A game that made me feel like Morphy

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Please comment on this game! I hope you enjoy it as much as I liked playing it =)
Avatar of starwraith

nice game

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thanks!

 

this was a 10 minutes 15 increments "long" game on live chess.

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Well done.  It's funny, i just started looking at some philidor lines and i haven't seen Qf6 yet.

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Beautifully done

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gimly wrote:

Well done.  It's funny, i just started looking at some philidor lines and i haven't seen Qf6 yet.


As demonstrated by the hero in the game, that's because it's pretty bad.

Well played to take advantage of huge development!

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the position at move 19 is pretty - white's pieces are either traded off or menacingly developed, while black still hasn't touched a single queenside piece.

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Another gg that i feel like annoting :) one question tho, what was your opponent's rating? He/she didn't play above a 1300 level at any point in the game...

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"traffic jam on kingside" - accurate description of the undeveloped kingside.

 

my opponent's rating was 1560 or so - I won't say he or she is bad, but just the move 3. Qf6 didn't give him a good chance to stay in the game.

19. Nxf7 would have won, as general notes in his annotations.

 

I appreciate that black didn't resign because It allowed me a nice finish.

 

thanks for the annotations general!

Avatar of immortalgamer

This game was very nice and I do see similarities to Morphy's style.  I would agree the level of competition in the opening wasn't amazing, but consider many of Morphy's miniatures and you could make the same argument about his competition.
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20. Qe8! is a hard one to find. The mating net is pretty and precise.

the alternate move list after 4... Nc6 is fine for black - white might proceed Nc3, Be3, Qd2 and queenside castling.

15. e5, the move I played is very important. I remember spending minutes on 14. Rxf6 trying to find a continuation. after I found e5, everything came easy because I knew that everything comes with tempo.

 

thanks immortal!

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Well done!