Move

Fischer - Matulovic [C63]
Herceg Novi blitz 1970 [Morss]


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh3
    Position after 11...Qh3.
12. Bg5
   This brilliant conception is nevertheless unsound, as I will endeavor to demonstrate in these notes.
a6 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxe4+ Kf7
    Position after 15...Kf7.
16. Ne5+ fxe5
    Position after 16...fxe5.
17. Rf1+ Ke7 18. Bxd7 Kxd7!
    Position after Kxd7. Since this move appears to lead to Black advantage, White should consider his alternatives.
19. Rf7+ Ke8
   This loses.
20. Rxc7 Bd6 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. O-O-O Qxh2 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qb7+ Ke6 26. Qd7+ Kxe5 27. Qd5+ Kf6 28. Rf1+ Kg6 29. Qe6+ Kg5 30. Rf5+ Kg4 31. Rf4+ Kxg3 32. Qg4+
   A brilliant game, beautifully contested by both players, particularly in view of its being played at blitz. But questions remain about the objective merit of Fischer's 12. Bg5. Interestingly enough, Matulovic and IM V. Milanovic recently produced a Schliemann survey, Spanish Gambit (Belgrade 1997). There they quote this game as far as 22. O-O-O, showing a win for White, and taking no note of any sidelines.
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Move

Guehn - Morss [C63]
NAPZ-M62 ???? [Morss]


   My opponent in this game was Rod Guehn, a resident of Paoli, Indiana. Paoli is in the hilly and beautiful, southern part of that state, about 50 miles south of Bloomington.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4
    This is widely considered to be the main line.
Qxf4 10. Ne5+ c6 11. d4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bg5
    Position after 13. Bg5. White plays an extraordinary, unbooked move, with strange echoes of Fischer-Matulovic. White sacrifices a piece with almost enough compensation.
cxb5
   Nothing else is good.
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxb5+ Bd7! 16. Qxb7 Rd8 17. Qd5 Qe6 18. Nxd7 Qxd5 19. Nxf6+ Ke7 20. Nxd5+ Rxd5
    Position after 20...Rxd5.
21. O-O-O Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Rhd8 23. c3 Rf5 24. c4 Rf2 25. Rhe1 e3 26. h3 Rh2 27. Rd3 Rb8 28. b3 Rxh3 29. Rd2 Rg8 30. c5 Kd7 31. Rc2 Kc6 32. Rd1 Kd5 33. a4 Rhxg3 34. c6 Rg1 35. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 36. Kb2 Bf4 0-1











Move

HC14 Main Text - Black [C46]
???? [Morss]


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Nf6 5. Nxb4 Nxb4 6. c3! Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bg5! h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. a4+/= *