| Jun-07-05 |
| prinsallan: Paul Morphy, the master of blindfolds demonstrates some genius attacking in this game, one of eight simuls vs great players. I just love 26: Rxh6+
White had a won game before this, but what a nice sac. 8: ...Nh6 is weak I think, or maybe its just me who hates bringing the knights out to the edge of the board. |
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| Oct-26-06 |
| THE pawn: One of morphy's finest. |
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| Oct-27-06 |
| RookFile: f5 was the best move of the game, and Morphy made it blindfolded. Years later Lasker would do the same to Capablanca. |
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| Dec-06-06 |
| gauer: Can anyone help black find some defensive improvements to his set-up, or this Steinitzian-like defensive method of buckling down for the attack shot down before where Lowenthal thinks the position is lost? |
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Dec-29-07
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| nimh: Rybka 2.3.1 mp, AMD X2 2.01GHz, 10 min per move, threshold 0.33. Morphy no mistakes!
Baucher 4 mistakes:
19...Qc8 1.51 (19...Nf7 0.93)
21...Bd7 5.85 (21...h6 1.54)
23...Kh7 7.57 (23...Bf8 5.84)
24...Bd6 #6 (24...Qe8 7.59) |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| Sularus: Isn't there another GOTD named PAUL MAUL? i believe it was played by KERES. |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| withingrace: anyone notice the typos in the annotation? |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| anandrulez: not really , i was awestruck by the combination that i missed the typos
excuse me for that |
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Jan-12-09
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| blacksburg: lowenthal was a poor speller, unfortunately. |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| njchess: It is amazing how Morphy retains the initiative throughout. Certainly the f6, Nh6 sequence is questionable but I'm not sure any of the alternatives are any more palatable. Black may have sought this position since Morphy was playing the simul blindfolded. By 14. ... a5, Black is, without ever having any counter play whatsoever, just waiting to be shredded. Morphy ingeniously obliges. |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| D4n: Very nice rook sac. |
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Jan-12-09
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| kellmano: I really like Lowenthal's style of annotation:
e.g.
' it allows the King's rook to be brought to bear on the adversary's intrenchments.' Shame about all the typos.
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Jan-12-09
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| kevin86: Another of Morphy's classics! I believe that Morphy combined the tactical thrust of Tal and the brainpower of a Kasparov. |
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Jan-12-09
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| jackpawn: In many ways I think most of us here can learn more from Morphy's games than more 'modern' games. Morphy's opponents made errors seen in weekend tournaments constantly, but seldom seen in GM games. Morphy shows how to punish such errors. |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| mworld: <Sularus: Isn't there another GOTD named PAUL MAUL? i believe it was played by KERES.> i thought the same thing when I saw today's pun - i don't remember which game it was though. |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| wetpaste: Yeah, there is one of the same name I just found it here: Alekhine vs Leonhardt, 1910 cool game btw |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| patzer of patzers: <Sularus> and <mworld>, here it is: L Blumenoff vs Keres, 1933 Nice to know you go back rather far with chessgames and are still enjoying it! |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| patzer of patzers: Sorry, <wetpaste> posted while I was posting, so I didn't see it until I was finished. So now there are three games with the same nickname, though two are won by Paul and the other lost. |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| WhiteRook48: this is a Morphy masterpiece. He really "mauled" his opponent. |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| vanthanh42: good game !!! |
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| Jan-12-09 |
| GreenArrow: This game could carry a pun in a similar vein.
J Campbell vs Date, 1986
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| Mar-12-09 |
| WhiteRook48: don't Maul me, Paul! |
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| Jul-27-09 |
| tentsewang: An unforgettable match with such daredevil accuracy displayed by mighty Morphy. |
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sac: 25.Rxh6+