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Morphy, Paul vs Lewis, Frederic, 1858

Morphy won this London 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
Lewis, Frederic
Event
London
Year
1858
Result
1-0
Opening
C51 Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined
♜♝♚♞♜♟♟♟♟♛♟♟♟♝♞♟♟♝♟♞♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♛♜♚
Training position around move 5 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined (C51).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O Qe7 6. a4 Nxb4 7. a5 Bc5 8. c3 Nc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Rae1 Ne8 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 d6 20. f5 Nf6 21. Rf3 Qe5 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. f6 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 gxf6 26. Qh6 Qd7 27. Qxf6 Qg4 28. Qh8# 1-0

PGN

[Event "London"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [White "Morphy, Paul "] [Black "Lewis, Frederic"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O Qe7 6. a4 Nxb4 7. a5 Bc5 8. c3 Nc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Rae1 Ne8 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 d6 20. f5 Nf6 21. Rf3 Qe5 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. f6 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 gxf6 26. Qh6 Qd7 27. Qxf6 Qg4 28. Qh8# 1-0

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