Lichtenhein,Theodor - Morphy,Paul [A83]

USA-01.Kongress New York (3.4), 26.10.1857

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Qe5 Qxe5+ 10.dxe5 b6! 11.0-0-0 Bb7 12.Nh3 Rf8! 13.Rg1 Nc6 14.f4 Ke7 15.g3 d6! 16.Bg2 dxe5 17.fxe5 Rf5 18.Rge1 Rd8 19.g4 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Rf8 21.Bxc6 Bxc6 22.Kd2 h6 23.Re3 g5 24.b3 Rf1 25.Re1 Rxe1! 26.Kxe1 Be4 27.Kd2 Kd7 28.c4 Kc6 29.Nf2 Bb1!! 30.Nd1 Bxa2! 31.Kc2 Kc5 32.Nc3 Bxb3+ 33.Kxb3 c6 34.Ne2 b5 35.Kc3 [35.cxb5 cxb5-+] 35...bxc4 36.Nd4 Kd5 37.Nf3 c5! 38.h3 a5! 0-1

An interesting endgame!

Gurgenizde solution

1. g7 Rb8! {rook take off white king} 2. Rb7 $1 Rc8 3. Kb3 Kg2 4. Rc7 ! Rd8 5. Kc4 Kg3 6. Rd7! Re8 7. Kd5 Kg4 (7... Kh4 8. Re7 Rxe7 9. g8=Q Re3) 8. Re7 Rg8 9. Ke6 Kg5 10. Kf7 white promotes his pawn.

errata corrige

I 'm sorry. Yesterday I made a mistake: the rook position is Rc7, not Rb7.

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