{"id":4505,"date":"2009-10-11T08:32:08","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musefanpage.com\/blog\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2009-10-11T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T13:54:46","slug":"one-of-roberts-favorite-chess-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/?p=4505","title":{"rendered":"One of Robert’s Favorite Chess Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n


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\nMorphy 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 .)
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\n[Event “Casual Game at the Opera”]
\n[Site “Paris”]
\n[Date “1858.07.02”]
\n[White “Paul Morphy”]
\n[Black “Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard”]
\n[CBBWhiteId “*”]
\n[CBBBlackId “*”]
\n[Result “1-0”]
\n1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8++<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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