| Feb-14-06 | | notsodeepthought: Even though it was an odds game, 32 ... Bc5+ was a nice "shot" by Cheney. |
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| Feb-26-06 | | dbquintillion: very funny <notso>. unfortunately, nobody will remember why a few months from now. |
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| Mar-23-06 | | dbquintillion: that really was well done notso, i'm sorry that everyone else missed it. |
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| Apr-09-09 | | vonKrolock: <32.f3> The move actually played 32...♗d4+ wins, but for me it seems that after 32...e3 with idea of d5-d4 etc, black may be winning the battle with an even more direct infantry assault |
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| Apr-10-09 | | vonKrolock: <32.<f2-f3> 32...d4! 33.♔f1 c5 34.♔e2 c5 <!!> 35.bxc5 ♗b5+ 36.♔d1 ♗g3> I'm not seeing any reasonable alternative for white - well, all the game is very interesting, and a hint of how strong a player Cheney would become, if only he could <come marching home again> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPFd... ps: that video is a medley tribute to both parts, with some fine southern music like <"Dixie"> very enjoyable with a <chess pie>, even if you're not near Americana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ... |
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| Apr-10-09 | | vonKrolock: <32.<f2-f3> 32...e4-e3! 33.Kf1 d4 34.Ke2 c5 <!!> 35.bxc5 Bb5+ 36.Kd1 Bg3> |
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| Apr-10-09 | | Calli: David Lawson wrote about Morphy's encounter with Cheney: "Apparently, George N. Cheney of Syracuse (who was to be a causality of Bull Run just two years later) came to New York at this time, for he played two games with Morphy at Knight odds within a day or two of Morphy’s birthday, one of which he won. Morphy did not reveal the scores of these games unless pressed for them, and so we only know the game he lost to Cheney and not the one he won." - Paul Morphy, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, page 223. The game, therefore, was played about June 22, 1859 (PM's birthday). Since Cheney traveled all the way to New York, he must have played other people in the clubs. I wonder if any games were published. |
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Mar-02-12
 | | Domdaniel: < nobody will remember why a few months from now.> Six years later, I know exactly what he meant. |
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Mar-02-12
 | | Penguincw: Not bad. +1 score against Morphy. Imagine if that knight on b1 was still there.
click for larger viewIt would totally change the game. |
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Mar-05-12
| | Domdaniel: <Penguin> Actually, two games were played in this odds mini-match: Morphy won the other, which is not currently in the CG database. This one is better known -- partly because it's a Morphy loss, but also because Morphy was too much the gentleman to publish the score of his win, or even to display it to people who requested to see it. Good old-fashioned chivalry, I suppose. A gentleman never brags, or puts himself in a position that might hurt somebody's feelings. |
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Mar-05-12
| | Penguincw: +1 from games that are known and have scored. :) |
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Mar-05-12
| | Domdaniel: I couldn't possibly comment.
*stiff upper lip face* |
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Kibitzing
sac: 16...Qxc3
