Morphy number 4 has kibitzed 27 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jun-20-23 K Arakhamia-Grant vs S G Peters, 2000   Morphy number 4: In his Attacking Manual part 2, Aagaard gives 36.Qe6?? two question marks. A bit of positive thinking is required, hence 36.Nf5!! The relevant line goes 36..Nxf5 37.d7! and with the threat of Bxf5 black has no better than 37..Nh6 I checked various lines e.g. 37..Ne7 but ...      Jun-08-23 Kashdan vs J Gonzalez de Vega, 1951    Morphy number 4: 'Zorro' (the fox) was Diego de la Vega's call sign.      Mar-29-23 Sasikiran vs Bareev, 2002   Morphy number 4: In retrospect, 12.f3 is already the losing move. Barrev's (counter intuitive) 13..dxc4! gives him a clear advantage, however the pawn sacrifice 14..a5! would have been the best continuation. After 15.Qxc6 Ba6 16.Qa4 (all other moves are worse) 16..Nd5! and e3 is suddenly ...      Mar-12-23 Zandvoort (1936)    Morphy number 4: Is it too late to correct all these linguistic inexactitudes? For the sake of science, and realising fully well that I am asking for abuse by the twitterati, I proffer the following insights: • Zand (in Dutch) = sand (so that’s correct); • Voort = ford (NOT fort) = a ...      Mar-09-23 N Hruskova-Belska vs V Borisenko, 1950   Morphy number 4: Actually, many women play under their father's AND their husband's name...      Mar-01-23 L M Peng vs A Heimann, 2021   Morphy number 4: I know this is blitz, but even then: 22.Ne5?? please...      Feb-27-23 S Willison vs S Sucikova, 2021   Morphy number 4: 23.d5? a superficial move that loses the advantage. Better 23.a5! After 23..Nd7 black loses a pawn, e.g. 24.Qxb7 Rac8 25.c5 Qd8 26.Qxa7 But 23..Nc8 is even worse: 24.d5! (Only now!) and 24..cxd5 25.Rxd5 Qe4 (making room for the knight) 26.Rd7 (ogling b7 twice) and now ...      Feb-10-23 B McCarthy vs C Weldon, 1991    Morphy number 4: After: 52..Be5! white can't play 53.Re7? since 53..Rd1+ 54.Kc2 Ba4# would be mate.      Jan-27-23 I Siuniakov vs A Alimov, 2012   Morphy number 4: 19...Qc8, removing the queen from the scene of the action, can't be right. IMHO 19...Nh6, preventing 20.g4 would be better. White would have to counter black's play on the long diagonal, e.g. 20.Qc2 Qe7 21.Ne2 a6 22.Bc3 where black has traded one advantage (the a1-h8 ...      Jan-06-23 J Brach Sr vs J R von Pessler, 1910    Morphy number 4: Actually 'Ritter' also means 'knight'.

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