Annotations
Board 2 of the St. George's Chess Club blindfold display (20 April 1859); an Evans's Gambit against Captain Kennedy.
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9.d5
We cannot commend this move, preferring Kt. to R's 4th.
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13.Nc3
Kt. to Kt's 5th is not so good as it would seem; the move adopted is infinitely stronger.
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13…c6
We should have chosen Castling in preference to this move, which leads Black into great difficulties.
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15.Bf4
A very pretty conception.
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16…O-O
He had no resource save to sacrifice the Queen.
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18.Bxe5
All very finely played. The diagram shows the position of the pieces previous to this move.
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21.Rae1
Q. R. to K's sq., and wins.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source
[Event "Morphy blindfold sim +5-0=3"]
[Site "London (St George's CC)"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[Round "1(2)"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Kennedy, Hugh Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5
Nce7 10. e5 Ng6 11. e6 fxe6 12. dxe6 N8e7 13. Nc3 c6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Bf4 g6 16. Nf7 O-O
17. Qd2 Rxf7 18. Bxe5 Kf8 19. exf7 Bg4 20. Bxd6 g5 21. Rae1 1-0