| May-28-04 | | ivan2kilu: This "morphy" guy is good. |
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May-28-04
 | | Doctor Who: LOL!!! Yes, this "Morphy guy" seems to know a few things about chess! |
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| May-28-04 | | harrwitz: Hi, be careful...Sergeant's book notes that 4...P-QKt4 is a poor move and that Black's exchange sacrifice "ought not to have been so effective, had not White been greedy on move 18." In short, White has a winning position on move 17, according to Sergeant. |
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| May-28-04 | | harrwitz: ...Only to botch it up thoroughly, of course =) |
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May-29-04
 | | tamar: I don't think 18  xf7 is too greedy. 18 xf7  f8 19 b3+  c8 has to be just winning for White, but only if he follows up sharply, say with 20  xg5 grabbing another pawn. 20...xf3 21 xf3 xg5 does not help black as he is already down material. 20 c3 is the clunker. The never gets back into the game. |
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| Oct-04-04 | | InspiredByMorphy: 17. Qb3+ Ka8 18. Nxg8 Rxg8 19. Qxf7 wins. It appears 15. ...Rc8 was necessary. |
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| Apr-14-09 | | paulmorphy41: To Tamar; After 20.Nf3 Qb3 21.Bxg5 not Rxf3, but Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Qxg5 23Nf3 Nf4 24.g3 ne2+ 25.Kg2 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Ne6. Maybe blacks still lost, but it is complicated |
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Apr-16-09
| | tamar: <paulmorphy41: To Tamar; After 20.Nf3 Qb3 21.Bxg5 not Rxf3, but Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Qxg5 23Nf3 Nf4 24.g3 ne2+ 25.Kg2 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Ne6. Maybe blacks still lost, but it is complicated> Difficult for White to unwind, especially if Black plays 24...Qg4 in your line. If you try to play White, you are trying to contain 4 developed pieces, with two of your own, but it is possible to do. These kind of games bothered Steinitz, who could see that Morphy allowed lost positions, but it took many years for defensive technique to be developed. BTW in my post 5 years ago (!) I probably meant 21 Bxg5 as the knight needs to come out to f3 on move 20 for any of it to make sense. |
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| Apr-20-09 | | paulmorphy41: To Tamar your right on 24...Qg4 in my line probably draws by perpetual checks with the knight. |
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| May-16-11 | | James Bowman: Where some players saw obsticals Morphy sees options, where others saw a plan Morphy saw a multitude of paths all leading to mate. |
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| Jun-15-12 | | RookFile: This is all nice, but with proper play Morphy should have lost this game. I'm amazed he didn't get blown off the board. |
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sac: 15...O-O-O
