One of The Greatest Chess Games Ever Played - Morphy vs Anderssen 1858 (game 9)

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Paul Morphy vs Adolf Anderssen "Morphology" (game of the day Aug-25-2009) Anderssen - Morphy (1858), Paris FRA, rd 9, Dec-27 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Szen Variation (B44) 1. e4 1 c5 2. d4 cd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 6 e5 7. Be3 f5 8. N1c3 8 f4 9. Nd5 fe3 10. Nbc7 Kf7 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. Bc4 12 Nd4 13. Nf6 d5 15. Qh5 Kf6 16. fe3 Nc2 17. Ke2 After having cemented his status, by virtue of his triumph 1st American Chess Congress (1857), as one of the greatest masters in the world, Morphy traveled to Europe to play Howard Staunton and other chess greats. Morphy made numerous attempts at setting up a match with Staunton, but none ever came to fruition. Staunton was later criticised for avoiding a match with Morphy. Seeking new opponents, Morphy crossed the English Channel to France. In Paris, Morphy suffered from a bout of intestinal influenza. In accordance with the medical wisdom of the time, he was treated with leeches, resulting in his losing a significant amount of blood. Although too weak to stand up unaided, Morphy insisted on going ahead with a match against the visiting German master Adolf Anderssen, considered by many to be Europe's leading player. Despite his illness Morphy triumphed easily, winning seven while losing two, with two draws. When asked about his defeat, Anderssen claimed to be out of practice, but also admitted that Morphy was in any event the stronger player and that he was fairly beaten. Anderssen also attested that in his opinion, Morphy was the strongest player ever to play the game, even stronger than the famous French champion Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you realllly enjoy my content, you're welcome to support me and my channel with a small donation via PayPal or Crypto. Link to PayPal donation https://www.paypal.me/agadmator Maiar Wallet @agadmator or https://get.maiar.com/referral/pv0mam6l2a BTC address bc1qckd3ut0hqyymzv33eus97ld8klj02xhk2kcwld BCH address qzmfclyn69hqhjslls40r7r0dsttwe3tcsl946w4fr LTC address Laarf1RmvCpLt2BcSwC1PBLG3hRC4HjBrz NANO nano_1h1kgfaq88t1btwadqzx73rbha5hwbb88sxmfns851kwj8hnosdj51w388xx Monero 4AdvvqmC4xhPyyRSAEDxTTAoXdxAtX2Py6b8Eh4EQzBLGbgo5rY5Khcap1x76JrDJH87yibAE9b6TPwTsvBAiFFCLtM8Be7 For any other currency address, contact me via [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agadmatoryoutube Twitter: https://twitter.com/agadmator Instagram: agadmator Lichess: agadmator Chess.com: agadmator Skype: agadmator League of Legends: agadmator :) Hearthstone: agadmator "Watch me without ads on your Amazon devices (https://bit.ly/Agadmator_Amazon) and Roku TV (https://bit.ly/Agadmator_Roku)