[Event "Malmaison Castle"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1804.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napoleon I"]
[Black "Madame de Remusat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Lubomir Kavalek"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1804.??.??"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 f5 4. h3 $2 ({Digging trenches is not in Napoleon's
style. The game switched to Philidor defense, but Napoleon misses the
near-refutation:} 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Neg5 h6 7. Nf7 $3 Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ {
and white should win.}) 4... fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. Nfg5 $2 {"Accident, hazard,
chance, whatever you choose to call it, a mystery to ordinary minds becomes a
reality to superior men," de Remusat quoted Napoleon. The move drops a piece.}
d5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qf3 {Threatening 7.Qf7 mate.} Nh6 $2 {A turnaround. The
emperor was on the verge of defeat: After 8...Bf5 black would win a knight.
White wins now, hunting madame's king to mate.} 9. Nf6+ Ke7 10. Nxd5+ Kd6 11.
Ne4+ $1 Kxd5 12. Bc4+ $1 Kxc4 13. Qb3+ Kd4 14. Qd3# 1-0

