1858:Morphy vs Count Isouard

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aristeidis9

Waiting for Anderssen to arrive from Breslau, Paul Morphy enjoyed the delights of Paris - including the Opera House. During The Marriage of Figaro he entertains his hosts with this elegant brilliancy, mating on the 17th move with his last two pieces!

donngerard

bravo! well done thanks!

ALZ245

I got speechless! Thanks for the post

jabekens

Everyone sees this game at least once in their life if they like chess enough to have an account on chess.com.  Yet, it's so awesome that 'The Opera Game' is a timeless classic.  I've seen it seventeen times (might have been twenty-seven, I don't remember) in the last three years.

tactician_prodigy

Its a proper way to show why development and mobility and time is so important. The Game is actually vs Count Isouard and Duke of Earl; two of the  strongest amateur players.

Alander97

I love the opreah house game.I'm new to the group but I manage the Paul Morphy meomorial group.

aristeidis9
GOWWL wrote:

Aυτα βλεπω και μετα μου λες γιατι κερδιζω !!!!κλεβω ιδεες απο τους ΘΕΟΥΣ  !!!!!γιαυτο !!!!!


Auto isxuei..I meleti-analusi paliwn partidwn einai polu xrisimi..

e4forme

This game is Truly Classic. If you show this game to anybody that knows Chess at all, they will be able to tell you who is playing White!

jaronkovich

great game thanks

Arv123

Wow

ShahidAnwer

amazing, just amazing

atomichicken

I never get tired of that game.

rjane04

one word. "amazing"

jrs49

two words "most amazing", a "great genius"!

OldMandowntheRoad

One of the greatest chess games in the annals of chess history. Always been one of my favorites. The Duke of Brunswick who was playing on the Counts side recieved a fine for playing a chess game during the play.

OpeningGambit

It was actually against both the Count Isouard and the Duke of Brunswick playing together against him.  Brilliant! 

OGSurprised

sebas4life

nice annotation even tho you didn't do itTongue out

bigdoug

When I play beginners I am surprised how often they open the same way Morphy's opponents did: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Bg4?

Another reason why this game is the first game a beginner should study.

arsen4uk

He played it in the cinema...

arsen4uk

and he didn't see a board.