Morphy Plays Without A Queen! What Are His Chances?

November 1, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Paul Morphy vs Charles Maurian
New Orleans (1854)
Chess variants (000) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. a5 Ba7 9. b5 axb5 10. Bxb5 O-O 11. d4 Nxe4 12. Re1 f5 13. Bb2 Qf6 14. a6 Ne7 15. axb7 Bxb7 16. Na3 Ng5 17. Nd2 e4 18. Nac4 f4 19. Na5 e3 20. Nf1 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Ne4+ 22. Kg1 f3 23. Nxb7 f2+ 24. Kh1 fxe1=Q 25. Rxe1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nd3
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