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Paul Morphy vs James Thompson
Knight Odds match (1859) (unorthodox), New York, NY USA, rd 6, Jun-??
Chess variants (000)  ·  1-0

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Jan-28-09  WhiteRook48: 51. Kf7! is clever.
Feb-08-09  WhiteRook48: but all of Morphy's moves are clever- well, mostly
Mar-13-09  WhiteRook48: I imagine Morphy was tired of 1. e4 by now

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