The crazy chess game from Samuel Beckett’s Murphy

January 22, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In Samuel Beckett’s novel “Murphy” the eponymous protagonist takes a job as a male nurse in a mental hospital, wherein he plays a chess game with one of the patients, Mr Endon.
Murphy vs. Mr. Endon | Magdalen Mental Mercyseat
1. e4 Nh6 2. Nh3 Rg8 3. Rg1 Nc6 4. Nc3 Ne5 5. Nd5 Rh8 6. Rh1 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ng8 8.Nb1 Nb8 9. Ng1 e6 10. f3 Ne7 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. g4 Be7 13. Ng3 d6 14. Be2 Qd7 15.d3 Kd8 16. Qd2 Qe8 17. Kd1 Nd7 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Na4 Bd7 21. b3 Rg8 22. Rg1 Kc8 23. Bb2 Qf8 24. Kc1 Be8 25. Bc3 Nh8 26. b4 Bd8 27. Qh6 Na8 28. Qf6 Ng6 29. Be5 Be7 30. Nc5 Kd8 31. Nh1 dxe5 32. Kb2 Rh8 33. Kb3 Nb6 34. f4 Nd7 35.Na6
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