Morphy had some stones

ed1975 · 2017-03-10T14:24:34-08:00

Impressed by this Morphy game. He had real nerve. Castling his king into danger. And going on the attack with only half his army developed (something Chernev and Silman said/say don't do). He does bring his other pieces into the attack fairly quickly after that, though. (According to the auth

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batgirl

Oct 21, 2017

#41

president_max wrote:

how morphy really got stone & at bishop odds & twice too

Paul Morphy vs. James Winchell Stone

These game are interesting because they were 2 of 5 games at Kt. odds between Dr. James. W. Stone of Boston and Morphy, played on May 14, 1859 in Morphy's hotel room in the St. Nicholas Hotel in NYC. Morphy won all 5.

Stone and Morphy also contended in Boston, but Stone played in consultation with G. Preston Ware, Geo. Hammond (the New England Champion). Theo. Rabuski and W. Everett, allmembers of the boston C.C

Dr. Stone, born in 1824, died in 1863 at the youthful age of 38.

James Winchell Stone, MD

president_max

Oct 22, 2017

#42

oops, just realized i wrote bishop odds instead of knight odds ...