Here is that game said to have been played between Napoleon and The Turk/Allgaier. The emperor's opening play is as bad as the Duke of Bassano observed: indeed, the whole game is dreadful enough to be entirely genuine. 1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 (Napoleon plays a beginner's move right at the start) Nc6 3.Bc4 (The crude idea: Qxf7 mate is threatened) Nf6 (Foiled!) 4.Ne2 Bc5 5.a3 (Pointless) d6 6.0-0 Bg4 7.Qd3 Nh5 8.h3 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nf4 10.Qe1 (This blunder should have lost on the spot) Nd4 (The Turk could have decapitated the Emperor with the obvious 10...Qg5, when 11.g3 would be met by Qxg3+ as the f-pawn is pinned) 11.Bb3 Nxh3+ 12.Kh2 (At least Napoleon had seen 12.gxh3 Nf3+ winning his Queen) Qh4 13.g3 Nf3+ 14.Kg2 Nxe1+ (The Turk could have forced mate in three moves with the sacrificial 14...Nf4+: but he's winning every which way) 15.Rxe1 Qg4 16.d3 Bxf2 17.Rh1 Qxg3+ 18.Kf1 Bd4 19.Ke2 Qg2+ 20.Kd1 Qxh1+ 21.Kd2 Qg2+ 22.Ke1 Ng1 23.Nc3 Bxc3+ 24.bxc3 Qe2 checkmate. Worse than the retreat from Moscow.