Chapter 23: Drasius vs Morphy

[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Morphy”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d5 3.Bxe5 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.d3 Bd6 6.h3 O-O 7.c3 Re8 8.Nd2 Nh5 9.Qc2 a5 10.O-O-O a4 11.e3 axb3 12.axb3 Bd7 13.g4 Qf6
14.Ngf3 Ng3 15.fxg3 Rxe3 16.d4 Bxg3 17.Bd3 h5 18.Rdf1 Bf4 19.Ne1 Rg3 20.Bh7+ Kf8 21.Kb1 hxg4 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.Be4 Rh3 24.Bxd5 Ne7
25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Be4 Rxh1 27.Rxh1 Bh6 28.Nd3 Kg8 29.Ne5 Bf5 30.Rf1 Bxe4 31.Qxe4 Qe6 32.Nxf7 Qxe4+ 33.Nxe4 Rxb3 34.Nxh6+ gxh6
35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Ne8+ Kg6 37.Rf6+ Kg5 38.Kc2 Rb8 39.Bc1+ Kg4 40.Rf8 Kh4 41.Bxh6 Rc8 42.c4 Ng6 43.Rg8 c5 44.d5 Ra8 45.Rxg6 Rxe8
46.d6 Kh5 47.d7 Rd8 48.Rd6 Rxd7 49.Rxd7 Kxh6 50.Rd6+ Kg5 51.Rd5+ Kg6 52.Rxc5 Kf7 53.Rd5 Ke6 54.Rd2 Kf7 55.c5 Ke6 56.c6 Kf7 57.c7
Ke6 58.c8=Q+ Ke5 59.Qf8 Ke6 60.Kc3 Ke5 61.Qf7 Ke4 62.Re2# 1-0

 

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