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Subject: Human brilliancy

Author: Eberhard

Date: 20:24:14 07/27/05

This game was played 150 ago by Paul Morphy. His games laid the foundation for
modern chess theory.

[Date "1858"]
[White "Morphy, P."]
[Black "Count Isouard"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7

[d] rn2kb1r/ppp1qppp/5n2/4p3/2B1P3/1Q6/PPP2PPP/RNB1K2R w KQkq - 0 8

8. Nc3!

Development, not material!

8...c6 9. Bg5 b5? 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O! Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14.
Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0

Re: Human brilliancy.......Most Morphy Moves are an Enigma.....! Rob Basham 08:07:01 07/28/05
Re: Human brilliancy John Merlino 22:54:42 07/27/05
- Re: Human brilliancy George Tsavdaris 04:37:51 07/28/05
  - Re: Human brilliancy John Merlino 14:05:21 07/28/05

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