Bonus 

I realized I had too much content for Morphy to cram into one episode. 

Today, we are going to look at another odds game against his long time sparing partner - Charles Maurian. 

Morphy and Maurian played well over 75 recorded games that we know of. The previous game, we looked at Morphy starting down just a rook. 

But - a rook is just not enough for Morphy. In this game, he is giving Rook AND Knight odds to his friend. So from the starting position, 
the a1 rook and the b1 knight are not on the board. 

Let's see how the Pride and Sorrow of Chess finagles his way out of this one. 

Morphy versus Maurian (1854)

Now, if we're ready - let's begin. 

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It really is incredible to see Morphy go from a nobody to the top of the chess world in only two years just to walk away from the game forever, 
Morphy is regarded as one of the greatest American players of all time. 

Kasparov commented on his style of play before Steinitz formalized general principles. 
Fischer described him as "perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived"
and... for those who watched The Queen's Gambit - he was Beth Harmon's favorite player. 

It would've been amazing to see how he propelled the game, but - we will never know. 

That is all we have for this week. Tune in next time as we look at another Master's games and continue to work on our blindfold ability. 

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1238141
Morphy v Maurian

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4 Bxd4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Bb6 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.Qh5
Qf6 8. Rf1 O-O 9.f4 Qg6 10.Qf3 d6 11.f5 Qf6 12.Qg3 Bd7 13.Nxh7
Kxh7 14.Bg5 Qxg5 15.Qxg5 f6 16.Qh5 1-0

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