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Morphy, Paul vs Baucher, H., 1858

Morphy won this Paris sim 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
Baucher, H.
Event
Paris sim
Year
1858
Result
1-0
Opening
C41 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation
♜♛♚♝♞♜♟♟♟♝♟♟♟♞♟♝♛♟♞♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♚♜
Training position around move 5 — 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. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nh6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc4+ Kh8 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rf7 14. f4 a5 15. f5 Rff8 16. Ne6 Rg8 17. a4 Ng4 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rf3 Bd7 22. Rh3 h6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Qxd7 Bd6 25. Rxh6+ Kxh6 26. Rd3 Kh5 27. Qf7+ 1-0

PGN

[Event "Paris sim"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [White "Morphy, Paul "] [Black "Baucher, H."] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nh6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc4+ Kh8 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rf7 14. f4 a5 15. f5 Rff8 16. Ne6 Rg8 17. a4 Ng4 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rf3 Bd7 22. Rh3 h6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Qxd7 Bd6 25. Rxh6+ Kxh6 26. Rd3 Kh5 27. Qf7+ 1-0

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