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Morphy, Paul vs NN, 1858

Morphy won this New Orleans 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
NN
Event
New Orleans sim
Year
1858
Result
1-0
Opening
C56 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux Variation
♜♝♛♚♝♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♞♞♟♞♝♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♛♚♜
Training position around move 5 — start guessing Morphy's moves from here.

Opening reference: Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux Variation (C56).

Move score

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. Nc3 dxc3 11. Re1+ Ne5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5+ Kxe5 15. Re1+ Kd4 16. Bxd5 Re8 17. Qd3+ Kc5 18. b4+ Kxb4 19. Qd4+ Ka5 20. Qxc3+ Ka4 21. Qb3+ Ka5 22. Qa3+ Kb6 23. Rb1# 1-0

PGN

[Event "New Orleans sim"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [White "Morphy, Paul "] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. Nc3 dxc3 11. Re1+ Ne5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5+ Kxe5 15. Re1+ Kd4 16. Bxd5 Re8 17. Qd3+ Kc5 18. b4+ Kxb4 19. Qd4+ Ka5 20. Qxc3+ Ka4 21. Qb3+ Ka5 22. Qa3+ Kb6 23. Rb1# 1-0

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