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Morphy, Paul vs NN, 1856

Morphy won this New Orleans 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
NN
Event
New Orleans
Year
1856
Result
1-0
Opening
C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation
♜♞♝♚♞♜♟♟♟♟♟♝♟♟♝♟♟♛♞♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♝♛♚♞♜
Training position around move 5 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation (C33).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nd5 Kd8 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nxf6 Bxf6 11. e5 Bg7 12. h4 f6 13. Kg1 g4 14. Nh2 fxe5 15. Nxg4 exd4 16. Bxf4 Rf8 17. Bg5+ Ne7 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Nf7# 1-0

PGN

[Event "New Orleans"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1856.??.??"] [White "Morphy, Paul "] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nd5 Kd8 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nxf6 Bxf6 11. e5 Bg7 12. h4 f6 13. Kg1 g4 14. Nh2 fxe5 15. Nxg4 exd4 16. Bxf4 Rf8 17. Bg5+ Ne7 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Nf7# 1-0

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