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Morphy, Paul vs Medley, George Webb, 1858

Morphy won this London m4 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
Medley, George Webb
Event
London m4
Year
1858
Result
1-0
Opening
C39 King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense
♜♞♝♛♚♝♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♞♞♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♛♚♝♜
Training position around move 5 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense (C39).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Nxf4 Ng3 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Bg5 Bb4+ 14. c3 Qd6 15. O-O Ng7 16. Rxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxg4 Ne7 18. Re1 h5 19. Qf3 Rh7 20. Bb5+ c6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc6+ Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Bxa8 1-0

PGN

[Event "London m4"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [White "Morphy, Paul "] [Black "Medley, George Webb"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Nxf4 Ng3 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Bg5 Bb4+ 14. c3 Qd6 15. O-O Ng7 16. Rxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxg4 Ne7 18. Re1 h5 19. Qf3 Rh7 20. Bb5+ c6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc6+ Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Bxa8 1-0

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