After Qh5, black is already lost, as 7...h6 can be met by 8.Qg6!.
Good game by white, black's only decent move after 5.dxc3 is f6.
After Qh5, black is already lost, as 7...h6 can be met by 8.Qg6!.
Good game by white, black's only decent move after 5.dxc3 is f6.
[quote]black's only decent move after 5.dxc3 is f6.[/quote]
Not necessarily. After 5. dxc3 f6 6. Nxe5 fxe5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxe5+ Be7 9. Qxh8+ Bf8 10. Qxh7 and white is up a rook and two pawns in return for a knight.
If black doesn't accept the knight sacrifice (which is highly unlikely, seeing as he makes poor moves in the above game), white can either fork black's queen and rook by Nf7 or proceed with 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6
To counter the knight sac, however, black has only to play Qe7 and white's screwed, according to my analysis.
[quote]black's only decent move after 5.dxc3 is f6.[/quote]
Not necessarily. After 5. dxc3 f6 6. Nxe5 fxe5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxe5+ Be7 9. Qxh8+ Bf8 10. Qxh7 and white is up a rook and two pawns in return for a knight.
If black doesn't accept the knight sacrifice (which is highly unlikely, seeing as he makes poor moves in the above game), white can either fork black's queen and rook by Nf7 or proceed with 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6
To counter the knight sac, however, black has only to play Qe7 and white's screwed, according to my analysis.
after 5.dxc3, white's main threats are Nxe5 and Ng5, both of which are quite embarassing for black should he allows white to do so.
I believe Eric Schiller's First Chess Openings brings the Morphy Gambit up for about 5 or so pages, and Mr Schiller states that 5...f6 is the move.
Whoever wrote about this gambit on Wikipedia does not believe that white has enough compensation for the pawn. Nevertheless, this gambit is bound to do well as 5...f6 is a hard move to find for amatuers, and although white may not have full compensation, he still have compensation to some degree.
Doesn't 6. Qd5 just win on the spot or have I been up for too long?
I think black may have a chance to hold on with 6...Qe7
An attempt to switch the move order around a bit by playing 6.Bxf7+ first is not bad, however it is not as strong as Ng5 I believe.
[quote]black's only decent move after 5.dxc3 is f6.[/quote]
Not necessarily. After 5. dxc3 f6 6. Nxe5 fxe5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxe5+ Be7 9. Qxh8+ Bf8 10. Qxh7 and white is up a rook and two pawns in return for a knight.
If black doesn't accept the knight sacrifice (which is highly unlikely, seeing as he makes poor moves in the above game), white can either fork black's queen and rook by Nf7 or proceed with 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6
To counter the knight sac, however, black has only to play Qe7 and white's screwed, according to my analysis.
after 5.dxc3, white's main threats are Nxe5 and Ng5, both of which are quite embarassing for black should he allows white to do so.
I believe Eric Schiller's First Chess Openings brings the Morphy Gambit up for about 5 or so pages, and Mr Schiller states that 5...f6 is the move.
Whoever wrote about this gambit on Wikipedia does not believe that white has enough compensation for the pawn. Nevertheless, this gambit is bound to do well as 5...f6 is a hard move to find for amatuers, and although white may not have full compensation, he still have compensation to some degree.
Eric Schiller is my chess coach.
This was my most perfect game...