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Paul Morphy vs Charles Maurian
New Orleans 1866  ·  Chess variants (000)  ·  1-0


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Feb-25-04   capanegra: 24.Re2!, splendid move! This game is a good instructive example about the risks of not castling.
Jan-20-07
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  notyetagm: <capanegra: 24.Re2!, splendid move! This game is a good instructive example about the risks of not castling.>

Yes, 24 Re2! is an excellent move by Morphy.

He simply threatens 25 Rd2, <PINNING> the Black d3-queen to the Black d8-king along the open d-file.

If Black meets this threat by playing 24 ... QxRe2?, then the Black queen is <DEFLECTED> from defending the d5-checking focal point and Black is mated by 25 Qd5+ Ke8 26 Qe6+ Kd8 27 Qe7#.

Jan-29-09   WhiteRook48: 28. Qb5+! even is good, even though it's just basic tactics and people are getting bored of it
Mar-16-09   WhiteRook48: 24. Re2! is a great sac that black of course declined
May-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  heuristic: mo' better moves:

15...c6 16.Ba3 Be6 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Rad1

23...Kd7 24.Qf3 Kd8 25.Qg4 Rd8 26.Qxg7

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