White to Play
Pete Tamburro
on
Published in Chess Puzzles
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#
Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol.com.