[BGB] Chess at St. Helena

[Jim Barbaro]

For those of you interested in Post-Napoleonic Napoleonics, a chess 
game played at St. Helena between L'Empereur and General Bertrand in 
1818:

Napoleon I - General Bertrand
St. Helena, 1818
1.Nf3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.c3 Qe7 7.0-0 Qe5 
8.f4 dxc3+ 9.Kh1 cxb2 10.Bxf7+ Kd8 11.fxe5 bxa1Q 12.Bxg8 Be7 13.Qb3 
a5 [Diagram] 14.Rf8+ Bxf8 15.Bg5+ Be7 16.Bxe7+ Kxe7 17.Qf7+ Kd8 
18.Qf8# 1-0









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