page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,324  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Staunton vs Saint Amant 1-0 61 1843 Paris m ;HCL 15 B44 Sicilian 2. Staunton vs Saint Amant 1-0 52 1843 Paris m B44 Sicilian 3. A Shishmanovich vs Zytogorski 1-0 23 1844 Rousse B44 Sicilian 4. Szen vs W Newham 1-0 64 1851 1, London1 m2 B44 Sicilian 5. E S Kennedy vs J R Mucklow   0-1 43 1851 2, London1 m8 B44 Sicilian 6. Szen vs Anderssen 1-0 31 1851 2, London2 m1 B44 Sicilian 7. Szen vs Anderssen   0-1 30 1851 6, London2 m1 B44 Sicilian 8. Anderssen vs Wyvill 0-1 40 1851 3, London4 m1 B44 Sicilian 9. Horwitz vs Bird 1-0 63 1851 Londen m B44 Sicilian 10. E Williams vs Staunton   0-1 53 1851 London m6 B44 Sicilian 11. Gouda vs Nijmegen   ½-½ 43 1852 City Match B44 Sicilian 12. Lowenthal vs Harrwitz   ½-½ 61 1853 London B44 Sicilian 13. Lowenthal vs Anderssen   1-0 50 1857 Manchester B44 Sicilian 14. H Kennicott vs B Raphael   0-1 24 1857 New York B44 Sicilian 15. N Marache vs D Fiske   0-1 48 1857 New York B44 Sicilian 16. Morphy vs J Thompson 1-0 48 1857 Casual B44 Sicilian 17. F Perrin vs T Lichtenhein   0-1 29 1857 New York B44 Sicilian 18. Morphy vs F Perrin 1-0 26 1857 Casual B44 Sicilian 19. Morphy vs Anderssen 1-0 17 1858 Paris m B44 Sicilian 20. Lowenthal vs Morphy 1-0 45 1858 London m B44 Sicilian 21. Morphy vs A Wills 1-0 37 1858 Birmingham sim B44 Sicilian 22. Morphy vs T Avery ½-½ 33 1858 Birmingham B44 Sicilian 23. Kolisch vs Vitzthum von Eckstaedt   1-0 37 1859 Genoa B44 Sicilian 24. J Heathcote vs Dr. W. J. Wilson   0-1 46 1862 London B44 Sicilian 25. De Riviere vs H Laroche   0-1 56 1862 Match B44 Sicilian  page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,324    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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May-12-04    waddayaplay: If white plays 5.Nb5, can't black play ...d5? May-12-04    Chessical: <Waddayaplay> Because of the weakness on Black's dark squares (c7 and d6). For example: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 <d5> 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bf4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Ba5 9.Nd6+ Kf8 10.Qxd5 May-12-04    Phoenix: He can't. 5.b5 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.xd5! xd5 8.c7+ wins a pawn. In fact, I played a game that went like that online not too far back :-)) May-12-04    Chessical: <Phoenix> I think <7.Bf4> is even more destructive to Black. May-12-04    waddayaplay: That was quick! Cool. Interesting you've played it. It seems obvious, but it has never been played in chessgames' games. A pawn is a pawn... 7.Bf4 might be more uncertain: ...e5 8.exd exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 , more equal? May-12-04    acirce: 7...e5 is impossible after 7. Bf4. 6. exd5 exd5 has already happened. I agree that 7. Bf4 is more destructive. May-12-04    waddayaplay: Thanks for replying. I was confusing it with 6.Bf4 of course. What about 7.f4 e7+ 8.e2 b4+ Threatening Qxf4 and Qxb2. May-12-04    acirce: That is interesting, I guess 8. Qe2 may be better, as after 8...Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 there is still pressure on the weak squares c7/d6, White has a large development advantage, and there is of course the isolated pawn that must be considered another weakness.... Still very big advantage in my opinion, while 8. Be2 Qb4+ 9. Qd2 Qxb2 is less clear. May-12-04    Chessical: <Waddayaplay> The Q check does not help: <7.Bf4 Qe7+> 8.Be2 Qb4+ 9.N1c3 Qxf4 10.Nxd5 winning May-13-04    acirce: True, <Chessical>. I should be quiet. :) May-13-04    waddayaplay: Another option instead of 7...Qe7+ is 7...Bb4+ 8.c3/Nc3 Ba5. Then 9.Nd6+ Kmove 10.Qxd5 wins a pawn. It's not good but it's better. Jun-30-06    DeepBlade: [White "DeepBlade"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [Event "InstantChess"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f4 Nf6 8.e5 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Ng8 10.Bd3 Nh6 11.g4 d5 12.Qf3 Bb4 13.O-O-O b5 14.Ne2 Qa5 15.Kb1 Bb7 16.g5 Nf5 17.Bxf5 exf5 18.Bf2 g6 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.e6 Bc5 21.Rhe1 O-O 22.exf7+ Rxf7 23.Ne6 d4 24.Qb3 Qd6 25.Nxc5 Qxc5 26.Bxd4 Qc4 27.Qe3 Be4 28.Re2 Rd8 29.Rdd2 Re8 30.Qf2 Rd7 31.Bc3 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Qc6 33.Qa7 Qb7 34.Qd4 Qa7 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Qg7+ 1-0 Jun-30-07    WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from B44 miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/b44.html

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