Paul Morphy vs James McConnell (1849)

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Paul Morphy vs James McConnell
Casual game (1849), New Orleans, LA USA
King's Gambit: Accepted. Cunningham Defense (C35) · 1-0

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Feb-07-06		Bobak Zahmat: <KingG> You say Black's first 9/10 moves are quite naturel, I have to disagree with you. The move 3. ... Be7 isn't a common move! I am sure of it!

Feb-07-06		Bobak Zahmat: The game is completely over after Nd6!

Feb-07-06		psmith: <Bobak Zahmat> 3...Be7 is the Cunningham Gambit and is a standard defense.

Feb-07-06		Bobak Zahmat: <psmith> Thanks. I had not seen this variation before. I will take a look good at it. But Fischer's 3. ... d6!? remains the best option I think.

Jul-09-06		RookFile: The Cunningham variation is ok, but what you want to try are these ...Bh4+ lines. If what will play Kf1 in reply to the ....Qh4+ lines, then ...Bh4+ is even more useless for black.... all you've got is a bishop flapping in the breeze. It's no coincidence that in the final position if this game, black wished that he had a bishop to cover d6.

Jul-10-06		Poulsen: Another boring Morphy-game against weak opposition ...

Jul-10-06		offramp: I think it was a consultation game. The 'cg' in the header is a bit inscrutible.

Jul-10-06		Boomie: <Poulson> The game is of historical interest as Morphy is about 12 years old here. Even at this age he knew the power of proper piece development.

Jul-10-06		Poulsen: <Boomie> I am aware of Morphy's age, when he played this game. I am also aware that he won the game by having a better understanding of the importance of piece development. I don't see however, why that makes the game of "historical interest" - unless off you want to define all games won by talented youngsters as of "historical interest". I any case the game is, IMO, less impressive than f.x. this game won by an 11-year holding his head against world class opposition Janowski vs Reshevsky, 1922. Now that's talent!! Morphys many victories against "named" NN's doesn't prove anything.

Jul-16-07		JMJ565X: who is this morphy guy? he seems to be an okay player??

Jul-16-07		yavuz1990: <JMJ565X> Have you never heard Paul Morphy?? He was the best chess master of 19th century, he is the founder of open position tactics and <importance of piece development>. Please read his profile and don't make Morphy fans angry.

Jul-16-07		Atking: <In any case the game is, IMO, less impressive than f.x. this game won by an 11-year holding his head against world class opposition Janowski vs Reshevsky, 1922> Well Morphy winning 2.5 on 3 games match at twelve with Lowenthal (At time one of the best in the world (Not a "NN")) is then even more impressive.

Jul-16-07		JMJ565X: oooooh, yes, now i kno... paul morphy, a has been!!

Apr-02-08		D.Observer: What's shocking with 11. Ne4?

Apr-02-08		sneaky pete: 11.Ne4 .. threatens not only 12.Nd6+ .. but also (after 11... Bh5) 12.g3 .. winning the DSB. The game is probably incomplete, <cg> being the standard abbr of clipped game.

May-16-09		Chess4Life99: Why would black resign in this position? Also, when looking at Morphy's player page I saw that he liked to play a lot of gambits. Do you think that because he played so many gambit he won more games?

Dec-19-09		blazerdoodle: Some people need to go back to checkers.

Jul-08-11		ahubers: And what about 11... Be6 ?

Jul-08-11		Sastre: 11...Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.g3 wins a piece.

Oct-20-11		Mozart72: Morphy and McConnell have the same material advantage value: 36.6, and Morphy won.

Jan-28-16		juanhernandez: is vast like UNIVERSE. Deep like OCEAN. High like SKY.

May-17-17		brian5668: Relatively similar to the Morphy vs Knott game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gH...

Jun-06-21		louispaulsen88888888: Black wasn’t too bad off until the boner 10…P-QB3??

May-24-23		TwoMinutesToMidnight: yavuz1990: <JMJ565X> Have you never heard Paul Morphy?? He was the best chess master of 19th century, he is the founder of open position tactics and <importance of piece development>. Please read his profile and don't make Morphy fans angry. guess in 2007 sarcasm wasnt invented

Sep-29-23		fredthebear: Not Steinitz, Lasker, or Pillsbury?

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