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Morphy's Missed Mate

Morphy's Missed Mate

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t

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GP has already showed this in his blog but I don't think he covered this line. Morphy missed TWO mates!!!!!! 😲

c

USA

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I remember Yasser Seirawan going over this game in his book Winning Chess Tactics . His explanation for the missed mates was "Morphy got lazy".

Paul Leggett
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As a challenge- and league-playing member of The Morphy's Maniacs Clan, I can say that missing mates is a tradition that we still honor, every day!

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