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American Chess Genius In Paris
If you are interested in Chess, I suggest you check out the game that was played between the American genius Paul Morphy who was playing White, and the Duke of Brunswick and the Count of Isouard, who were playing as consultation partners in control of the Black pieces. The opening was the Philidor defence if I remember rightly. The game was played in a box at the Paris Opera, during a performance. For this reason, it is often called "The Opera Game". The Duke and the Count were actually quite strong players. No match for Morphy of course, as you will see if you play over the game. But if you try to think carefully about their moves, you will see that they made them for quite logical reasons. Morphy, of course, saw further but it is the strength of his opponents that spurred the great master to produce one of the most beautiful games of all time. It is clear, logical, almost breath-taking. I recommend you find it now, you will learn so much about fast development, the balancing of power and time, and the importance of clear objectives in chess. Some years ago, while playing in a club chess tournament, I had the good fortune to find myself playing the exact same moves as in the Opera Game. Sadly though, my opponent was a much weaker player than the Duke and the Count. He attempted to ease the pressure on his centre by pinning the White King's Knight. This allowed a rather mundane mate in 4, so I was deprived of the joy of a winning Queen sacrifice. Never mind though, the Opera Game will be there always.
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Contributor's Note
Note please that I do not give the game itself here. I say this because I have been criticised on this site for not giving enough factual information. The person who made that criticism has no idea what true intel is about. You can obtain mere facts from anywhere, Google, Wikipedia, any simple robot can give you facts. But intel is about the CONNECTIONS between facts. These connections are most certainly not to be easily found. But you do not need me to tell you how to search on Google for the notation of a famous chess game.
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