Friday, July 04, 2008
Daily Tactic July 4, 2008
Henry Bird - Paul Morphy. London, 1858.
And the whole game:
Puzzles/Bird-Morphy-1858.pgn
In 1858 he lost a match to Paul Morphy at the age of 28, yet he played high-level chess for another 50 years. Although Bird was a practicing accountant, not a professional chess player, it has been said that he "lived for chess, and would play anybody anywhere, any time, under any conditions." In the New York tournament of 1876, Bird received the first brilliancy prize ever awarded, for his game against James Mason.Bird plays Kb2 and Morphy (black) puts him away.
And the whole game:
Puzzles/Bird-Morphy-1858.pgn
Labels: chessflash, daily tactic, eco-c4x, Morphy
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