Paul Morphy vs Charles Maurian (1866)

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

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Aug-14-03		cwsleigh: this is a cool game, and i know it will be the game of the day sometime. i just want to be the first nerd to post a comment here. study on!

Mar-03-04		InspiredByMorphy: My jaw dropped when I saw 28.Qxf5!! and mated 2 moves later!

Mar-03-04		shr0pshire: 22. Rxd4 is what wins the game, and that is where the combination starts. InspiredbyMorphy that is where your draw should drop, because at that time that is about where Morphy realized the combination and saw it 6 moves out. The rooks sacrifice is the amazing part, that sets up the queen sack. If there was no rook sack, most likely there would be no queen sack.

Mar-03-04		pawntificator: I don't think Morphy could have come up with the idea of the Queen sacrifice until Maurian foolishly played 27...Rc6.

Jul-26-05		sneaky pete: The gamescore with the incomprehensible 27... R-B3 (= .. Rc6) stems from Sergeant (first publication 1915). Loewenthal's English descriptive collection was published in 1860, so Sergeant's most likely source for this game is Maroczy (1909), who however gives 27... Rc3 (which fails to the same combination, but makes more sense than 27... Rc6). So I suppose 27... Rc3 was really played and Sergeant made an error in transcription from German algebraic to English descriptive notation. Black could have played 27... Qg5+ 28.Kf1 Rc3 with approximately equal chances.

Mar-08-07		tonsillolith: I remember reading that Kasparov said pawns should be considered pieces when attacking the king and that Fischer did not underestimate his pawns when attacking. Morphy also realized that pawns could be as valuable as pieces in some situations and he did not underestimate his pawns either.

Dec-20-08		WhiteRook48: How to win with Knight Odds

Dec-20-08		Octal: Why not 26 ... Rh7?

Jan-29-09		WhiteRook48: then 27. e7+ forces Black to give up the Q- wait a minute, no...

Mar-16-09		WhiteRook48: how often do you see a move e8=Q and it is checkmate?

May-02-09		heuristic: mo' better moves: 13.Re1 0-0 14.Bg5 Re8 15.e6 fxe6 18...c6 19.Rfe1 Qd6 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21...Rf8 22.Qh5+ Kd8 23.Bxe7+ Qxe7 24.Kh1 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Rxd4 Qxh4 24.Rxh4 g5 22...Nxf5 23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Qa4+ Qc6 25.Qxc6+ 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.f6 Qb4 25.Re5 0-0 26...Rh7 27.Qg4 Ne7 28.Qxd4 Rc4 29.Qd1 27...Qg5+ 28.Kf1 Rc3 29.Qg2 Qxg2 30.Kxg2

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