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After years of playing Chess, I have finally had the oportunity to play the Morphy v. Duke of Brunswick game move for move!

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Has anyone else played this game on RHP?

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Sweet! 🙂

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Originally posted by znsho
After years of playing Chess, I have finally had the oportunity to play the Morphy v. Duke of Brunswick game move for move!

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Has anyone else played this game on RHP?
and, i take away all the credit by providing the link! 😀
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Originally posted by znsho
After years of playing Chess, I have finally had the oportunity to play the Morphy v. Duke of Brunswick game move for move!

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Has anyone else played this game on RHP?
wait a minute, you did this in a tournament game... isnt this fraud? 😲

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Clever mate.

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Originally posted by irontigran
wait a minute, you did this in a tournament game... isnt this fraud? 😲
How is it fraud? Many chess players know the famous game off by heart.

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Originally posted by znsho
How is it fraud? Many chess players know the famous game off by heart.
knowing games by heart is fine, i know all the moves to the immortal game for example, but... was this game fixed? you both didnt just happen to play all the moves to the great opera game, you planned it ahead of time. just curious..

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I find it extremely unlikely that both players just happened to replicate Morphy's game by pure chance.

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Even if it's pre-arranged,is there a rule against losing on purpose?

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Originally posted by irontigran
and, i take away all the credit by providing the link! 😀
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That's nothing, I will provide the whole game ;



😛

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I've never heard it called 'the opera game' before, but it's an appropriate handle.
My post is totally trivial and means absolutely nothing at all, but I understand that the opera was Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro."

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It's the most famous game of chess ever played.

A lot of people think instead of Nc3 Morphy should have played
Bxf7+ and Qxb7. I've seem this on websites and in at least one book.

I believe the game has been recreated a few times. Sometimes Black
sees the coming Queen sac and tries to avoid it. Go through your DB
about 6 moves before the end.

The closest I came was Nc3 but Black never played b5.

I have a mock compulsory disorder syndrone with this game.

http://chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=140

You will also find out why Morphy never played Bxf7+

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
It's the most famous game of chess ever played.

A lot of people think instead of Nc3 Morphy should have played
Bxf7+ and Qxb7. I've seem this on websites and in at least one book.

I believe the game has been recreated a few times. Sometimes Black
sees the coming Queen sac and tries to avoid it. Go through your DB
about 6 moves before the end.
...[text shortened]... .co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=140

You will also find out why Morphy never played Bxf7+
Actually after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3
dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Bxf7+ Qxf7 9. Qxb7 Qc4 10. Qxa8 Bb4+ 11. c3 O-O white could play 12. Qb7 instead of 12.Nd2.

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Since we're talking about a game by Paul Morphy, I thought you'd like to know that his birthday is tomorrow (June 22).

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
It's the most famous game of chess ever played.

A lot of people think instead of Nc3 Morphy should have played
Bxf7+ and Qxb7. I've seem this on websites and in at least one book.

I believe the game has been recreated a few times. Sometimes Black
sees the coming Queen sac and tries to avoid it. Go through your DB
about 6 moves before the end.
...[text shortened]... .co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=140

You will also find out why Morphy never played Bxf7+
Interesting. I remember a Grand Master puzzling over why Morphy did not take the KtP witht he Q, but continued with Kt to B3.