Paul Morphy Crushes His Opponent By Sacrificing His Pieces One After Another

April 27, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Paul Morphy vs Thomas Herbert Worrall
New York (1857) C37: King’s Gambit Accepted, Lolli gambit, Young variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 ef4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gf3 6. O-O Bh6 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Bf7 Kf7 9. Qh5 Kg7 10. Bf4 Bf4 11. Rf4 Nh6 12. Raf1 Qe8 13. Qh4 d6 14. Qf6 Kg8 15. Qh6 Bd7 16. R4f3 Ne7 17. h4 Ng6 18. h5 Bg4 19. hg6 hg6 20. Rf8 Qf8 21. Rf8 Rf8 22. Qg6#
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