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Morphy Problem + New Grading System

Morphy Problem + New Grading System

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Oh no? Well could you clue me in?

Edit: Ok, I'm an idiot, I admit it.

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That is good SG.

I like idea of you finding a Morphy loss to select the moves from.
He himself I'm sure would have liked that too.

A possible whole new Genre of Chess Problems can be created using the moves
played by famous players.

You could even choose an opening for the key moves . Though I'm sure Loyd
did a mate in 3 with The Ruy Lopez Theme.
The solution was 1.e4 2.Nf3. 3Bb5 mate.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
I like idea of you finding a Morphy loss to select the moves from.
He himself I'm sure would have liked that too.
Truth be told - I composed the problem first. Only once it was sound did I go look up the moves. As many games as Morphy played, I'm sure he has played about every legal move under the sun at some point.

[Obviously, I was careful to avoid any key or continuations that were unlikely to match up to moves from a real game, like axb8=N or even Na1 🙂]

The fact that I pulled my key move from a Morphy's loss is entirely coincidental.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
Truth be told - I composed the problem first.
I'm planning to play over 100 Morphy Brilliancies first, then pick his most beautiful moves, and incorporate them all in a most wonderful composition.