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Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard"A Night at the Opera" (game of the day Dec-02-07)

Paris (1858) · Philidor Defense: General (C41) · 1-0

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To move: white Last move: 1.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 This is a weak move already.--

Fischer 4. de5 Bf3 5. Qf3 de5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6

9. Bg5 Black is in what's like a zugzwang position here. He can't

develop the [Queen's] knight because the pawn is hanging, the

bishop is blocked because of the Queen.--Fischer 9... b5 10. Nb5

cb5 11. Bb5 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rd7 Rd7 14. Rd1 Qe6

15. Bd7 Nd7 16. Qb8 Nb8 17. Rd8#

Given 367 times; par: 33 [what's this?]

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Mar-10-14 Petrosianic: <Sally Simpson>: <Well of course I have to addthis game to my favourites. The most famous game ever played?The most reprinted game ever played?>

Certainly in the Top 5, and certainly a strong candidate for #1. Idoubt that any actual polls have been taken to show that morepeople recognize it than, say the Immortal Game or theEvergreen (or even the Fools and Scholar's Mates).

Mar-10-14 LIFE Master AJ: I did not make up the above fact.

Marshall, Reinfeld, Chernev ... and many others, said it first.

Mar-10-14 solskytz: Or Reti-Tartakower, 1910

Mar-11-14 LIFE Master AJ: <sol> Reti vs Tartakower, 1910.

Is that the one that you were referring to?

Mar-13-14 offramp: Since it was first played this game has been repeatedmany times. So I suppose Morphy may have played this gamebefore.

Mar-13-14 john barleycorn: Morphy had his warm-up in this game

Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858

Concerning the foolowers of this game - <Rene Gralla> herehas seemingly played a copy of almost every spectacular gamein chess history. Just see his page.

Mar-20-14 solskytz: Sure, <AJ>

Mar-20-14 RedShield: <‘Paris, 13 Nov. Yesterday, Duke Charles of Brunswick caused a great scandal at the Théâtre des Italiens. Hewas playing chess with his companions during the performanceand making so much noise that the theatre’s director had todemand that he be quiet.’>

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

May-12-14 satkul: a very instructive game

Jun-28-14 Nightsurfer: Talking of your last posting, dear <JohnBarleycorn>, please do not exaggerate! Those very few cases of - partial! - replays that I was lucky enough to recognize OTB areless of one-tenth of a percent of all those games in more or lessgoofy style that me, a bloody amateur, I have played duringthose years since I have learned the rules of chess.

On the other hand I firmly believe that those very few cases of -

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partial!! - replays that can be checked out on my personal pageare quite instructive since they help to demystify the game of chess a little bit. For they are proof of the fact that a game of chess can be defined as being a stringing together of recurringso-called "chunks", that is to say: typic constellations of thepieces, and you "only" have to recognise those chunks ... ;-) ...but the latter fact, that is the problem of course, in all too manycases I have overlooked even the most basic chunks.

The tragedy of a hopeless PATZER!Jun-22-15 MindCtrol9: There was no player, before or now, that can be

equal to Murphy in what attack and abilities to conduct it is.Theonly one close to him M Tal.

Jun-22-15 Mating Net: Love this game. This is my absolute favoritemating pattern, the Opera House mate.

Aug-18-15 kishore4u: Great one!

Aug-28-15 narayase: first class game played by morphy in 1858.he is theworld's bestplayer.none of the players can play like him.

Aug-28-15 morfishine: <MindCtrol9> And Super Nez !

Sep-06-15 The Kings Domain: One of the most memorable games, andone of the most instructive. Morphy may have seen victory bymove 10.

Sep-06-15 Sally Simpson: It is probably correct about this game beingprinted more than any other.

Here is today's question.

Which well known chess book had the score of this game printedin it eight times (yes 8 times) and yet on the 3rd edition of thesame book it does not appear at all, not even once?

Sep-07-15 The Kings Domain: Sally Simpson: Interesting, I don't knowthe answer but I couldn't help but wonder: why would they dothat? Reminds me of "The Mammoth book of Chess" which issupposed to be a compilation of the best games recorded and itdoesn't include a single game of Morphy!

Sep-07-15 Est2002: Qb8 !! What a tremendous exhibition of chess thisgame is. Morphy was sumptin else :)

Sep-07-15 Sally Simpson: Hi King's Domain.

Of course you knew the answer (or it a fantastic coincidence.) -well done!

It is indeed ' "The Mammoth Book of Chess".They used the Morphy at the Opera game to show all thedifferent ways of recording a game from short algebraic, to longdescriptive to Correspondence notation (where 1.e4 is 5254).

In the 3rd edition this was all gone. (I've no idea if it is or is notin the 2nd edition....Anybody?)

No Morphy game in the Mammoth book of the World's GreatestGames.

But it is the 'World's Greatest Games' not the most 'Famous


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Games.'

Also if 100 hundred Kibitzers on here drew up a list of the 10greatest games placed in any order I doubt if any two list wouldcontain the same 10 games.

