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Shall we see Louis Paulsen against Paul Morphy in 1857, the first American chess Congress round for
So we see E4 from Paulson E5 might have 39369c316 The 4/9 variation Bishop B five Bishops C five both
sides Castle and now Knight tanks e5 We have rookie eight If Black plate Knight tanks e5 d4 is going
to be okay.
Actually after f4 this position Bishop b4 he takes f6 it ends up being about equal.
So okay, we have rook eights though.
Knight take C six is in accuracy here.
It seems White could have had a small edge, but our emphasis really isn't on the opening theory at
this time.
In 1857, opening fair, he wasn't so evolved.
But just for the record, Knight takes E4.
Here is a better version of events than what happened in the game.
C3 is absolutely playable in this position as example.
And then default.
This would be a very logical way of playing 95 bishop defray and blacks having to defend a little bit.
Whites going to have a nice advantage here.
So not afraid was actually the way to go.
We see though Knight 66 now this does activate blacks queen on this default so that's interesting to
consider here.
Bishop C-4 is actually a little bit of an inaccuracy as well.
Bishop E to two takes E4.
This position with the frame should be about even the way it's played though with Bishop C4 allows now
B5.
Even stronger here.
There's an even stronger move because Bishop Ito would have looked after G4.
It's like there's no defender around the king.
There are attacking gradients in this position.
Without that defender around the king, H2 is more of a soft spot.
And in fact here Knight G4 is very, very strong.
So for example H3 Knight takes F2 as possible and if the king is brought out here, we can simply play
Czech and take the bishop with advantage if Queen are free.
This is nasty, not E5 protecting f7 hitting queen and bishop.
And with the F2 pawn pins Bishop G4 is lethal.
It's winning material F3 the Queen moves.
Then the knight will take the bishop.
If we look at this again with Queen H five G6 and this position, King G seven and Black's just winning
that piece with no controversy.
So anyway, B5 though was played Bishop E2 and we have black getting the pawn back.
So Knight takes Rook takes.
So Bishop F3 is played.
We have Rook e6.
One thing about Bishop F3 there is a bit of a weakness of the last move.
It doesn't handle D3 and in fact White accentuates that.
Now with C3 this is actually an inaccuracy here.
D4 had to be played so Gambit King here a pawn.
But the thing is black's got double pawn so it's not that significant as you might think.
White's actually got a small edge here with all this pressure on the queenside in this position back
row so that should have been played this this kind of gambit here.
D4 But anyway we have C4 and this weakens D3 even more.
And guess what?
Paul Morphy plays here for five points.
Okay, Queen D Friend, this kind of sits on White's possession makes it making it difficult to write
pieces.
We have be4 Bishop Be6.
Bishop de sex is also to the point where about an every night h two is a softer spot than usual.
For example, if a4 B takes and if Queen takes black has Bishop takes H to check and Queen takes F one.
Another example if h for a bishop a6 rookie one rook tanks E, one queen tank, C one Bishop b5 and
White's kind of in a huge bind.
But anyway, Bishop B6 was played a fool, which doesn't help matters.
One should have challenged authority on this file with rookie one.
And in this way White would have reached the position which is about even actually, even though the
bishop seems to be terribly placed.
This is not necessarily the end of the world when there's a move like A4 coming up.
And this situation, for example, one has a, you know, possibilities now with A4 loose.
So that would be about even.
But A4 here is a mistake and it leads to a situation now after B tanks, which is very interesting,
Queen takes his plate.
B5 would have been better if Rook be this position with C4 offering a pawn taking out A4.
This would have been a better version of events, but with Queen thanks A4 we reach a very bad version
of events indeed.
Bishop D7 we have rook to.
If.
Queen a six here.
There's Queen Jesus.
This is also, you know, a plausible possibility where it might actually be.
Definitely improving on the game potentially for equality.
Yeah, it's interesting stuff.
See five here.
Bishop, thanks.
It's not really such a big deal.
It could end up inequality.
So, yeah, it seems as though Queen 86 had to be played here.
But Rook too.
And now, yeah, the full authority makes itself immediately felt tactically this authority because
what is black France thing?
If you had another move here, what would you be fretting.
I'll test you with a tree, which doesn't actually make much difference.
From giving the king H to.
But we have queen takes F one check here unless one's to give up a rook.
This way is just mating with that final authority.
So the fall of 40 gives us killer common squares, immediate tactical possibilities.
So we have.
Yeah, this is a great move.
Not just positional, but also very attacking.
Now, Queen A six was played to try and parry the possibilities of Queen F one.
But here, Paul Morphy apparently took over 12 minutes on this move, this next move.
So if he plays the routine you know, queen sex F1 now it doesn't work.
Queen takes F1 this position C4 and why it has the advantage actually.
So he has to be careful.
So he's got full authority.
So what would you play in this position for?
100 points.
So a classic, iconic move.
From one of the greatest early attackers of the game of chess only attacking players.
You could argue Paul Morphy was head and shoulders above his contemporaries.
Queen sites are free.
Was played.
To be fair, Paulson was also ahead of his time in many respects, by the way, and sit in Paulson version.
