Morphy was an overrated CAVEMAN PATZER

I found the above game (which reaches the position after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 exd4 4 Qxd4 Be7 5 Bc4), but it was played between Sangadzhi Gorja Vasiliev and Valery Nasunov in 2007.

4...Bd7?!

Chessgames has the 4...Be7 game at:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1261713

It is speculated that the moves 4...Be7 and 6...Bd7 were accidentally switched in records written in the 1800s. In any event, the game was apparently an informal game, not part of any match.

Doesnt 25...Rxe4 win? In the #164 game?

4...Bd7 is the recorded move in the 1858 match game. In his 1860 book, Staunton reported the move without any disapproval that I can see.

Im just annotating it.

Apparently 25...c5 was effective. Vasiliev resigned at that point. I did not know how to correctly indicate that when I posted the moves.

I think there is no way to announce resignation unless the PGN comes with it, But I think he was gonna play Rxe4 next move and crush him, that game was pretty nice for Black. He made a plan and followed it.

You can always put a little comment after the last move saying 1/2, 1-0 or 0-1 tho .

I don't see any similar comment on 4...d7 in the annotations of GM Franco and GM Beim of the 1858 match game.

4...d7 is impossible...

I dont like Bd7, and I dont think any modern GM would play that. I am sure they didnt focus too much on annotating the opening because that wasnt the point of annotating games from 1858...

Oops. I should have typed 4...Bd7. I am not sure what counts as too much focus, but both GM Franco and GM Beim did make comments on the opening in this or that game.

Well, I still disagree with them. Bd7 is far from being the best move in the position.

I would call them patzers and my instincts are telling me to do so, but I will resist the temptation.

Here is a 2014 game where the rating of Black (Mamedov) was 2659. It was a Blitz game.

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qd2 h5 9. Nd5 Ne5 10. Nd4 c6 11. Ne3 Bh6 12. Qc3 Qb6 13. Ndf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Ng4 15. Qd4 c5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Be2 d5 18. Qd7 Qe6 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 Re8 21. h3 Ne5 22. O-O Rd8 23. d6 h4 24. Rad1 Bf4 25. c3 Rg8 26. b4 Rg5 27. Nxh4 cxb4 28. cxb4 Nc6 29. b5 Nb4 30. d7 Nxa2 31. Bg4 Rxb5 32. Rfe1 Be5 33. Rd3 Nb4 34. Rb3 a5 35. Nf3 a4 36. Ra3 Ra5 37. Nd2 Nc2 38. Nc4 Rc5 39. Rxe5 Rxc4 40. Re8+ Rxe8 0-1

Blitz. You already said it!

Black (Managadze) was 2430 in this 2005 game (not Blitz as far as I can tell).

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nge7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O-O Nce5 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. h3 Bc6 13. f4 Nd7 14. g4 Bxd5 15. exd5 c5 16. g5 Re8 17. h4 Bf8 18. h5 a6 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. Bf2 b5 21. Rde1 Kh8 22. g6 Nf6 23. gxf7 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Qxf7 25. Be6 Qe8 26. f5 h6 27. Qg2 b4 28. Qg6 Nh7 29. Rg1 Ng5 30. Bh4 Be7 31. Rf1 Bf6 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bg3 Rd8 34. Re1 a5 35. Re2 Kh7 36. Kb1 Kh8 37. Re3 Bd4 38. Re2 Bf6 39. Kc1 Kh7 40. a4 Kh8 41. Kb1 Nf3 42. Ka2 Be5 43. Re3 Bxg3 44. Rxf3 Be5 45. Kb3 Rb8 46. Re3 Rf8 47. Re4 Rd8 48. Kc4 Bxb2 49. Kb5 Bc3 50. Kb6 g5 51. fxg6 Kg7 52. Kc7 Bf6 53. Bd7 Rxd7+ 54. Kxd7 Be5 55. Kc6 Bg3 56. Kb5 1-0

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1369486

So you think he is an AGM?

Heck! Magnus Carlsen is a patzer too. Prove me wrong!