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Morphy, Paul vs Barnes, Thomas Wilson, 1858

Morphy won this London m1 game as White. 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
Morphy, Paul
Black
Barnes, Thomas Wilson
Event
London m1
Year
1858
Result
1-0
Opening
C41 Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit
♜♞♝♛♚♞♜♟♟♟♝♟♟♟♟♝♟♟♟♞♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♛♚♜
Training position around move 5 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit (C41).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d3 6. Qb3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qxb7 Nd7 9. Qb5 Nf6 10. Ng5 Rb8 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Nxe6 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qc4+ Kh8 15. O-O Ng4 16. f4 d2 17. Bxd2 Rxb2 18. a3 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Ne3 20. Qe2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qd7 22. Nc4 Qb5 23. e5 Bh4 24. f5 Be7 25. Qg4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. e6 1-0

PGN

[Event "London m1"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [White "Morphy, Paul "] [Black "Barnes, Thomas Wilson"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d3 6. Qb3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qxb7 Nd7 9. Qb5 Nf6 10. Ng5 Rb8 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Nxe6 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qc4+ Kh8 15. O-O Ng4 16. f4 d2 17. Bxd2 Rxb2 18. a3 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Ne3 20. Qe2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qd7 22. Nc4 Qb5 23. e5 Bh4 24. f5 Be7 25. Qg4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. e6 1-0

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