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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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Theodore Lichtenhein vs Paul Morphy
1st American Chess Congress (1857), New York, NY USA, rd 3, Oct-26
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. dc5 Bc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbd4 Ne4 12. Nc6 bc6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Nd2 Nd2 15. Qd2 dc4 16. Be4 Qd2 17. Kd2 Rb8 18. Be5 Rb5 19. Bc6 Rb6 20. b5 Bb7 21. Bc7 c3 22. Kc3 Bc6 23. Bb6 Bf6 24. Kd2 ab6 25. bc6 Ba1 26. Ra1 Rc8 27. a4 Rc6 28. a5 ba5 29. Ra5 g6 30. f3 Rb6 31. Rc5…
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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