[Event "Match, Franklin Chess Club"] [White "Morgan,Joseph Palmer"] [Black "Shipley,Walter Penn"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "Havanur,nagesh"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "1891.11.??"] [PlyCount "48"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 {The Vienna was developed by Carl Hamppe, as an attempt to play an improved version of the King's Gambit.} (2. Nf3 Nc6 {leads to standard lines like the Spanish or the Italian Game.} )Nc6 ({Currently} 2... Nf6 3. g3 (3. f4 d5 $11 )(3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 $1 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 $1 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 $44 {leads to the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation on which no clear verdict has been reached so far.} )d5 { is in vogue.} )3. f4 exf4 4. d4 $5 {The Steinitz Gambit.} (4. Nf3 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 d6 {is the Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit.} )Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 (5... d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 $11 )(5... b6 {is met by the clever line,} 6. Qd2 Ba6+ 7. Kd1 Bxf1 8. Nf3 { The point.} Qh5 9. Rxf1 )6. exd5 ({After} 6. e5 $4 Bg4+ 7. Nf3 g5 {the White king is trapped in the centre. Black plays...0-0-0 and ..f6 opening up lines and attacking the White monarch.} )Bg4+ 7. Nf3 O-O-O $5 {Sacrificing a piece for a direct onslaught on the king. Quite a few games were played with this line.But does it win?} ({There is a clear draw with} 7... Nb4 $1 8. a3 Bxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qe7+ 10. Kf2 ({Not} 10. Kd2 $4 Qe3# )Qh4+ $11 )8. dxc6 Bc5 $1 {Shipley's improvement over 8...Bxf3?! played a year before.} (8... Bxf3+ $6 9. gxf3 Bc5 10. cxb7+ Kb8 11. Nb5 Nf6 12. c3 c6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na3 Rhe8+ 15. Kd3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Rxd4+ 17. Kxd4 Rd8+ 18. Kc3 Rxd1 19. Bxf4+ Qxf4 20. Rxd1 Nd5+ 21. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 22. Bd3 $18 {(1-0, 38 moves) was seen in Morgan,Joseph Palmer-Shipley,Walter Penn, Franklin Chess Club Championship, 1890.} )9. cxb7+ ({The engine offers an extraordinary line and its outome is far from clear.} 9. Qe1 Qh5 (9... Bxf3+ 10. gxf3 Re8+ 11. Ne4 Qh5 12. Kd2 f5 13. c3 $1 fxe4 14. fxe4 Bb6 15. Kc2 g5 16. Bd3 $18 )10. cxb7+ Kb8 11. Kd1 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxf3+ 14. Ne2 Rxd4 15. Rf1 Rxd3+ 16. cxd3 Qxd3+ 17. Qd2 Qa6 {Black is a whole rook down and still calling the shots. He is now preparing to bring the last piece into play with ...Re8.} )Kb8 ({Not} 9... Kxb7 $2 10. Qe1 Qh5 11. Kd1 $1 {The king slips out and also frees his bishop.} Rxd4+ 12. Bd3 Bxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxf3+ 14. Ne2 $18 )10. Nb5 ({It's too late to seek exchange of queens. } 10. Qe1 Bxf3+ 11. gxf3 Re8+ 12. Ne4 Qh5 13. Kd2 Bxd4 14. Qd1 f5 15. c3 Bb6 16. Kc2 fxe4 17. fxe4 f3 $19 )Nf6 11. c3 (11. Kd3 Bxd4 ({Games between Steinitz and his opponents followed} 11... Bf5+ 12. Kc3 Ne4+ 13. Kb3 Qf6 14. a4 $1 {with White missing} a6 15. Qe1 $18 )12. Nbxd4 Rxd4+ 13. Kxd4 )Rhe8+ 12. Kd3 {The king is a fighting piece as Steinitz would put it. Now White threatens 13. Nxh4.} Bf5+ ({If} 12... Bxf3 $2 13. Qxf3 $18 {White frees himself with Kc2 and activates his bishops and rooks. Black has no compensation for the sacrificed piece.} )13. Kc4 Be6+ {Black sacrifices a second piece.} 14. Kxc5 a5 $1 {This move first prevents the king's escape route, Kb4 and threatens mate with ...Ne4.} ({Not the immediate} 14... Qh5+ 15. Kb4 Nd5+ 16. Ka3 $18 )15. Nxc7 ({If} 15. Nxh4 $4 Ne4+ 16. Kc6 Bd5# )({Or} 15. Bd3 $2 Rd5+ 16. Kc4 Rh5+ 17. d5 Bxd5+ 18. Kd4 Qf2+ 19. Be3 Qxe3# )Qh5+ 16. Ne5 Nd7+ ({A fascinating line offered by the engine is} 16... Kxc7 17. Qxh5 Rd5+ $1 {A heroic try.} 18. Kc4 Rxe5+ 19. Kd3 Rxh5 20. Bxf4+ Kxb7 21. Be2 Rb5 22. b3 $18 )17. Kb5 Qxd1 18. Bxf4 $6 {Sadly, this super- aggressive move does not win.} ({If} 18. Nxe8 $2 Nxe5 $1 19. Kb6 f6 $1 20. Nc7 Rd6+ $19 {The White king would be in a mating net.} )(18. Nxd7+ $1 Kxb7 19. Nc5+ Ka7 20. Kxa5 Re7 21. Nb5+ Ka8 22. b3 Bd5 23. Kb4 )Qxa1 19. Ka6 Nxe5 20. Nxe8 Rd5 $1 $19 ({ Robert Steel offered an amusing bit of analysis to the " International Chess Magazine" edited by Steinitz. Not all of it is forced.} 20... f6 21. dxe5 f5 22. Be3 Rxe8 23. Bb5 Qxh1 24. Ba7+ Kc7 25. Bc5 Rd8 $4 ({He has a draw with} 25... Bc8 $1 26. Bb6+ Kb8 27. Ba7+ Kc7 28. Bb6+ {White has no more than perpetual check.} )26. Ka7 $18 )21. Bc4 Qxh1 22. Bxd5 Qf1+ $1 ({Of course not} 22... Bxd5 $4 23. Bxe5# )23. Kb6 Qxf4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 {Now it's all over.} 0-1