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Paul Morphy vs Charles Maurian
Odds game (1866) (unorthodox), New Orleans, LA USA, Dec-09
Chess variants (000)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 ⩲ +0.51 (37 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) after 3...Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Re1 Bb6 8.Nbd2 better is 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a5 6.O-O d6 7.h3 O-O 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bb5 = +0.34 (33 ply)= -0.38 (32 ply) 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.g4 h6 9.f3 d6 = 0.00 (32 ply) ⩱ -1.46 (32 ply)better is 7.O-O O-O 8.Qh5 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bd3 f6 11.b4 fxg5 ⩱ -1.15 (31 ply) ∓ -1.70 (33 ply)better is 8.Qe2 d6 9.Na3 O-O 10.Nf3 Kh8 11.h3 Ng8 12.Bb3 a5 ⩱ -1.23 (29 ply) 8...Qg6 9.Qxg6 hxg6 10.a4 f6 11.Nf3 a5 12.Na3 g5 13.Nc2 ∓ -1.90 (34 ply) 9.a4 d6 10.h3 a5 11.Na3 Nd8 12.Kh2 Qg6 13.Qxg6 hxg6 ⩱ -0.66 (32 ply) ⩱ -1.46 (34 ply) after 9...d6 10.h3 Qg6 11.Qxg6 hxg6 12.Na3 Kh8 13.Be3 Bxe3 10.Qxg6 hxg6 11.a4 Kh8 12.h3 f6 13.Nf3 d6 14.Kg1 g5 ⩱ -1.08 (35 ply) ∓ -2.31 (32 ply) 12.Nf3 f5 13.Nbd2 a5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Bd3 Qh5 16.Nc4 Bc5 ∓ -1.90 (34 ply)-+ -4.29 (35 ply) after 12...Na5 13.Bd3 f6 14.Nf3 Nxg4 15.Na3 Be6 16.b4 Nc6 13.Ne6 Re8 14.f4 Bxe6 15.Bxe6 exf4 16.Bd5 Ne7 17.Bb3 Be3 -+ -3.29 (39 ply)-+ -5.81 (34 ply) 15...d5 16.Nh2 dxc4 17.Qg3 Be6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Kg2 Rad8 -+ -6.04 (34 ply)= -0.13 (40 ply) 20...Rf5 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Rf2 23.Na3 Ne7 24.Bb3 Rxb2 = 0.00 (39 ply) 21.Nd2 e3 22.Ne4 Rxb2 23.Rg1 e2 24.Re1 Nd4 25.cxd4 d5 +- +2.99 (36 ply) 21...Rxb2 22.Rg3 Rxb1+ 23.Kh2 Rb2+ 24.Kh1 = 0.00 (47 ply) ± +2.16 (36 ply)24.Na3 Kh7 25.Rg3 Rxg5 26.Rxg5 Kh6 27.Rg3 Ne7 28.Bf7 c6 ± +2.46 (33 ply)0-1

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Dec-12-23  Sebastian88: Morphy lost the game, but it must be recognized that he played more accurately than his opponent. Even in the final position, winning would not be easy for black, because they lose the rook: 23...♖h5! 24. ♖g3 e3 25. ♗e2!

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