Paul Morphy

Checkers is for tramps.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown188"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1bq1r2/pp1nb1pk/2n1p3/2ppP1p1/3P3P/2P5/PP3PP1/R1BQKN1R w KQ - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. hxg5+ ( { White can try: } 1. Qh5+ Kg8 2. hxg5 Ndxe5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. g6 Nxg6 5. Qxg6 Bh4 6. Qh5 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Qf6 8. Bg5 Qe5+ 9. Kd2 Qe4 { With equal
chances. } ) 1... Kg8 ( { Black dare not try: } 1... Kg6 2. Qh5+ Kf5 3. Ng3# ) 2. Rh8+ ( 2. Qh5 Ncxe5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. g6 Nxg6 5. Qxg6 Bh4 6. g3 Qf6 7. Qc2 Qe5+ 8. Be3 Bd7 { With equal chances. } ) 2... Kxh8 3. Qh5+ Kg8 4. g6 Nf6 ( { Black can
try: } 4... Rf5 5. Qh7+ Kf8 6. Qh8# ) 5. exf6 gxf6 ( { Black can try: } 5... Rxf6 6. Qh7+ Kf8 7. Qh8# ) 6. Qh7# 1-0