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Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and an unofficial World Chess Champion. He was a chess prodigy. He was called "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" because he had a brief and brilliant chess career, but retired from the game while still young.Bobby Fischer included him in his list of the ten greatest players of all time, and described him as "perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived".
Morphy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a wealthy and distinguished family. He learned to play chess by simply watching games between his father and uncle. His family soon realized the boy's talent and encouraged him to play at family gatherings, and by age nine, he was considered one of the best players in New Orleans. At just twelve years of age, Morphy defeated visiting Hungarian master Johann Löwenthal in a match of three games.
After receiving his degree in 1857, Morphy was not yet of legal age to practice law, and found himself with free time. He received an invitation to play at the First American Chess Congress in New York City, and, at his uncle's urging, accepted. Morphy won the tournament, which included strong players of the day, such as Alexander Meek and Louis Paulsen. Morphy was hailed as the chess champion of the United States and stayed in New York playing chess through 1857, winning the vast majority of his games. In 1858, Morphy travelled to Europe to play European Champion Howard Staunton. Morphy played every strong player in Europe, usually winning easily. The match with Staunton never took place, but Morphy was hailed by most in Europe as the world's best player.
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Ben Finegold (born September 6, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American chess Grandmaster.
Finegold was born into a chess family and became a USCF Master at the age of 14. He became a Life Master at 15, Senior Master at 16, and International Master at 20.
Finegold tied for first place in the 1994 (Chicago, IL) and 2007 (Cherry Hill, NJ) U.S. Open Chess Championships. He tied for first (and achieved a Grandmaster norm) in the 2002 World Open (Philadelphia, PA), and also tied for first in the 2005 and 2008 National Open Chess Championships (Las Vegas, NV). He is ranked as one of the top 40 players in the United States on the August 2013 USCF rating list. Finegold has played in nine U.S. Chess Championships: 1994 (Key West, FL), 1999 (Salt Lake City, UT), 2002 (Seattle, WA), 2005 (La Jolla, CA), 2006 (San Diego, CA), 2008 (Tulsa, OK), 2010 (Saint Louis, MO), 2011 (Saint Louis, MO), 2013 (Saint Louis, MO).
In September 2009 he earned the Grandmaster title. He was the Grandmaster-in-residence of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis until August 14, 2012.
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The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
White offers a pawn to divert the Black e-pawn so as to build a strong centre with d2–d4. Theory has shown that in order for Black to maintain the gambit pawn, he may well be forced to weaken his kingside.
The King's Gambit is one of the oldest documented openings, as it was examined by the 17th-century Italian chess player Giulio Cesare Polerio. It is also in an older book by Luis Ramírez de Lucena.
The King's Gambit was one of the most popular openings in the 19th century, but is infrequently seen at master level today, as Black can obtain a reasonable position by returning the extra pawn to consolidate. There are two main branches, depending on whether or not Black plays 2...exf4: the King's Gambit Accepted (KGA) and the King's Gambit Declined (KGD).
Grandmaster Ben Finegold pays tribute to his favorite player ever, former unofficial World Champion Paul Morphy. See how the first great American player outclassed his opponents, all while sacrificing pieces and starting a rook down. Morphy vs Charles Le Carpentier, New Orleans (1849): C44 Scotch gambit Morphy vs James McConnell, New Orleans (1849): C40 Greco defence James McConnell vs Morphy, New Orleans (1850): C02 French, advance variation Morphy vs. NN, ? (1850): C57 two knights defence, Fegatello attack, Polerio defence Morphy vs Charles Maurian, New Orleans (1857): C37 King's Gambit Accepted, Ghulam Kassim gambit Morphy vs Thomas Herbert Worrall, New York (1857): C37 King's Gambit Accepted, Ghulam Kassim gambit
Grandmaster Ben Finegold can't believe that GM Friedel said that, if Paul Morphy were alive today, Morphy wouldn't have master strength. See the case for Morphy being one of the greatest ever. 2016.09.27 Paul Morphy vs Alexander Beaufort Meek, 1st American Chess Congress (1857): C00 French defence http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1293213 Paul Morphy vs Henri Baucher, blindfold simul (1858): C41 Philidor, exchange variation http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1316493
Signup for FREE online play at http://www.Chess.com! IM David Pruess brings us a Morphy classic in which Morphy, true to his style, sacrifices some pawns in order to achieve quick development, an initiative, and ultimately a crushing attack.
Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard [C41] Paris 1858 [Mato] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 9...b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.0--0--0 Rd8 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.Qb8+ Nxb8 17.Rd8# 1--0
By popular request, we present this look at Paul Morphy's biography and greatest games. This lecture was presented at Center64 (www.center64.com) on April 27. In it, FM Warren Harper takes you through 4 of Morphy's most famous games, while Lucas Anderson takes you through his childhood and life in New Orleans.
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Louis Paulsen and Paul Morphy compete in the final of the 1st American Chess Congress which was held in New York in 1857. The American Chess Congress was a predecessor to what we know today as the United States Chess Championship. The game enters a Spanish, Four Knights where Morphy offers up a pawn for a slightly expedited development. Paulsen soon returns the pawn in the middlegame, and makes an interesting decision soon thereafter to allow Morphy a post for his queen directly in the heart of the white position, seeking some active queenside play as compensation. By move 16, the game had reached a critical point, and after move 28 a chess gem was produced. ★ FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/ChessNetwork ★ TWITTER http://twitter.com/ChessNetwork ★ GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+ChessNetwork ★ ...
Smother of Invention: Paul Morphy vs Schrufer Two Knights Defense: Paul Morphy vs Schrufer [C56] Paris Paris, 31.03.1859 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0--0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qh5 9.Nxe4 Be6 [9...Be7 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nxd4±] 10.Neg5 Bb4 [¹10...0--0--0] 11.Rxe6+ fxe6 12.Nxe6 Qf7 13.Nfg5 Qe7 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Nxg7+ Kd7 16.Qg4+ Kd8 17.Nf7+ Qxf7 18.Bg5+ Be7 19.Ne6+ Kc8 20.Nc5+ Kb8 21.Nd7+ Kc8 22.Nb6+ Kb8 23.Qc8+ Rxc8 24.Nd7# 1--0
Chess Grandmaster Ben Finegold analyzes the games of Paul Morphy.
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