The 'Immortal' and 'The Evergreen' make it in the book. Twogames I'd leave out, also in is Adams - Torre, New Orleans1920. Which even this site and the Mammoth authors admit was

probably analysis. (leave it in as the World's Greatest ComposedGame!)

E Z Adams vs Carlos Torre, 1920

I'm wondering if the cold dark hand of Dr. John Nunn, one of theco-authors, was at work here.

Dr John has gone on record as saying he did not like the MorphyGame.

" One of my pet hates is the choice of games for beginners’ books. There are certain standard examples that tend to be

repeated in book after book.

In many beginners’ books, you will find the game Morphy vsCount Isouard and the Duke of Brunswick, played during aperformance of the Paris Opera in 1858.

It’s not an especially good game, as one might expect when thestrongest player of his day confronts two duffers.

Moreover, it has always seemed to me faintly incredible thatauthors couldn’t find a relevant example less than 140 yearsold.

In this book, every game and game extract is from the twentiethcentury (indeed, only two are earlier than 1950).

The style of chess played today is quite different from that of 1858, and while some of the differences are subtle, there is noreason why players should not be exposed to contemporarychess thought from the beginning."

(pages 4-5 of his book 'Learn Chess.')

Fair enough. That was in the introduction

First Chapter.

1. Why Learn Chess

And Dr. John starts with:

"Chess is a game with a long history."

Hang on...then why only two pre-1950 games.

:)

Sep-07-15 The Kings Domain: Sally Simpson: A mistake that turned outright: I actually meant "The Mammoth Book of the World'sGreatest Chess Games". (Heh)


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Nunn has peeved me with his anti-Morphy slant ever since. Itseems the Brit has yet to get over the fact that his boy Stauntonran over the hills and far away to dodge Morphy more than acentury and a half after the fact.

Sep-08-15 NeverAgain: <Sally sez: The style of chess played today isquite different from that of 1858, and while some of thedifferences are subtle, there is no reason why players should notbe exposed to contemporary chess thought from the beginning."

(pages 4-5 of his book 'Learn Chess.')Fair enough. That was in the introduction

First Chapter.1. Why Learn Chess

And Dr. John starts with:

"Chess is a game with a long history.">

I see no no contradiction here. History is best admired at adistance. That's from someone who'd been reading collegetextbooks on Roman Empire in the fifth grade.

<The Kings Domain: It seems the Brit has yet to get over thefact that his boy Staunton ran over the hills and far away tododge Morphy more than a century and a half after the fact.>

With history it's customary to conduct at least some researchbefore claiming something as a fact. Hint: Morphy, Edge, Winter,Google.

Sep-08-15 Sally Simpson: Hi Never Again,

I did a wee :) at the end of my piece noting the coincidence.

However....

As I said 'fair enough' but why mention this game if he thinks itis "not an especially good game" in a book presumably aimed atpeople who don't know anything about chess.

Perhaps he thought traditionalists would grumble about the factthe Morphy game was not included.

I doubt many, if any, would have said anything. His objection tothis game, which takes up a third of the introduction and hasmore words written about it than some of the games actuallyincluded in the book, has only highlighted the fact.

Leave it out. 'fair enough' but to have an unnecessary pop at itseems very strange.

It's like writing a book on how to buy a guitar, string it, tune itand play it and in the introduction to the book tell the bemusedreader about a song you don't like.

Whilst I agree many writers use the same old examples, thisgame is instructive, easily explained and has lit the chess sparkin many a beginner.

But in or out, I'm not bothered. I just find the rant strange.


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The statement:

"There are certain standard examples that tend to be repeatedin book after book"

Also quivers when you see the two famous pre-1950 gamesDoctor John allowed into his book.

Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918

(Maybe he did not want two off hand games skittles games in hisbook.)

More about this game here:

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

The other chosen pre-1950 game is also a famous Capablancagame showing off a weak back rank.

A large percentage of the readers will already know what gameI'm talking about.

Yes it's:

O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914

And now 90% of the lads here are playing 29...Qb2 in theirminds.

I doubt if the Morphy - Staunton non-match influenced him. Hedoes not seem to get to excited about any game (bar two)played before 1950.

And yet his 'John Nunn's Chess Course' by John Nunn! is basedsolely on the games of 'World Champion Lasker'. (1868 - 1941).

Dec-26-15 Domdaniel: Just showed this game to my five-year-old nephew,who became a Morphy fan on the spot. After 16.Qb8 he said "Ican take the Queen" - he's got good chess reflexes - and thenwas stunned by the mate. Such a great game.

Dec-26-15 Domdaniel: <Sally S> Personally, I have some sympathy forNunn's position -- I don't play 1.e4, and I usually play theFrench against it, and I tend to prefer closed games. I don't tryto emulate 19th century games, as some do.

And yet ... tactics are hugely important, ditto some experiencewith open games. The Opera game is important preciselybecause of its appeal to beginners... the thread of logic running

through it, the Morphy mythology, the beauty of the mate. Ithas the power to captivate.

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