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The Poisoned Knight

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 - 2 months 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 - 2 months 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 - 3 months ago
Saucy Bankrupt California United States

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sensual

by rashaddaking - 3 months ago
chicago United States

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good game

by TomMac19 - 3 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 - 3 months ago
St. Paul, Minnesota United States

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Any tactical player should rightfully salivate over this.

by cgs - 3 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 - 3 months ago
NYC United States

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That is truly worthy of Morphy. Incredible. I can't imagine finding that OTB.

by Alex-G - 3 months ago
Durham England

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Great combination!

by RandomPrecision - 3 months ago
Illinois United States

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If fxg6: Bxc4+, Kf8 (or Qd5, Bxd5+, Kf8), Nxg6+, hxg6, Rh8#.

by dommy - 3 months ago
Melton, Melbourne Australia

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fantastic.

by belringer - 3 months ago
Seattle United States

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what is the variation if black plays fxg6?

by fcpanginen - 3 months ago
FORT WASHINGTON, MARYLAND United States

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a very nice game

by Fasmin - 3 months ago
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It is an amazing game,

by tas58 - 3 months ago
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Very nice!!

by Jaguarphd - 3 months ago
California United States

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Liek another paul Morphy

by 1963super - 3 months ago
lexington, ky United States

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i agree with wow! lol.

by nerdie - 3 months ago
Iloilo Philippines

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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 - 3 months ago
Tinton Falls United States

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Wow is right. Pure genius.

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