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Paul Morphy vs Augustus Mongredien
Morphy - Mongredien (1859), Paris FRA, rd 4, Mar-??
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Polerio Defense Kieseritsky Variation (C58)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 7...e4 8.Qe2 Nxc4 9.dxc4 Bb4+ 10.Nfd2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 = 0.00 (28 ply) ⩲ +1.15 (25 ply) after 8.Bb5+ c6 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Ba4 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 9...Bb4+ 10.c3 Nxc4 11.dxc4 Bd6 12.Be3 e4 13.Qe2 O-O ⩲ +0.91 (24 ply) ± +1.83 (24 ply)better is 10...Kf8 11.Bd2 c6 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qxc6 Rc8 ± +1.62 (27 ply) ± +2.24 (25 ply)better is 14.Qb7+ Qc7 15.Qxc7+ Bxc7 16.Nd2 Nd5 17.Nc4 Rab8 18.Bd2 ± +2.20 (25 ply) ± +1.69 (25 ply) after 14...Re8 15.O-O Kf8 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Kg8 18.Bd2 a5 better is 15.Qa4 Qb6 16.O-O Rhd8 17.Qh4 Bc5 18.Re1 Kf8 19.Na4 Qe6 ± +2.15 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.42 (24 ply) 17...Kg8 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Qb6 20.Bc3 Bc5 21.Rae1 Re6 ± +1.71 (24 ply)+- +3.26 (22 ply) 21...Qf6 22.Qxf6+ Kxf6 23.Ne4+ Ke6 24.Bc3 f5 25.Nxd6 ± +2.50 (24 ply)+- +3.85 (26 ply)29...Rdc6 30.c4 e4 31.Bxf8+ Kxf8 32.Rh8+ Kf7 33.R8h7+ +- +2.96 (25 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-19-12  e4 resigns: Morphy seemed to have a strong sense of defense: when your opponent has the initiate for pawn sacrifices, seek exchanges.
Jun-20-12  Llawdogg: When ahead in material, exchange as many pieces as possible, especially queens.
Jul-13-12  e4 resigns: Sorry I didn't make that more clear,
Usually in pieces, not so much in pawns (there are exceptions)
Aug-13-18  Isilimela: Paul Morphy
1 Inaccuracies
0 Mistakes
0 Blunders
10 Average centipawn loss

Perfection - more or less!

Jan-27-20  sea7kenp: I like 29 Bb4, which X-Rays Black's Knight behind his Rook. After 29 ... Rd8, White continues the Piece Exchanges mentioned earlier, leveraging his extra Pawns.

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