Two knights the knight

I just found this game for the first time. Enjoy

Brilliant!

Notice how by move 11 Morphy has all four minor pieces and his queen in play, but his opponent has only managed to get two pieces out and castled. What is more one of white's developed pieces is about to be swapped off and this is in a gambit line where he has given up a pawn for rapid development.

Originally posted by DeepThought
Notice how by move 11 Morphy has all four minor pieces and his queen in play, but his opponent has only managed to get two pieces out and castled. What is more one of white's developed pieces is about to be swapped off and this is in a gambit line where he has given up a pawn for rapid development.

Perhaps it's worth pointing out that White was a French-born American player called Napoleon Marache, rather than his more famous namesake, Napoleon Bonehead.

Originally posted by Data Fly
Perhaps it's worth pointing out that White was a French-born American player called Napoleon Marache, rather than his more famous namesake, Napoleon Bonehead.

We know all about Morphy, how about his opponent, Napoleon Marache.

Marache was born 3 years and 3 days after the Battle of Waterloo.
This link is an excellent Wiki article (some do exists) on Marache written by a chess player.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Marache

Napoleon Marache - Paul Morphy. New York, 1857

Originally posted by greenpawn34
We know all about Morphy, how about his opponent, Napoleon Marache.

Marache was born 3 years and 3 days after the Battle of Waterloo.
This link is an excellent Wiki article (some do exists) on Marache written by a chess player.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Marache

Napoleon Marache - Paul Morphy. New York, 1857

[pgn]
[FEN "r1bqk1nr ...[text shortened]... ueen.} 19... Ng3 20. Qxg6 Nde2 {Very possibly the first pure two Knght mate in history.} [/pgn]