Chess historical relique. The first consultation game by Philidor.
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cgs on Mon, 05/26/2008 at 1:17pm.
Previously I demonstrated two consultant games, here is the third. Which one is the superior? Every one is a remarkable historical game. Let us look on the names: Hungarian olympic champion team, Morphy, Philidor!
Another element, to assist in determining the strenght of Philidor, is furnished by a game, which was published by La Bourdonnais in the first volume of the Palaméde, (1836,) p. 392. It was played by him against the „Amateurs”, Carlier and Bernard. Deschapelles knew them both, and says, that when playing singly with Philidor, they received from him the Pawn and Move; but that when they played against him consulting, Philidor either lost, at these odds, or succeeded with difficulty in drawing the game. The following game, which dates from the year 1780, must be the oldest recorded specimen of a „Consultation game”. Philidor gives f7-pawn, and loses by his own fault. The game was analyzed by von der Lasa in 1858-59. (Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa)
The player doesn't works with the odds game. For this reason describe the game:
French Defense
Paris, 1780
Carlier and Bernard vs Philidor
Remove Black's f7-pawn
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Qh5+ g6 5.Qe5+ Qe7 6.Bf4 c6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Qxe7+ Nxe7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.Be5 Nd7 11.0-0 Nxe5 12.Nxe5
„White retakes with the Knight”, says the Palaméde, „in order to enable f2-pawn afterwards to support the Knight.” We shall, however, presently see, for several moves, failed in forming a correct jugdment of the position, which really gave Black a chance to win back his Pawn. The question, whether the Pawn would have been lost just as well, if White had played 12.dxe5, I do not pause to examine thoroughly: apparently, the Pawn might in that case have been safe.
12... Bxe5 13.dxe5 Rf4
The rook goes one square too far: it should have stopt at f5. In that case, White’s passed Pawn would have been lost. For the game must then have proceeded thus: 14.f4 g5 15.fxg5 Rxg5 and e5 Pawn cann’t be saved. This combination was observed, neither by the parties nor by the Palaméde, which ascribes the loss of the game by Philidor to the fact, that Black by 12.Bxf5, allowed White to get a passed Pawn.
14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Nxf5
Philidor’s moves lead, in the simplest possible way, to his defeat. It is difficult to see why he didn’t contrive to adopt another line of play. He still had it in his power to take off the passed Pawn: e.g. 15… Rxf5 16.f4 g5 17.fxg5 Rxg5. The game might then have proceeded somewhat as follows: 18.Re1 Ng6 19.e6 Re5 20.Nd2 Re8 and Black wins the Pawn without danger.
16.g3 Re4 17.f4 Re2 18.Na3 Ne3 19.Rf2 Rxf2 20.Kxf2 Ng4+ 21.Kg2 Rd8 22.h3 Nh6 23.g4 a6 24.Rd1 Nf7 25.h4 c5 26.c3 b5 27.Nc2 a5 28.Ne3 d4 29.cxd4 cxd4 30.Nc2 d3 31.Ne1 d2 32.Nf3 Black resigns. 1-0.
In 1859 Tassilo von der Lasa wrote after the end of game: „I close this discussion by passing in review the succession of great players, who have figured during the latest period of Chess-history.”Finally, here is an infrequent Philidor game: