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Reader Jim Williams wrote in to ask for the complete score of the Morphy game from Friday’s puzzle so he could see how it developed. I couldn’t find the game in my database, so I checked Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess. Found it! It was at odds of the queen knight, which was interesting. The reason it didn’t show up in the database was because Morphy announced mate in three, which was the puzzle. Then we looked closer. So, here are two puzzles in one!! What forced mate did Morphy miss earlier and what way to save himself did the opponent miss just before the final fireworks? You have one big hint in the diagram.


Solution:

Here’s the game and my notes and solutions-- Morphy,Paul - Worrall,Thomas Herbert New Orleans simul New Orleans, 1857 (White starts out without N on b1) 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4 gxf3 6.0–0 Bh6 7.Qxf3 Nc6 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Qh5+ Kg7 10.Bxf4 Bxf4 11.Rxf4 Nh6 12.Raf1 Qe8 13.Qh4 d6 14.Qf6+ Kg8 15.Qxh6 Bd7 16.R1f3?? [16.Rf8+ Qxf8 17.Qg5+ Qg7 18.Qd5+ Be6 19.Qxe6+ Qf7 20.Qxf7# -Pete Tamburro] 16...Ne7 17.h4 Ng6 18.h5 Bg4?? [18...Nxf4 19.Rg3+ Ng6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Rxg6+ Qxg6 22.Qxg6+ Kf8 23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Qg6+= -Pete Tamburro]19.hxg6 hxg6 and White announced mate in three: 20.Rf8+ Qxf8 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Qxg6#

 


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