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Meek, Alexander Beaufort vs Morphy, Paul , 1857

Morphy won this USA-01.Congress 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
Meek, Alexander Beaufort
Black
Morphy, Paul
Event
USA-01.Congress
Year
1857
Result
0-1
Opening
C44 Scotch Game: Göring Gambit
♜♝♛♚♞♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♞♝♝♟♞♞♟♟♟♟♟♜♝♛♚♜
Training position around move 6 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: Scotch Game: Göring Gambit (C44).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bb5 Ne7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qh5 h6 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. g4 Nce5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. g5 Qd4 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Bxc5 Qxb2 17. O-O Qxc3 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Bc4 Nf4 21. Qd1 Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. gxh6 Bxc4 25. h7+ Kxh7 26. Qg4 Qh6+ 27. Kg1 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rd8 29. a4 Rd6 30. f3 Rg6 31. Kf2 0-1

PGN

[Event "USA-01.Congress"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1857.??.??"] [White "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"] [Black "Morphy, Paul "] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bb5 Ne7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qh5 h6 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. g4 Nce5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. g5 Qd4 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Bxc5 Qxb2 17. O-O Qxc3 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Bc4 Nf4 21. Qd1 Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. gxh6 Bxc4 25. h7+ Kxh7 26. Qg4 Qh6+ 27. Kg1 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rd8 29. a4 Rd6 30. f3 Rg6 31. Kf2 0-1

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