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| Jul-04-04 | | vonKrolock: this game in fact bears some resemblance whith Anderssen's Immortal (being more than half a century older...): the movements of black Queen till h1, the coup de repos following double rook sac (here 19.d4) - but the final act is prosaic - no Queen sac for the mate! (a black King's fuga to compensate...) |
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| Jul-24-04 | | ToTheDeath: A milestone game- the first recorded two rook sacrifice! A satisfying king hunt too! Black missed a chance to defend a little while longer with 19... Nc5!, (since 20. dxc5 b4 stops any immediate mate). Fritz 8 gives a more or less forced win for White which goes: 20. dxc5 b4 21. cxb6 Qf1 22. Bxb4 Qb5 23. Qa3+ Kxb6 24. c4 Qa6 25. c5+ Kc7 (25...Kb5 26. Qb3 mates) 26. Qg3+ Kd8 27. c6 and White mates in 8. Even though Bowdler's conception does not hold up under close scrutiny (Moves like 10... Nf6, 15...Ngf6 and 16... Kb8! would all cast doubt upon the soundness of White's sacrifices), it remains a wonderful foreshadowing of the coming Romantic era in chess. |
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| May-06-05 | | aw1988: I believe this is the first double-rook sacrifice. |
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| Nov-25-05 | | soberknight: Wikipedia referred me to this game. The opening play looks a bit sloppy, but the king hunt is really exciting. |
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| Dec-03-05 | | Jaymthetactician: I can't believe how poor chess was in those day's. |
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| Dec-11-05 | | chesscrazy: <soberknight> I found this game the exact way you did. Great game! |
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| Dec-30-05 | | Karpova: I can't believe how poor your comments are in these <day's>. |
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| Jan-02-06 | | Jaymthetactician: Blacks symmetrical response to 2.Bc4 can be answered with 2.c3 and 3.d4 getting an easy center and strong attack. |
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| Jan-07-06 | | Autoreparaturwerkbau: Amusing game from 18th century ... i wonder what value rooks had these days - white sacked both of them, but black never even tried to use them either. |
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| Jan-20-06 | | morphyvsfischer: <soberknight> <chesscrazy> As did I! Vicious play by Bowdler, who should have stuck with chess instead of bowdlerizing Shakespear's works. |
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| Sep-30-06 | | gauer: the Bishop's Opening meets the King's Gambit! |
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Apr-30-07
 | | ray keene: there is something terribly wrong here-four of these games are essentially the same game but with modified endings different dates and different opponents-this needs looking into |
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| Apr-30-07 | | vonKrolock: <ray> I'm considering as most plausible the possibility that we're in front of two separate Games, in which Bowdler tested two different 14th moves <14.♗xd5> and <14.exd5> - they're preserved in a source that typically would present just the initial moves, and added "and White won" or "And the Game was Drawn", or even some early Openings treatise, that presented also just the featured moves from each Game - Another question - a drawn Game Thomas Bowdler vs Philidor, from a blind sim in London, is presented in other on-line base - May be the same Bowdler, or may be another Bowdler... |
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May-01-07
| | ray keene: just one bowdler i am afraid-he was in fact quite famous: DR thomas bowdler, 1754-1825, was that prudish , yet self confident, man of letters who doubted that shakespeare could be served up whole for the tender sensibilities of women and children. for this reason he expurgated the bards original texts-or bowdlerised them-thus introducing a new word into the english language.bowdlers FAMILY SHAKESPEARE infamously "omitted those words and expressions which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family." less well publicised were bowdlers efforts on the chess board. an enthusiastic and imaginative player during the late 1780's and early 1790's, bowdler was a contemporary of the great french master philidor who had fled to london to escape the french revolution.one of his games-the one here- has the distinction of being a role model for the immortal game between anderssen and kieseritsky played over half a century later. also worthy of note is
bowdler v philidor london 1788
white to move ke1 ra1 rf1 bc1 p a4 b2 c3 d4 e5 g4 h3
black ke8 ra5 bf8 bb5 nh6 p b7 b3 c4 d5 e6
philidor as usual has set up an impressive pawn chain but has overlooked a tactic which wins material. what is it?
answer:
rxf8+ wins two pieces for a rook and leaves whites passed pawns on the k side as a winning force. |
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| May-01-07 | | vonKrolock: <ray keene showed>
Bowdler vs Philidor, London 1788
click for larger view
White to Play
This one is preserved as fragment?!
a complete game Bowdler vs Philidor, London 1783 (from a P.'s blind simul)
1. e4 c5
2. Bc4 e6
3. Qe2 Nc6
4. c3 a6
5. a4 b6
6. f4 d6
7. Nf3 Nge7
8. Ba2 g6
9. d3 Bg7
10. Be3 d5
11. Nbd2 O-O
12. O-O f5
13. e5 h6
14. d4 c4
15. b4 b5
16. Bb1 Bd7
17. Bc2 Qc7
18. h3 Kh7
19. Kh2 Na7
20. g4 bxa4
21. Bxa4 Nb5
22. Bxb5 Bxb5
23. Rg1 Rg8
24. Rg3 a5
25. bxa5 Rxa5
26. Rgg1 Rga8
27. Rxa5 Qxa5
28. Rc1 Qa3
29. Nf1 Qb3
30. Qd1 Ra2+
31. Bd2 Qxd1
32. Rxd1 Ba4
33. Rb1 Bb3
34. Kg3 Nc6
35. Ne3 Bf8
36. Bc1 Ba3
37. h4 Bxc1
38. Rxc1 Ne7
39. h5 Re2
40. Re1 Rxe1
41. Nxe1 fxg4
42. Kxg4 Nf5
43. Nxf5 gxf5+
44. Kg3 Bd1
45. Nf3 Bxf3
46. Kxf3 Kg7
47. Ke3 Kf7
48. Kd2 Ke7
49. Kc2 Kd7
50. Kb2 Kc6
51. Ka3 Kb5
1/2-1/2 |
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| Feb-02-08 | | just a kid: A fantastic game by Bowdler. |
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| Apr-03-09 | | Thanatos13: wow, Bowdler made the black queen completely useless in the most incredible way. |
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Apr-03-09
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening:
Be this Bowdler who bowdlerized the Bard?!
Forsooth! A flagon of Rhenish upon
His whoreson, foolish, knavish, prating head! |
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| Apr-03-09 | | YetAnotherAmateur: I'd propose alternate lines here, but I keep on getting censored. |
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Apr-03-09
 | | mjmorri: I wonder how many players out there (including me!) would have played the spineless 15.Qxh8 instead of 15.Qg3 |
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| Apr-03-09 | | whiteshark: Be browdlery-minded! |
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| Apr-03-09 | | kevin86: Black is able to capture both rooks with the queen-while his own rooks are parked. White can mate with the queen and bishops-how brutal! |
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| Apr-03-09 | | Defiler: I think it takes a great confidence in the supremacy of your tactical ability over your opponents to attempt something like this. It looks great when it works but people don't seem to remember all the times it just loses. Amazing game though. |
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| Apr-03-09 | | WhiteRook48: the strength of white's attack is that of a bowlder |
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| Apr-03-09 | | Aas: Is'nt 23Qa3# prettier? |
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