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Morphy at the odds of his Queen's Knight against an amateur — an Evans's Gambit concluded by a Rook sacrifice. Notes by Löwenthal.
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16.e6
The best mode of concluding the partie, preventing Black from playing Q. to Kt's 5th, &c.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source
[Event "Morphy, odds of the Knight"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Ba3 d6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Re1 d5 12. Bb5 Bg4 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Qa4 Bxf3 15. Rxc6 O-O-O 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rxb6 1-0