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thegoodbishop 14-Sep-09, 13:57	A wonderful game I was browzing thrown the famous games database in chesmaster and came across this stunning game between phildor and captain smith, It took place in the 1790. Its such a great game that I have to share it. Let it be known that I also posted this in club morphys forum [Event "?"] [Site "London"] [Date "1790"] [Round "?"] [White "Captain Smith"] [Black "Philidor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a3 Bc5 9. Nf3 d6 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O g5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nh2 h5 15. g3 Ke7 16. Kg2 d5 17. f3 Nf8 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. c3 Rag8 20. d4 Bb6 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nd4 Kd7 23. Rae1 h4 24. Qf2 Bc7 25. Ne2 hxg3 26. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Nxg3 Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Rxh3 29. Rg1 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rh8+ 31. Nh5 Rxh5+ 32. Kg3 Nh3+ 33. Kg4 Rh4# 0-1
damalfi 22-Sep-09, 20:47	Copied Wonderful game. I copied it in an annotated game, at gameknot.com.
thegoodbishop 23-Sep-09, 17:00	!790 I go this game out of the 'famous games' data base in my chessmaster, grandmasters edition. It took place in 1790 between someone called captain smith (white) and Philidor (black) The quote for the game is "The modern era of chess begins with Philidor's positional analysis of the openings. Though he died in the 18th century, his was the most widely printed book in chess history. In this historically interesting game Philidor actually demonstrates the power of a superior pawn formation, confirming his famous maxim: "Pawns are the soul of chess." I copied the quote.
thegoodbishop 23-Sep-09, 17:12	However White did blow his last move by walking into mate with Kg4 instead of Kg2

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