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Paul Morphy vs NN
Odds game (Nb1) (1857) (unorthodox), New York
Chess variants (000)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 7s/ply)8...Qf6 was played in Kolisch vs Paulsen, 1861 (0-1)better is 10...Qd7 11.d5 exd5 12.exd5 Nce7 13.Qxb7 Rc8 14.Qxa7 Bb6 = +0.03 (29 ply) 11.Qxe6+ Nge7 12.Rd1 Rf8 13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.d5 ⩲ +0.68 (24 ply)= -0.11 (28 ply) 12.Qd3 Qf6 13.Nc3 Ne7 14.Bg5 Qf7 15.dxe6 Qxe6 16.Nd5 = +0.47 (25 ply) 12...Nf6 13.dxe6 O-O 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Nbd2 Rae8 16.Bxb6 ⩱ -1.00 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.69 (29 ply) 13...Nf6 14.Ne6 Qd7 15.Be3 Nxe4 16.Qd3 Bxe3 17.Qxe4 Bb6 = +0.17 (27 ply)+- +2.77 (27 ply) 17.Nxc7+ Kf7 18.Nxa8 Rxa8 19.Nd2 Qd8 20.Rfc1 Nd7 21.Qc7 +- +3.92 (31 ply) 17...Nc6 18.f4 Kf7 19.Nd2 exf4 20.dxc6 Qxe6 21.cxb7 Rab8 ± +1.55 (26 ply)+- +3.35 (27 ply) 18...Nc6 19.Qg3 exf4 20.Rxf4 g5 21.Rf5 Ne5 22.Nd2 Rg8 +- +3.24 (27 ply)+- +6.90 (25 ply)27...Kd8 28.Qf7 Re8 29.Qxg7 Ng8 30.Rf7 Ne7 31.Qxg5 Ra8 +- +12.67 (28 ply)1-0

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-23-03
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  Sneaky: I'm always amazed at how Morphy resists the temptation to take something that's in the hand, and instead throws more fuel on the fire.

For example, here he rejects three times checks which would have gained immediate material: he rejected 10.Qxe6+, 17.Nxc7+, and 23.Nxg7+ (Qxg7? Qxc8+).

Of course when you start the game down a knight, and then go on to gambit a pawn, you're looking for a little more than winning the exchange...

Jan-26-09  WhiteRook48: nice tactics at the end
Nov-06-19  Cheapo by the Dozen: "A Horse With No Name" needed an American game. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSA...

Nov-06-19  Cheapo by the Dozen: By the way -- most Morphy-NN odds games I found were at rook odds. Fortunately, there was this one, and it was a reasonably entertaining one.

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