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Lewis Elkin vs Paul Morphy
Casual game (1857), New York
King's Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Defense (C39)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 9.O-O O-O 10.Rxf4 Nxf4 11.Bxf4 Qxh4 12.g3 Qh5 13.Nc3 ⩱ -0.54 (27 ply) 9...O-O 10.Kd1 Nd7 11.Re1 Qxh4 12.Bd3 Nb6 13.c4 f6 14.a4 -+ -2.58 (19 ply) ⩱ -1.00 (18 ply) 11.Bd3 Bxe5 12.Re1 Nd7 13.b3 Re8 14.Bb2 f6 15.Na3 Qf7 ⩱ -1.03 (25 ply) ∓ -2.33 (25 ply) after 11...Qf6 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Bd3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Qe4 Qg7 12.Bb5 c6 13.dxc6 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.dxe5 Nxc6 16.Bxc6 ∓ -1.92 (24 ply)-+ -3.96 (25 ply) 13...Bf5 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Qe1 Nb6 17.Qxe8+ -+ -4.34 (24 ply)-+ -2.60 (23 ply) after 14.Bd2 Bg4+ 15.Kc1 Nd7 16.Ne1 Nb6 17.Qb3 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 16.a4 Nb6 17.Bd2 Qe7 18.Ne1 Nf6 19.Bd3 Nbxd5 20.Qb3 c5 -+ -2.94 (25 ply)-+ -4.84 (25 ply) after 16...a6 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Rf1 Nf6 19.Bd2 Ne4 20.Qc4 Qe7 17.Bc4 Ndf6 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.a4 c6 20.Re1 Bxf3+ 21.gxf3 -+ -3.47 (22 ply)-+ -5.87 (25 ply)-+ mate-in-13 after 25.Kd2 Rxd5+ 26.Kc3 Rxe3+ 27.Rxe3 Qxh4 28.a4 Qf6+26.Qd2 Rxe1+ 27.Kxe1 g1=Q+ 28.Ke2 Qhg2# -+ mate-in-30-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-01-04  SBC: Lewis Elkin
Nov-25-05  THE pawn: Traffic on the d-file after 14...Bg4+

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Nov-25-05  aw1988: ...Nd7 shows the hopelessness of White's situation. The average player might slowly unwind the pieces, but the knight is infiltrating.
Oct-10-09  tentsewang: What to say, I am always speechless when studying morphy's abstract games. Genius!!
Nov-08-18  Mini Morphy: I like 24. rook beats e5!
Jun-22-20  RookFile: Morphy was very strong on the black side of these gambits. He had an active style of counterplay and often returned the gambited material and took over the game.

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