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Paul Morphy vs Benjamin Chew Tilghman
Blindfold simul, 4b (1859) (blindfold), Philadelphia, PA USA, Nov-11
King's Gambit: Accepted. King's Knight Gambit (C37)  ·  1-0

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Apr-21-05  King John 5: Just keeps the attack going.
Jan-10-07  Rubenus: Why not 8...fxg5?
Jan-10-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: Here is an example of 8...fg.

U Kavcic vs R Tavcar, 1997

(Is Uros <the alchemist> by any chance?)

Jan-25-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  TheAlchemist: <keypusher> No, I don't have any games in the database yet. :-)
Feb-18-09  heuristic: annotators in 1898 :
4... d6. preferred Bg7
7... f6. knew that the WHT N was not threatened.
Feb-18-09  heuristic: mo' better moves :

9...fxg5 10.Bxg5 Qd7 11.Qd2 Bg7 12.Nc3

10...Bg7 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.Qd2 a6 13.Rae1

it looks like the game is over at this point!

Sep-04-12  Old King Cole: For ten moves (13-23), Morphy is behind in a far-seeing combination, but takes back control in this gem, one of four blindfold games.
Sep-04-12  RookFile: The power of the initiative.
Sep-18-12  expertattacker: MORPHY is the lion of kings gambit
Sep-18-12  schnarre: ...Morphy just devoured his opponent here!
Sep-18-12  rapidcitychess: It's funny, at the end of the combination, Black doesn't have a single piece to fight with anymore.
Dec-05-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <Chewed up, spat out>

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