Don't mess with the Morphy

Despite almost every chess player in the world knowing what happen when you play 3. ... Bg4 in the Philador's, I guess some players still want to give it a go. A very recent occurrence of this variation came in an Australian CC game, and as you can guess, it didn't end well for Black.


Hornung,Michael (1823) - Korab,Boyd (1790)
AUS/2017/S6113 (AUS) ICCF, 25.03.2017

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Qf6 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. O-O b6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14. Rxd7 Bxe3 15. fxe3+ Ke8 16. Rb7 Rf8 17. Rd1 Rf7 18. Rdd7 a6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5 1-0