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Morphy, Paul vs Bornemann, 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
Bornemann
Event
Paris sim
Year
1858
Result
1-0
Opening
C30 King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation
♜♞♛♚♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♞♝♟♝♟♟♝♟♞♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♛♚♜
Training position around move 5 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation (C30).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. fxe5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 dxe5 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Rdf8 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bd8 19. Rhf1 Nd6 20. Bb3 Nb5 21. Qe3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Nb6+ cxb6 24. Be6 Rd5 25. Rf7 Ne7 26. Kb1 Re8 27. Rc1+ Nc7 28. Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. d5 Nc6 30. dxc6 Rxe3 31. cxd7+ Kb8 32. Rxc7 1-0

PGN

[Event "Paris sim"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [White "Morphy, Paul "] [Black "Bornemann"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. fxe5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 dxe5 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Rdf8 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bd8 19. Rhf1 Nd6 20. Bb3 Nb5 21. Qe3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Nb6+ cxb6 24. Be6 Rd5 25. Rf7 Ne7 26. Kb1 Re8 27. Rc1+ Nc7 28. Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. d5 Nc6 30. dxc6 Rxe3 31. cxd7+ Kb8 32. Rxc7 1-0

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