| Feb-17-07 | | Rubenus: No kibitzing here? It's a nice game, though. |
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| Feb-17-07 | | ughaibu: What do you mean "no kibitzing"?
I count two posts. |
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| Feb-17-07 | | MrPatzer: If anyone wants to kibitz, would somebody please explain to my poor patzerish self why it's okay for White to allow 5...gxf3? |
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| Feb-17-07 | | ughaibu: It's only a game, within the rules anything is allowed. |
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| Feb-17-07 | | SBC: <MrPatzer> Theis is the well-known Muzio Gambit in which white sacs a knight for an attack right in the opening. It's an old style opening that's brought out every once in a while and dusted off, such as: Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990 One of the ideas behind such openings that give away pieces is that the material advantage isn't of any use if the material is undeveloped or poorly developed. So, white has a strong attack when black is at his weakest. Usually, these gambits can be neutralized by black returning some of the material to gain time. But they are fun to play and, since the lines are drawn right off the bat - white wants a quick kill while black wants a static advantage - there's little else to think about than finding the moves that support those ideas. Here's Morphy playing a Muzio, blindfolded, against one of 8 opponents, members of the London chess club: Morphy vs J Jones, 1859 |
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| Feb-17-07 | | psmith: 23...Qe5??
23...Qg5, threatening the Knight on d5 and mate on c1, while preventing Qg4+, wins. |
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May-10-21
 | | MissScarlett: New Court Gazette, August 22nd 1840:
<Lively specimen of the "Muzio Gambit," recently played between Mr. St____n and a member of a provincial Chess Club, Mr. St____n playing the White pieces>. So the date is 1840, not 1841. The site could be almost anywhere, but is indeed probably London, Staunton being a regular at this time at Gliddon's, a public venue where provincial visitors might head for a game. In place of <23...Qe5 24. Qg4+ Kd6 25. Rd8+ Kc5 26. Qc4#>, the <NCG> gives the ending as <23...Qxb2 [as bad as ...Qe5] 24.Qg4+ Kd6 25.Rd8+ Bd7 26.Rxd7+ Kc6 And White wins easily.> |
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Oct-22-21
| | MissScarlett: Chess Player's Chronicle, vol.i (1841), p.245:
<The two Spirited games following [this and Staunton vs NN, 1840 ] are, in all probability, new to the majority of our Subscribers; they appeared (incorrectly printed) some months since, in a fashionable periodical, and as they exhibit a mode of carrying on the attack in the "Muzio Gambit," which we have no remembrance of meeting with heretofore, they may be thought not undeserving a place in our "Chronicle."> Surprise, surprise - we're back to the original ending: <23...Qe5 24. Qg4+ Kd6 25. Rd8+ Kc5 26. Qc4#> Quite how the <New Court Gazette> - under Staunton's chess editorship - originally printed the incorrect version is open to doubt. The other game - although it had an obvious notational mistake - is reprinted without any correction. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 5.O-O