Paul Morphy vs NN (1857)

Paul Morphy vs NN
New York USA 1857 · Chess variants (000) · 1-0

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Jun-18-10		laskerdog: I may be an ignorant, but this is anyhow a brutal performance.

Jun-18-10		Chessdreamer: identical with Steinitz vs Rock, 1863.

Dec-08-10		muratski: what a beauty! Incredible!

Jun-12-11		lemonadepawn: Morphy was something.

Dec-19-11		Garech: Morphy at his spellbinding best. Cheers, -Garech

May-02-12		ninja warrior: what makes this game even more amazing is that morphy starts down a rook. =D

Jul-31-12		andyatchess: Forced from 13. exf7+ of course

Aug-26-12		backrank: <Chessdreamer: identical with Steinitz vs Rock, 1863.> Since it's very unlikely for this particular game to have happened twice, it seems to me that it has been falsely attributed to Morphy and he has in fact never played this game. It may come as a terrible disappointment for Morphy fans, but it was indeed Steinitz who played like Morphy here, and in fact he WAS able to play this way, and he did so several times during his early years.

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