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2/10/2005
Napoleon at the Chessboard, by Nigel Davies

Here's Napoleon bravely attacking Madame de Remusat, but with only queen and two knights developed. Judit Polgar would have played 8.Bf4 and crushed him like a bug.

Madame de Remusat - Napoleon I [B02]
Paris Paris, 1802

1.e4 Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 e5 4.fxe5 Nxe5 5.Nc3 Nfg4 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qf6 8.Nh3 Nf3+ 9.Ke2 Nxd4+ 10.Kd3 Ne5+ 11.Kxd4 Bc5+ 12.Kxc5 Qb6+ 13.Kd5 Qd6# 0-1