Against ALL Odds! || Morphy vs Maurian (1854)

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This is the story of the birth of modern chess – when the possibilities of chess as an art, a science and a sport all converged.
The point of convergence was a young boy from Louisiana named Paul Morphy. At a time when America was seen as a backwoods nation with little cultural history and even less intellectual impetus, at a time when chess was considered the exclusive property of a few European countries, at a time when the game was played successfully by a handful of men wizened by years, Paul Morphy, in the brief span of 19 months and with seemingly little effort, defeated conclusively every player he met.
While today few non chess players even know his name, he was one of the most famous celebrities of his time and within the hallowed halls of the chess playing community he is considered by some as the greatest chess player of all time.
But this diminutive, unassuming boy rose to fame almost out of nowhere and once he secured his place in history, he retired back into that hazy unknown, shunning the public eye, never again to play serious chess. Not only was he one of great practitioners of the game, but also one of it’s greatest enigmas. He’s been given the sobriquet, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess.

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Paul Morphy vs Charles Maurian
“Against All Odds” (game of the day Jun-16-2008)
New Orleans (1854) (unorthodox)
Chess variants (000)

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. Nf3 Nec6 5. g4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. c3 f5 8. ef6 Bf6 9. h4 Na5 10. g5 Be7 11. h5 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Qc2 h6 14. gh6 gh6 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Rg6 Rf6 17. Qg2 Qf8 18. Nh4 Qf7 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Bg5 Rfg6 22. Ng6 Rg6 23. hg6 Qg7 24. Qh1 Kg8 25. f6

Materials used in research:
Paul Morphy: Pride and Sorrow of Chess by David Lawson
The Genious Of Paul Morphy by Chris Ward

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