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Paul Morphy vs Moncure Conway
Odds game (1859) (unorthodox), New York, NY USA, Jul-??
King's Gambit: Accepted. Ghulam-Kassim Gambit (000)  ·  1-0

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Apr-07-21
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  MissScarlett: A Morphy game with no kibitzing? Surprising!
Aug-13-21
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  kingscrusher: 9.Bxf7+ by Morphy is super accurate and avoids and prevention of "killer common squares". Sometimes one might think such a move is just a little flash and possibly unnecessary, but here it really does remove defensive capabilities.

If for example 9.Qxf4 had been played instead then black has f5 winning:

Paul Morphy - Moncure Daniel Conway 1-0 0.0, New York New York, NY USA 1859


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Analysis by Stockfish 14:

1. -+ (-6.73): 9...f5 10.exf5 d5 11.f6 Qd6 12.Qg5 Rf8 13.fxe7 Rxf1+ 14.Bxf1 Be6 15.Bd3 Qxe7 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Bxh7 Kf6 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.c3 Re8 20.Nd2 Bg4 21.Bb5 Bh5 22.a4 Re1+ 23.Kf2 Rd1 24.Nb3 Rb1 25.Bxc6 Rxb2+ 26.Nd2

Great stuff by Morphy and showing the real dangers of the King's Gambit.

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