th Casual Match (1834), London ENG, rd 12
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21)  ·  0-1

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Feb-26-08  Knight13: Can't believe MacDonnel didn't resign after <46...Qe4+>
Aug-04-10  outplayer: labourdonnais was a splendid player. 2 wins with the same variation.
Feb-01-12  Knight13: <outplayer: labourdonnais was a splendid player. 2 wins with the same variation.> McDonnell is bad at playing this opening as White, so it's more HIS fault than La Bourdonnais's "brilliance."
Feb-04-12  Knight13: <McDonnell is bad at playing this opening as White, so it's more HIS fault than La Bourdonnais's "brilliance."> --->> According to Morphy, that is.
Jan-24-14  dernier thylacine: To Knight13: the (high value of Morphy's judgement is not doubtless, but it is a general judgement about the way Mac Donnell handled the sicilan opening with White. In the peculiar case of the game, having now got a lot of experience, Mac Donnell fighted very well for a long time, but a weak 32th move -instead of 32.Rd2 for example), permitted to La Bourdonnais to display after that a spendid brillance, beginning with the immediate answer 32...Qh7!punishing already the white inaccuracy!

Anyway, it's very regrettable that Morphy stopped to annotate the games played after the second match, because his annotations are extraordinarly instructive, both clear and accurate, for the calculation of variations like for his positional appreciation!!

Jan-24-14  Boomie: Morphy panned 2. f4 and supported the early d4 for white which, of course, is how the Sicilian is played today.

See his notes for this game McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834. Morphy hated the Sicilian opening because it had led to boring games. They hadn't yet worked out how to counter attack with the Sicilian.

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