[Event "consultation"] [Site "London"] [Date "1858.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Staunton & Owen"] [Black "Morphy & Barnes"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sergeant,P."] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2243078829175819"] [EventDate "1858.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Morphy's Games of Chess"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2001.03.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[White: H.Staunton, J.Owen; Black: P.Morphy, T.Barnes]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 {[Philidor's own Counter Gambit, both difficult and risky. Morphy won two fine victories with it over Barnes and Bird (Games 200, 206), as well as the present game.]} 4. dxe5 (4. Nc3 {as played by Bird, may be better}) ({Steinitz prefers} 4. exf5) ({See also Game 90, where (with a transposition) we get} 4. Bc4) 4... fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 Nh6 ({Steinitz calls this the best move. Against Barnes Morphy played} 6... Bc5) ({The move} 6... Nf6 {and if} 7. Nf7 Qe7 8. Nxh8 Bxe6 {offers some attacking prospects in return for the Exchange.}) 7. Nc3 ({The text move is better than Loewenthal's recommendation} 7. f3 {when he claims too much for White after the inferior answer} Be7 ({instead of} 7... e3 8. Bxe3 Be7)) 7... c6 8. Ngxe4 dxe4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe5 Rg8 11. Bxh6 ({Here White misses} 11. Bg5 Bg7 ({if} 11... Qb6 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Qf4) ({if} 11... Qd6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Nxe4 Bf8 14. Nf6+) (11... Bd6 12. Rd1 Nf5 13. Nxe4 Qxg5 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Ne4) 12. e7 Qd7 ({if} 12... Qb6 13. O-O-O $1 Bxe5 14. Rd8+ Kf7 15. Bc4+ Be6 16. Bxe6+ Kxe6 17. Rxg8 Nxg8 18. e8=Q+ Kf5 19. Be3) 13. Qf4 Nf5 14. Rd1 {threatening} Z0 15. Bc4 {winning.}) 11... Bxh6 12. Rd1 Qg5 13. Qc7 Bxe6 14. Qxb7 ({If} 14. Nxe4 {Black might offer to give up his Queen for 3 pieces in all, by} Qe7 15. Rd8+ Qxd8 16. Nd6+ Qxd6) 14... e3 $1 15. f3 (15. fxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Be2 Qb6 17. Qxh7 {was better.}) 15... Qe7 16. Qxa8 Kf7 17. Ne4 ({Staunton himself ("Praxis") says that "over-confident in the superiority of their position, White now played without due consideration," and claims a win by} 17. Rd4 {But after} Rc8 18. Bc4 {(where according to Staunton, "Black has no resource") the continuation} Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Qd7 {is in Black's favor, though it does not, as claimed by Lange, win the Queen. See Mr. Blake's ingenious analysis in B.C.M., Feb. 1916.}) 17... Bf4 18. Be2 {[Now ?d4 is very strong.]} Kg7 $1 ({If} 18... Qc7 {at once, then} 19. g3 Na6 20. Rd7+ Qxd7 ({or} 20... Bxd7 21. Bc4+ {etc.}) 21. Qxg8+ Kxg8 22. Nf6+) 19. O-O Qc7 20. Nc5 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bc8 22. Rd4 Bg3 23. Re4 $2 (23. Rg4 {would have made a harder fight of it.}) 23... Kh8 24. Rd1 Qg7 25. Rh4 Bxh4 26. Qxb8 Ba6 27. Qh2 $2 ({And now} 27. Qf4 {was White's last chance. It is not easy then to prove to win for Black. A possible line is} Bxe2 28. Rd7 Be7 29. Ne6 Bg5 30. Rxg7 Bxf4 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Nxf4 Bd1 33. Kg1 Bxc2 34. Ne6 Kf7 {and Black's King may decide the game, aided by his outside pawn on the h-file.}) 27... Bxe2 28. Rd7 Qh6 29. Ne4 Bc4 30. Nf6 e2 31. Re7 Qc1+ 32. Qg1 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 e1=Q+ 34. Rxe1 Bxe1 {[White resigns.]} 0-1