Chess Lecture: Paul Morphy Vs Louis Paulsen (Game 1)

The first in a series of Paul Morphy games I hope to show you. Today - Morphy against the great German Master Louis Paulsen in there first game at the First American Chess Congress, played in New York 1857.

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Sports

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• Chess
• Paul Morphy
• Morphy
• Louis Paulsen
• Chess Opening Sicilian
• Chess Smith and Morra gambit
• Chess Morra gambit

[postmasterw00t]

classic yorkshire accent

[JMChessVids]

@postmasterw00t

lol my mates all ask me why I try and sound posh on here! Cheers for your comments bud

[herma57]

Thanks so much,learned a lot,

[JMChessVids]

Your welcome mate :)

[JMChessVids]

Yeah, theres certainly something fascinating about Morphy - the play of the day is sometimes very primitive, but aside from Bronstein games I find his the most entertaining to play through - Im working on my next video at the moment.

Thanks for the comment :)

[Sherigami]

HIS NAME IS LOUIS PAULSEN

[AlltimeTrance]

BH5 is not a mistake, the reason Morphy played that move is because when Paulsen plays G6 he is no longer defending the F6 square, and morphy can now think about putting the knight onto that outpost.

[AlltimeTrance]

@mullamohaymen

Yeah I know what you mean, however I think Morphy was one of the greatest ever attacking chess players.

[mullamohaymen]

I think the world of chess is overestimating Morphy. He has not been as legendary as they say he was. look at the game it's filled with mistakes.

[house25]

why is stewie griffin narrating this??

[JoeyFudd]

That was a nice game to study.

[Cubaoness]

the queen trade is definitely a blunder

[Cubaoness]

id say that in 2:05, the a6 move prevents Nb5,which would alow the knight to either go to c7 or replace the bishop in d6 for a wonderful outpost,correct me if im wrong