Saturday 5 October 2019

Morphy v The Evans (part 12)

PAUL Morphy returned to his first love of 5...Ba5 - the modern mainline - in his 12th Evans' Gambit as Black.
Augustus Mongredien - Morphy
Match game 7, Paris 1859
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.d4 0-0 8.d5?!
The same doubtful move as played against Morphy by Hardman Montgomery (see https://beauchess.blogspot.com/2019/09/morphy-v-evans-part-five.html).
8...Ne7 9.Qd3
Varying from Montgomery's 9.Qc2.
9...d6 10.h3 Ng6
Just for fun, see how many guesses it takes you to come up with White's next move
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11.Nh2?
White gambited a pawn and now switches into mega-defensive mode - no wonder Mongredien lost his match against Morphy +0=1-7.
11...Nh5 12.Bb3?
White had to get on with development … and hope for the best. The text allows Black strong kingside play.
12...Nhf4 13.Bxf4 Nxf4 14.Qf3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.g4!?
Desperation, but White's position was already lost.
16...Bd3 17.Qe3 Bb6 18.Qd2 Qh4 0-1

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