He had a lot of ideas ahead of his time.
But in this game, yeah, things have gone wrong.
After Queen takes affray, we have g tanks and now other elements.
Here we can King Rook G6 Jack And with a week in King we're slicing for on the line.
Squires head Bishop H free is menacing.
We have rook d one If Queen C4 Black has Bishop G to check and Bishop takes her phrase mating, it's
going to be amazing off the queen G4.
Routines for his mates.
If rookie one this is fun, Black can actually just take on g one hair and this is amazing.
That or there's another way for my Bishop G to check nudging the rook off the back row and then check
here and then it's mating.
So fun.
Cute stuff based on the authority of the file that really helps as an attacking ingredient.
So we have rook D one though.
Bishop G2 check.
King G one bishop takes her free check King F one.
And now there's actually a very quick mating for which was missed.
Can you see what that is?
This is in the art of Checkmate.
Yeah, there's a very precise move here, which is a very quick chap.
May actually rook g to.
Doesn't matter what won't dance, won't get mated here.
The basic mechanism.
Well these pieces are asleep.
If we look around the boards, these guys are not really doing anything about this slow motion car crash.
Queen Rook takes them.
Rook h one.
So what does White do?
So say Queenie, too.
That's desperate looking.
That's not going to help.
We've rook tanks h to here.
It doesn't matter if this rooks taken it.
Still rook H1 mate time.
So, yes, that would have been an absolutely devastating move.
And.
Yeah, it's it's and also you know, there's pressure on F2 so rookie one rookie takes F2 cheque and
then we've got a back row mate there.
That doesn't help.
So yeah, this would be a quick mate in for this move Rook due to.
Okay so morphy's just human after all.
But he plays Bishop G2 check.
Bishop H Free check.
King H one.
Another stellar mate on the board.
Actually, Air Force mate Morphy plays Bishop, takes F2.
If he plays Bishop, G2.
Check.
Can you see how Black knights here by force?
This is a cute one as well.
Demonstrating fine authority does help and other things.
What is black playing here, you think?
Yeah.
Bishop E4 check.
And.
The thing is, if King if one bishop F5 and that photo point is translating into taken away escape squares
of the opponent's king on this occasion.
So there's a huge effectiveness of Bishop H3 being a mate frat.
What does white do here?
Queenie TSU doesn't really matter shielding E-1 because Bishop h3 Shack Road G1 is mating.
So that's fascinating as well.
But game on with Bishop takes after this is still very good for black Queen F1.
So if the for bishop G2 is checkmate, so Queen F1 Bishop takes F1.
Paul Morphy's is the exchange up here and also his two pawns up and he plays rookie to It's a winning
position basically.
Rook one and rook six starting to get coordination on that.
H two square we have d4 if King G2 Bishop b6 check this position with rook e takes h to King e4 here.
This is just going to be winning for black pretty soon after A5 King of seven.
This is just winning for black.
This end game scenario, there's lots of extra pawns for black.
So D4 was tried and now.
Yeah, a really nice move to finish off.
So what would you play here for?
Ten points.
It finishes off the game.
Move 28.
Okay.
Bishop free killer common square on H two is leading to a checkmate.
Potentially.
If Bishop takes E3, we see Rook H takes H two and a classic checkmate with the two rooks.
If Rook have two, well, just take one F to this position.
We're going to win the rook on a one that's winning as well.
So an interesting game.
OC Paul Morphy is not the most clinical.
He's not like a supercomputer, but this game does spring to mind as a fantastic example of follow authority
that emerges among other attack ingredients.
It's not just one attacking ingredient.
There's multiple, you know, whites see free move inviting this this queen, which essentially sits
on the position in a menacing way.
So, you know, white's potentially getting in a bad way.
You know, there are improvements like Bishop D6 looking at each two here because there's other attacking
ingredients in this very game.
The fact that there's no knight on F3 H two is a bit softer than usual.
So these iconic games they do have multiple attacking ingredients which lend themselves to why certain
variations are actually really, really powerful.
Like Bishop D6.
Just bear that in mind.
The ingredients lead to concrete, you know, beautiful possibilities in their own right.
And but we do get this wonderful ingredient of the authority on the file.
But another ingredient is the structural damage of this queen sack, creating lots of interesting,
juicy, forcing moves around White's compromised king.
And, you know, the fall authority acts as a way of making sure the king hasn't really got an escape
exit through the e-file.
Okay, so Paul Morphy slipped up a little bit, not not using an optimal mate, but it's still an absolutely
iconic game.
The queen sacrifice was fundamentally sound, essentially.
So it's a brilliant move to have made in a game.
And yeah, okay, this is the final position.
So lots of interesting attacking ingredients actually to think about the queen sacrifice for structural
damage, the phone authority sitting on top of the opponent's possession, the soft spots on like H
two early on as well.
Lots of ingredients, interesting variations.
It's all pretty logical stuff based on the attacking ingredients.
But yeah, it is a spectacular game and iconic game, especially because of the Queen sacrifice.
Everyone loves the queen sack in general.
So okay, I hope you enjoyed this one and got some instructive points from it if you haven't seen it
before, especially your.