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 Published On Mar 30, 2024

In this video, I'll be showcasing some of the most insane chess games played by Paul Morphy. These games are legendary in the world of chess history.

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➡️ PGN OF THE GAMES:

GAME 1:

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Charles Le Carpentier"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bf8 8.
e5 d6 9. Re1 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxd1 11. Bxf7+ Ke7 12. Ng6+ Kxf7 13. Nxh8# 1-0

GAME 2 ( :

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Duke Karl / Count Isouard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "?"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 {This is a weak move already. — Fischer} 4. dxe5
Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 {Black is in what's
like a zugzwang position here. He can't develop the [queen's] knight because the
pawn is hanging, the bishop is blocked because of the queen. — Fischer} 9... b5
10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+
Nxd7 {And now for the memorable checkmating combination:} 16. Qb8+ $3 {[%c_effect
b8;square;b8;type;Brilliant;persistent;true]} 16... Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0
GAME 3:

[Event "New Orleans 1850?"]
[Site "New Orleans 1850?"]
[Date "1850.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Alonzo Morphy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/1NBQKBNR w Kkq - 0 1"]
[Eventdate "?"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Plycount "35"]
[Setup "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6
8. Nc3 Nd4 9. Bxd5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Ne4+ Kd5 13. c4+ Kxe4 14.
Qxe6 Qd4 15. Qg4+ Kd3 16. Qe2+ Kc2 17. d3+ Kxc1 18. O-O# 1-0

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