Notes by Paul Charles Morphy
Serafino Dubois – General Sir W. More
Rome, March 4, 1845
King’s Gambit C38
Rome, March 4, 1845
King’s Gambit C38
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3. The present state of chess analysis makes 6. c3 a preferable move at this point. 6. ... Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
8. h4 h6 9. hxg5 hxg5 10. Rxh8 Bxh8 11. g3 g4 12. Nh4 f3 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. e5
Nc6 15. Qg6+ Qf7 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. exd6 Qxg6 18. Nxg6 Bxd4 19. c3 Bb6 20. Bf4
Kf7 21. Ne5+ Nxe5 22. Bxe5 c6 23. Nc7 Nf6 24. 0-0-0 Bxc7 25. dxc7 Nd5 26.
c4 Nxc7 27. Rd4. It will be seen that White could effect nothing by 27. Rd7+ on account of Black’s threatened advance of the King’s Bishop Pawn. 27. ... Ke7 28. Rf4 Rf8 29. Bd6+ Kxd6 30. Rxf8 e5 31. Kd2 Ne6 32.
Rg8 Nd4 33. Ke3 Nf5+ 34. Kf2 e4 35. Rxg4 Ke5 36. Rg6 Kd4
37. g4. A fatal slip, losing outright for if White [Ed. Note: After 37. ... e3+] play 38. Kxf3 Black replied with 38. ... Nh4+. White’s proper play was 37. Re6. 37. ... e3+ 0 : 1. This game, which [...] we owe to the attention of Mr. Centurini, of Genoa, was played at Rome March 4th, 1845. (Paul Charles Morphy, The Chess Monthly, Vol. iii, 1859, pages 281-282).
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