Paris Chess Club vs City of London (1834)

Paris Chess Club vs City of London
Unknown 1834 · Italian Game: Classical. De la Bourdonnais Variation (C53) · 1-0

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Dec-26-06		Total Blunder: According to the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French...), there should be another game played between these cities, whose opening must be the French Defence...

Feb-27-08		wolfmaster: "Hadrian's Wall"

Jan-19-09		thebribri8: "A Tale of Two Cities"

Jan-19-09		ILikeCheese: paris... won... because... they eat... more... cheese...

May-08-12		Anatooly Homedepotov: 27. ...Qg3!!! BRILLIANT MOVE, this is the famous game where the spectators showered the board with gold pieces, they were so thrilled by the sight of the black queen and rook landing in a nest of pawns and exposed to capture. White can't capture either piece, of course, as disaster will follow.

Sep-16-12		TheAlchemist: Haha, I'm sorry I only noticed your comment just now, great!

Sep-16-12		AKE88: Beautiful game.

Sep-16-12		thomastonk: <Anatooly: ".. this is the famous game where the spectators showered the board with gold pieces .."> Most unlikely I assume, because this game had been played by correspondence. Maybe you confused it with S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912. And here is further information on the gold coins: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/....

Sep-16-12		harrylime: London is bigger than Paris.

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