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11... Be6
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White finds it necessary to block the critical e-file since it is obvious white rook will be coming to town with R-e1. |
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12. Nc3
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! White develops with a threat! |
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12... Qd7
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Black does not go all the way back because he hopes to castle queenside since castling kingside is out of the question because of the a3 bishop. |
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13. d5
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A pawn sacrifice which clears the e-file for an attack on the king. |
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13... Bxd5
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Black accepts the 'free' pawn. |
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14. Nxd5
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White wants to trade this bishop off because it is black's critical defender. |
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14... Qxd5 15. Bb5+
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! A piece sacrifice, typical Morphy! The reason for this move is to clear the d-file for white's queen so the king can't run out of the center. |
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15... Qxb5
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Notice that black had no other option without losing the queen. Do you see why? |
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16. Re1+
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Finally the file grabbing move! |
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16... Ne7
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Another file grabbing move. |
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17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Rxe7+
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Here comes the powerful blow.... |
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18... Kf8 19. Qd5
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Threatening checkmate. |
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19... Qc4
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Paul's Uncle is now clinging onto straws. |
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20. Rxf7+ Kg8 21. Rf8#
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CHECK AND MATE! This shows Morphy was always was a big one for development( just look at all the other games by Morphy I have annotated.!). Perhaps the first chess player to stress the need to develop before you attack... He just simply annihilated all the competition in his time. I believe that he was the greatest player of all time, his genius goes along with Capablanca, Alekhine, Fischer, and Tal. I hope you liked this game. I hope you liked this game. I'm happy for positive and negative feedback aslong as its constructive criticism! and feel free to leave comments. One thing I would like you to do is before you rate this game please think honestly and think how I can improve on it and leave comments and PM me with them. Don't just give one and a half stars and not tell me why leave a comment or PM.
Thanks
Tom
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