A Paul Morphy Brilliancy I do like these ancient games even if the defense wasn’t great. [Event "Alabama "] [Date "1855"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy, Paul"] [Black "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C38"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1855"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The King's Gambit was a popular opening at the time this game was played. These days it's considered something of a rarity.} exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 g4 {5... h6 was a more solid approach.} 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. d4 f6 8. Bxf4 fxg5 $2 {A serious mistake after which White is doing well. 8... Qe7 {was the right move after which White should just castle.} 9. Bxg5 Bf6 10. Qd2 {10. Bxh6 would have been simpler and better but Morphy is playing for the attack.} 10... Bxg5 11. hxg5 Nf7 $6 {It was better to retreat to g8. Now White comes flowing through.} 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qf4+ Kg8 14. O-O Qe7 15. Nc3 c6 16. Rae1 d6 17. Nd5 $1 { A most elegant sacrifice.} cxd5 18. exd5 {There is no defence against the combined power of White's major pieces on the e- and f-files.} 1-0 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts
