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Morphy, Paul vs Hammond, G., 1859

Morphy won this USA tour 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
Hammond, G.
Event
USA tour sim
Year
1859
Result
1-0
Opening
C70 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Graz Variation
♜♝♛♚♞♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♞♟♝♟♟♝♞♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♛♚♜
Training position around move 5 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Graz Variation (C70).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 Qe7 9. Bd5 Bb7 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. cxd4 Kc8 17. Rc1 Nxd4 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qd5+ Nc6 20. a4 Kb6 21. a5+ Kb7 22. Ra3 1-0

PGN

[Event "USA tour sim"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1859.??.??"] [White "Morphy, Paul "] [Black "Hammond, G."] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 Qe7 9. Bd5 Bb7 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. cxd4 Kc8 17. Rc1 Nxd4 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qd5+ Nc6 20. a4 Kb6 21. a5+ Kb7 22. Ra3 1-0

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