One of Robert’s Favorite Chess Games
For your enjoyment and edification, here’s a chess game that the American chess genius Paul Morphy played against two noblemen during intermission at the Paris Opera in 1858.
Morphy was a brilliant attacking player who liked to mobilize his pieces quickly and go straight for checkmate. Many of his games end in fireworks. (They’re well worth studying; you can find this one and others on the Web at www . chessgames . com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16002 .)
Date: October 11, 2009
Categories: Chess
