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Jun-29-05
 | | TheAlchemist: Broken-Hart |
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| Dec-01-05 | | Chopin: I love the scotch gambit! Great game. |
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| Sep-27-08 | | Mostolesdude: 23.Nc7# Simple and compelling. |
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| Sep-27-08 | | beginner64: Hart played 12..f6, perhaps intending to follow up with tempo gaining g5, except never got the time to play g5. It appears that 12.. Nf6 should lead to a closer game. |
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Sep-27-08
 | | Once: As usual, Morphy makes it look so easy. Wonderful game to play through. This position humbled me
click for larger viewNow all my book learning screams out that I should play 19. Nc6 because "knights love outposts". But this move would have led to a level game. Black responds 19. ... Ka8 and how am I going to get at him now? Wind on a couple of moves and Morphy does it to me again. 
click for larger viewNow I initially want to play 20. Nb5, thinking that black will have to give up his queen or rook to prevent mate on a7. Oops - 20. ... Qxa6! It turns out that we shouldn't move the knight until the queen is deflected from c8 and 20. c7+ is the move to do it. Great game. |
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| Sep-27-08 | | IT4L1CO: <Mostolesdude: 23.Nc7# Simple and compelling.> 23.Nc7+ Qxc7 24 Rxc7 mate the next... |
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| Sep-27-08 | | Pantagruel: Good pun, would have been better on Valentine's Day. |
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| Sep-27-08 | | newton296: I play scotch gambitt alot , love it . never played it as good as morphy though . wow ! |
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Sep-27-08
 | | kevin86: "Hart attack" may just have been too serious a pun-as serious as a ... 23  c7+ would have ended it quicker,eg,23 Nc7+ Qxc7 24 Rxc7 and mates next move. I can't believe it! For once in my life,I find a stronger move than Morphy!! |
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Sep-27-08
| | Once: <kevin86> Good call! Your line is mate in 3 and Morphy's is mate in 5.
The mate in 3 - 23. Nc7+ Qxc7 24. Rxc7 d5 25. Qxa7#
The mate in 5 - 23. Rc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7+ Kb8 25. Nb5 g5 26. Qxa7+ Kc8 27. Qc7# |
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| Sep-27-08 | | A.G. Argent: <kevin86> Very good call. A self patted back is just fine. This Hart guy was in trouble after 17.Rxe7 and then opened the flood gates/c file with 18...c5 and Morphy came pouring in. Well, actually said Hart guy was in trouble after 1.e4. |
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| Sep-27-08 | | newzild: Well, I'm sorry to be the leper at the party, but I think this is a pretty average game and I'm not sure it deserves GOTD status. The opening was interesting, because I don't know much about the Scotch, but as I clicked through the game I predicted nearly all of Morphy's moves from move 14 onwards. I think they were pretty obvious attacking moves that any half-decent player rated 2000 elo or more would make. |
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| Sep-27-08 | | hpavlo: Right, but the reason they were 'obvious' moves was because any half-decent player rated 2000 elo or more has Morphy's legacy to fall back on; don't they? |
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| Sep-27-08 | | BipolarChessorder: More like a smashed, or pulverized Hart. |
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Sep-27-08
 | | TheDestruktor: <newzild> Today, every player has Morphy's games (and much more) to study. Morphy did not have the games from the masters of the present to study. |
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Sep-27-08
 | | playground player: Now Morphy is faulted for making "obvious" and "predictable" moves against a so-so player! Is a master expected to produce brilliancies against every opponent? And I love the way a 2000 elo rating is tossed around like it was nothing special: as if most of us kibitzers were at least that high in the ratings, and Morphy would be lucky indeed if he lasted a dozen moves against one of us. Take away the computer from the modern chess player, and I wonder how much chess is left. |
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| Sep-27-08 | | malbase: According to sources this game was played in was a Simlu. by Morphy in 1857. |
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| Sep-27-08 | | newzild: Hey, I agree with everyone that Morphy was a great player. And it's true that Morphy couldn't study modern masters. All I'm saying is that, in my opinion, by modern standards, ie: by the standards of an average-to-strong club player, this is not a great game. |
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| Oct-03-08 | | wolfmaster: <chessgames.com> I don't see how you can pass on "Heart Beat"! |
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| Mar-12-09 | | WhiteRook48: how about 23 Nc7+? |
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| Jul-23-09 | | tentsewang: Wow!! what a match played by this genius guy "Morphy"... Just being realistic! |
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| Nov-18-12 | | Llawdogg: Good call, Kevin. |
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| Nov-18-12 | | joegalby: wonderfull !! |
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Mar-21-13
 | | shakespeare: wonderful game - and to all criticizing Morphy - this kind of play in an open position is moreless invented by him |
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sac: 17.Rxe7
