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Barnes, Thomas Wilson vs Morphy, Paul , 1858

Morphy won this London m1 game as Black. LibreChess uses games like this for the daily Guess-the-Move trainer: you replay the opening, then try to find the master’s moves yourself.

White
Barnes, Thomas Wilson
Black
Morphy, Paul
Event
London m1
Year
1858
Result
0-1
Opening
C41 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation
♜♞♝♛♚♜♟♟♟♝♟♟♟♟♞♞♟♞♝♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♝♛♚♜
Training position around move 6 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (C41).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nde2 Nc6 9. f4 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. g4 Nb4 15. b3 d5 16. Kh1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bxb7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Be3 Qc6+ 22. Kh2 Bd4 0-1

PGN

[Event "London m1"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [White "Barnes, Thomas Wilson"] [Black "Morphy, Paul "] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nde2 Nc6 9. f4 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. g4 Nb4 15. b3 d5 16. Kh1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bxb7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Be3 Qc6+ 22. Kh2 Bd4 0-1

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