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Paul Morphy vs Charles Maurian
Knight Odds (1869) (unorthodox), New Orleans USA
Chess variants (000)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Be7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 Nc6 = +0.21 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.83 (36 ply) after 4.dxe5 Nd7 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Qf6 8.Qd2 5.h3 Bh5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 Bxd1 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Bxg8 ⩲ +0.92 (25 ply) 5...Ngf6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.g4 Bg6 = +0.12 (29 ply) 6.Qxf3 Ngf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Rd1 c6 10.Be3 a5 ⩲ +1.19 (30 ply)better is 6...Ngf6 7.Qb3 d5 8.Bxd5 Nxd5 9.Qxd5 Qf6 10.Rg1 c6 = +0.06 (30 ply)better is 7.Bb3 g6 8.a4 a6 9.Qe2 Qh4 10.Be3 Bh6 11.Kd1 Nf6 ⩲ +0.62 (27 ply) 7...g6 8.a4 Nd7 9.f4 Bh6 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Na3 Qh4 = -0.06 (28 ply)better is 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 Nf6 10.exf5 c6 11.Be3 Nfd7 12.Rg1 Qc7 ± +1.51 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.80 (20 ply) after 8...Nf6 9.a4 a5 10.exf5 Qe7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Qb5 Qe8 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Nf6 11.Nc4 Nfd7 12.Bd2 g6 13.h4 Bg7 14.h5 ⩲ +1.07 (30 ply)= 0.00 (34 ply) 10...Kf7 11.Bc4+ Nxc4 12.Qxc4+ Kf6 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.e5+ = 0.00 (33 ply) 11.Qxb7 Ngf6 12.Bc4 Bd6 13.Qa6 Nb8 14.Qb5+ Nbd7 15.a4 a5 ± +1.72 (30 ply) 11...exf4 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qxa7 Nc6 15.Qa4 Nce5 -+ -2.89 (32 ply) ⩱ -0.98 (31 ply) 14...Ng6 15.Nd2 Ne5 16.Bb5 a6 17.Bc4 Ke7 18.Be2 g6 19.Qd4 ∓ -1.59 (32 ply) 15.Nd2 Be7 16.Qc6 Nb6 17.Qe6 Qc7 18.a4 Nc5 19.Bb5+ Nbd7 ⩱ -0.72 (29 ply) ∓ -1.62 (33 ply) after 15...Nb6 16.Qb3 a6 17.Bxd7+ Nxd7 18.Qd5 Be7 19.Nd2 Bf6 better is 16.Qd1 a6 17.Be2 Qh4 18.Qb3 Bc5 19.Rf1 Ne5 20.Na3 Rd8 ⩱ -1.43 (31 ply) 16...Qg5 17.Bxd7+ Nxd7 18.Nd2 Bc5 19.Qd5 Qxd5 20.exd5 ∓ -2.04 (31 ply) 17.e5 Qc7 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.Qxf4+ Kg8 20.Nd2 Rc8 21.Qe4 = -0.31 (34 ply)better is 17...Kg6 18.Rg1+ Kh6 19.Be2 Qe7 20.Na3 Ne5 21.O-O-O Qf6 ∓ -1.96 (34 ply) ⩱ -1.37 (27 ply) 18...Ke7 19.Qd5 Rc8 20.Nd2 Nc5 21.b3 Qxd5 22.exd5 Kd7 ⩱ -1.47 (32 ply)= -0.50 (32 ply) after 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.b4 Nd7 21.e5 Nb6 22.Qxf4 Be7 23.Ne4 Rf8 21.Nd2 Qc6 22.Qd4 Rg8 23.Kb1 Be7 24.Nb3 Nb6 25.Qe5 Qf6 ⩱ -0.57 (31 ply) ∓ -1.61 (31 ply) 22...Be7 23.Qg3 g6 24.Nd2 Nc5 25.Nc4 Nd3+ 26.Rxd3 Qxc4 ⩱ -1.38 (33 ply) 23.Nxa3 Qh6 24.Qxh6 gxh6 25.Nb5 Rc5 26.Nd6+ Ke7 27.f4 +- +8.09 (33 ply) 23...Be7 24.Qc2 Rd8 25.Rhe1 g6 26.Qe2 Bg5+ 27.Nd2 Nc5 ∓ -1.55 (32 ply)+- +23.74 (32 ply) after 24.Nxc3 Nb6 25.bxa3 Rf8 26.Kb1 Kf7 27.Nb5 Kg8 28.Nxa7 25.Nxc3 Be7 26.Rhe1 Nc5 27.Nb5 Kf7 28.Rd5 Ne6 29.Nd6+ +- +8.05 (31 ply)-+ -5.47 (30 ply)39.Ka5 h4 40.Ra8 Rb8 41.Rxb8 Nxb8 42.a7 Nc6+ 43.Kb6 Nxa7 -+ mate-in-160-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-11-11  theagenbiteofinwit: Too much swagger on the great Morphy's part on this one. Playing 6.gxf3 without putting a rook on the file!
Aug-14-18  Dr Winston OBoogie: He got very lucky. A monumental cock up at the end from white. So many questionable moves I had to let the engine take a look.

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