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Submitted by kenytiger on Sat, 05/31/2008 at 7:54pm.

Albert Whiting Fox from Boston (1881-1964) plays this famous game in 1901. He uses his opponent's greed to bring him down to his doom. White's 17.Ndc4!! places a knight in prise; very few of us would have been able to resist such a tempting "gift". Little does Black know that after the knight is captured, the game is pretty much over. Enjoy... 

 


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by Kingfisher - 59 days ago
zagreb Croatia
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18... fxg6 19. Bxc4+ Kf8 (Kh8 Nxg6#) 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Rh8#

 

Whats amazing is that not taking the knight would be almost as bad!


by knightking - 59 days ago
United States
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I wish I could have seen that one coming!
by marl-shie - 2 months ago
Manila Philippines
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Many chess players are happy to your blogs. Amazing.
by ILLYRIA - 2 months ago
Saucy Bankrupt California United States
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sensual
by rashaddaking - 2 months ago
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good game


by TomMac19 - 2 months ago
Devon United Kingdom
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im just hoping that i will have the vision to do that one day!
by tbierig - 2 months ago
St. Paul, Minnesota United States
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Any tactical player should rightfully salivate over this.
by cgs - 2 months ago
Veszpre'm Hungary
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Three gentle manouevre of White as a result of checkmate:

the d5 pawn was diverted to c4 (17.Nc4),

opened the h-linie (18.Qxg6),

and opened the c4-g8 diagonal (19.Nxg6),

and produced the Rook-Bishop mate, as did it Morphy in Paris, in the Opera House, in October, 1858.

This is a similar nice manouevre!

 


by JG27Pyth - 2 months ago
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That is truly worthy of Morphy. Incredible. I can't imagine finding that OTB.
by GeneralCustard - 2 months ago
Durham England
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Great combination!
by RandomPrecision - 2 months ago
Illinois United States
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If fxg6: Bxc4+, Kf8 (or Qd5, Bxd5+, Kf8), Nxg6+, hxg6, Rh8#.
by dommy - 2 months ago
Melton, Melbourne Australia
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fantastic.
by belringer - 2 months ago
Seattle United States
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what is the variation if black plays fxg6?
by fcpanginen - 2 months ago
FORT WASHINGTON, MARYLAND United States
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a very nice game
by Fasmin - 2 months ago
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It is an amazing game,
by tas58 - 2 months ago
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Very nice!!
by Jaguarphd - 2 months ago
California United States
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Liek another paul Morphy
by 1963super - 2 months ago
nicholasville, ky United States
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i agree with wow! lol.
by nerdie - 2 months ago
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I'm not really sure if I'm correct, but I think I have seen this in an article here also in chess.com. and as I remember you were also the one who posted it. please verify mr kenytiger. anyway, I enjoyed it very much. all your articles and blogs. thanks.
by LDSSDL - 2 months ago
Tinton Falls United States
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Wow is right. Pure genius.
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