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

Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell
Match 03 1834 · Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (D20) · 1-0

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Mar-11-07		sneaky pete: Some websites and the ChessCafe quiz masters erroneously claim this game is the subject of Méry's poem "Une revanche de Waterloo". It is not. What inspired Méry was A weak white pawn easily overlooked At his square in front of the king's knight; ... With a double step, jumping forward from his corner, He cries to the black king: you won't go far! That's about 29.g4# in the 17th game of the (first) match La Bourdonnais vs MacDonnell, 1834.

Jun-20-07		sneaky pete: Cary Raskolnikov has finally confessed: http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/s...

Oct-15-07		notyetagm: Position after 28 g5-h5+!: click for larger view A lovely example of <SQUARE CLEARANCE>. White would be able to play e5-g5# if only his White g5-rook was not already on this square. <<<Note that Black is doing -nothing(!)- to stop this threat; -only- the White g5-rook being in the way is preventing the <SNAP MATE>.>>> So White simply moves his White g5-rook off of the g5-square with a <FORCING MOVE>, 28 g5-h5+!, and Black is powerless to stop the mate next move with 29 e5-g5#. Result of vacating g5-square for White e5-queen: click for larger view

Dec-19-07		nimh: Rybka 2.3.1 mp, AMD X2 2.01GHz, 10 min per move, threshold 0.33. De La Bourdonnais 2 mistakes: 13.Ne5 0.14 (13.Rfe1 0.61) 27.Qe5 7.87 (27.Bxf4 #6) McDonnell 9 mistakes: 12...f5 0.61 (12...a5 -0.14) 13...f4 1.01 (13...Re8 0.14) 14...g5 1.39 (14...Bf5 1.01) 18...Qxd5 1.86 (18...cxd5 1.36) 20...Bf5 2.39 (20...Qb5 1.78) 22...cxd5 3.70 (22...Kg6 2.29) 24...Be6 13.66 (24...Rd8 4.07) 25...Re8 #16 (25...Bf5 13.40) 27...Bg4 #2 (27...Rf5 7.87)

Feb-01-12		Knight13: Makes me wonder if Black's mucho-ducho opening of the Kingside was brave or stupid. Very likely the latter.

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