Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Could Not Happen, Right? (Part 1)

Many readers are familiar with the game young Paul Morphy played against his uncle, Alonzo Morphy, where he gave his elder the odds of a Rook, and still checkmated him – with the last move being Castles:

Paul Morphy - Alonzo Morphy
New Orleans, 1850
Remove White's Queen Rook

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nd4 9.Bxd5+ Kd6 10.Qf7 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Ne4+ Kd5 13.c4+ Kxe4 14.Qxe6 Qd4 15.Qg4+ Kd3 16.Qe2+ Kc2 17.d3+ Kxc1 18.O-O checkmate


This is certainly a fun game to play over.

What if, instead of "Rook odds", someone gave an opponent "Jerome Gambit odds" – and also won the game with Castles as the last move?

Could not happen, right?

It did happen. I'll post the game tomorrow.

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