Daniel Harrwitz vs Paul Morphy (1858)

Daniel Harrwitz vs Paul Morphy
Paris m 1858 · Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A84) · 0-1

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Oct-21-03		drukenknight: the first 40 moves or so it could just as easily been Capablanca/ALkehine. I think if Harrwitz was a modern master he would know more about endgame theory and probably have a better concept of how to handle that part.

Oct-23-03		Helloween: The notation is messed up on this one. 9.Ne2 would be illegal.

Oct-23-03		Helloween: 9.Nge2 is the correct notation. With the notation as it is, White castles and eats his own knight simultaneously(kind of humorous on the replay)!

Feb-07-04		Kenkaku: 40...Rc3 was a nice finesse move.

Jul-14-04		Jesuitic Calvinist: A very nice ending from Morphy; I would have liked to see Harrwitz's face when Morphy played ... 40 Rc3.

Nov-13-07		ketchuplover: null sucks

Jun-18-08		An Englishman: Good Evening: The pawn structure of a3 and d5 versus ...c5 and ...d6 is of course a prime characteristic of the Benko Gambit. Morphy's understanding of how to handle such a modern formation shows how comfortable he would feel in the modern era.

Jun-18-08		Shinermatt: <Helloween: The notation is messed up on this one. 9.Ne2 would be illegal.> The notation is correct, because the g knight is the only knight that can move to e2 in this position. Since the other knight is pinned, no specification is needed in the notation. (And I do realize that I'm replying to a five year old comment :)

Feb-08-09		WhiteRook48: 53. Rxc2 might work

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