Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell (1834)

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell
London 1834 · Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (D20) · 1-0

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Annotations by Paul Morphy. [30 more games annotated by Morphy]

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Jul-18-05		Leviathan: It's interesting to see how quickly La Bourdonnais punishes the weak 15. .. f4? The 9-move that follow are practically all forced and they leave black in a lost position before he has the time to try to resist.

Apr-23-06		Gypsy: 6-th game of the 2-nd match (?)

Mar-09-08		mistreaver: Tbh i expected some deeper annotations from Morphy

Feb-01-12		Knight13: <mistreaver: Tbh i expected some deeper annotations from Morphy> I think the annotation was written for a newspaper, so he couldn't go into too much detail (he can't exceed the allowed space for printing his section).

Feb-04-12		Knight13: <6...Be7: Morphy - See, for remarks on this opening, the Queen's Gambits previosly published by the LEDGER.> Morphy was referring to 6...Bd6, which has its own merits, but I <like> Black's play here better, letting the bishop stay on e7 and then taking measures to control the d5 square so that the Queen isn't blocked from the duty.

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