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12 of Paul Morphy's Greatest Games! | The Dynamic Dozen

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CCSCSL Staff

on November 29, 2021 in

Expert Arjun Puri is back with a dozen more chess items. See twelve of the best Paul Morphy games ever, even those played with piece odds.

2021.11.22
James McConnell vs Paul Morphy, New Orleans (1849): C38 King's Gambit Accepted
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1075508
John William Schulten vs Paul Morphy, New York (1857): C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer, Morphy gambit
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1075588
Paul Morphy vs A D Ayers, Casual game (1855): C52 Evans gambit, Tartakower attack
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1227704
Paul Morphy vs Adolf Anderssen, Anderssen - Morphy (1858): B44 Sicilian, Szen (`anti-Taimanov') variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019056
Paul Morphy vs Adolf Anderssen, Casual game (1858): C39 King's Gambit Accepted, Kieseritsky, Berlin defence
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019060
Louis Paulsen vs Paul Morphy, 1st American Chess Congress (1857): C48 Four knights, Spanish, classical defence
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1242884
Paul Morphy vs Thomas Worrall, New York (1857): C37 King's Gambit Accepted, Ghulam Kassim gambit
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1238154
Napoleon Marache vs Paul Morphy, New York (1857): C52 Evans gambit
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1227720
Paul Morphy vs Hubert Knott, Casual game (1859): C37 King's Gambit Accepted, Ghulam Kassim gambit
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1075605
Paul Morphy vs Alonzo Morphy, New Orleans ? (1850): C57 two knights defence, Fegatello attack
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1238144
Paul Morphy vs George Salmon, Blindfold simul, 8b (1858): C51 Evans counter-gambit
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1227744
Paul Morphy vs NN, Blindfold simul, 6b (1858): C34 King's Gambit Accepted
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1075140

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