Philidor Con+Reinfeld+Murphy+Morphy+A Competition

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1... f5 { Played to hold the e-pawn. It kicks off the Legacy. }2. Qb3+ Kh8 3. Nf7+ Kg8 4. Nh6+ Kh8 5. Qg8+ Rxg8 6. Nf7

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Nd5 {Freddy goes a gambling. The idea is to exchange the c2 pawn for loads of development. } 8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxc2 11. Bc4 {Moves the attacked Bishop and stops Queen swapping ideas with Qc5. } 11..Qg6 {Black gets his Queen off the open c-file before a Rook hits the c-file with tempo. On g6 it also sets up Bh3 idea hitting g2. } 12. Bf4 {Classical Fred at his best. White Bishops on c4 and f4. A good move, poking at d6 and if the Bh3 idea the Bishop drops back to g3 from where it defends and attacks at the same time.} 12..Qf6 {Black senses the coming storm and offers the Queen swap. } 13. Qe3 {Fred declines the kind offer and offers the b2 pawn which Black quite rightly refuses. Black now makes a bid for freedom before the Rook land on e1 and c1. } 13..e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Rfe1 {Now comes the Black blunder. 15..Be7 and 0-0 giving back the sick weak extra pawn on d6. White comes out with a positional plus but after... } 15..Kd7 {...it's now tactical as well. The sad fact is in positions like this if the defender manages to hold off being mated it usually ends with attacker still maintaining the positional plus he would have had without the fireworks.} 16. Bg5 {Off goes Fred. This has a cute idea. } 16..Qf5 17. Qb6 {Sweet. Both Bishops hang and both cannot be taken. 17...Qxf4 18.Qxb7+ and Qxa8+ or 17...Bxc4 then 18.Qxb7 is mate. } 17..Rc8 18. Bxe6+ fxe6 19. Rac1 {If now 19...Rxc1 then 20.Qd8+ and Rxc1+ wipes out Black. He finds the only move to avoid immediate disaster. } 19..Qb5 20. Qe3 Re8 {Black is toiling to hold it all together, note if he tried 20...e5 then 21 Qh3+ mates in a few moves.. } 21. Rc3 {And Black is powerless against the simple threat of White doubling Rooks on the only open file. } 21..d5 {Possibly the best try in a pitiful position. If he can get his Bishop to d6 it will cover c7 and stop a Rook hitting the 7th rank. But this just opens up another hole. } 22. Qe5 {Bonk! Threat Rc7 mate and White says 'Hello' to the g7 pawn. Black can prevent Rc7 but g7 goes with a check. Black is up the creek without a paddle. } 22... Qb6 {Queen defending, Bishop defending, e8 Rook defending, h8 Rook spectating. One simple move from White.....} 23. Rec1 {....and that is that. Black resigned. Of course we go on like a pack of vultures feeding on a rotting corpse.} 23..Bd6 24. Qxg7+ Be7 25. Bxe7 Rhg8 {On another day on another board this may have been a defensive idea.} 26. Qf7 {But not today and not on this board. Rf8 is prevented, time to close it down.} 26..Rxe7 27. Rc7+ Qxc7 28. Rxc7+ Kxc7 29. Qxe7+ Kb8 30. Qd6+ Ka8 31. Qxe6 {And Black will not even have the joke of playing Rc8 threatening mate. The f-pawn slides home.}

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nxe4 9.Bf3 Nf6 10.Ba3 Ne5 11.Nf5 exf5 12.Qd6 Nc4 13.Rfe1+ Ne4 14.Bxe4 Nxd6 15.Bxf5+ Kf8 16.Bxd6+ Kg8 17.Re3 g6 18.Bd3 Kg7 19.Rae1 Qb6 20.Be5+ f6 21.Bd4 Qc6 22.Re7+ Kh6 23.R1e4 g5 24.Rh4+ gxh4 25.Be3+ Kh5 26.Rg7 Qxg2+ {Desperate. If this was played in 2011 you would think it was a computer playing Black as this move just puts off the inevitable mate by a few moves.} 27.Rxg2 h3 28.Be2+ Kh4 29.Rg4+ Kh5 30.Rg5+ Kh6 31.Rg8 {mate.}