Monday, August 04, 2008
Combinations 08.08.04
Morphy-Perrin, New York Simul 1859. Tactical devices featured in today's game include Decoying, and Double Attack.
A Chess Tragedy in 42 moves.
Morphy/Morphy-Perrin-1859.pgn
A Chess Tragedy in 42 moves.
Morphy/Morphy-Perrin-1859.pgn
Labels: combinations, decoying, double attack
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Combinations 08.08.02
Morphy-Montgomery, New York simul, 1859.
This knight odds game features double attacks, clearance, pinning, and overloading.
Morphy/Morphy-Montgomery-1859.pgn
This knight odds game features double attacks, clearance, pinning, and overloading.
Morphy/Morphy-Montgomery-1859.pgn
Labels: combinations, double attack, Morphy, overloading, pinning, space clearance
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Daily Tactic July 31, 2008
Morphy-Julien, New York simul, 1859.
This knight odds game features a double attack and multiple deflections.
Morphy/Morphy-Julien-1859.pgn
This knight odds game features a double attack and multiple deflections.
Morphy/Morphy-Julien-1859.pgn
Labels: chessflash, daily tactic, deflection, double attack, Morphy
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Daily Tactic July 26, 2008
Another game from the Morhpy - Thompson match in New York, 1859 at knight odds. Today's game features a Double Attack and a Pin. In the final position there is a nice mate in two. Can you spot it?
Morphy/Morphy-Thompson-1859-2.pgn
Morphy/Morphy-Thompson-1859-2.pgn
Labels: chessflash, daily tactic, double attack, Morphy, pinning
Friday, July 25, 2008
Daily Tactic July 25, 2008
Morphy - Thompson, New York, 1859.
Morphy/Morphy-Thompson-1859.pgn
How good a chessplayer was Paul Morphy? Let’s look at a match he played against James Thompson, a man thought to be one of the top dozen American players. Giving him the outrageous odds of a Knight, Morphy beat him 5-2! After looking over Morphy’s games, Fischer said that, given time to study modern theory and ideas, Morphy would beat any modern player (except Fischer, of course!).
Morphy/Morphy-Thompson-1859.pgn
Labels: chessflash, daily tactic, deflection, double attack, Morphy, pinning
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Daily Tactic July 17, 2008
Today's game is Morphy-Baucher from an 1858 Paris simul. It features two tactical devices: the double attack and demolition of pawn structure.
Turn up the sound and enjoy Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio.
Puzzles/Morhpy-Baucher-1858.pgn
Turn up the sound and enjoy Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio.
Puzzles/Morhpy-Baucher-1858.pgn
Labels: chessflash, daily tactic, demolition of pawn structure, double attack, eco-c6x, Morphy
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Daily Tactic July 16, 2008
Morphy - de Rivière, Paris 1858.
Turn up the sound for Minuet - Notebook for Anna Magdalena written by Johann Sebastian Bach and performed by Aaron Dunn from Musopen.
Puzzles/Morphy-DeRiviere-1858.pgn
Jules Arnous de Rivière (4 May 1830–11 September 1905) was the strongest French chess player from the late 1850s through the late 1870s. He is best known today for playing many games with Paul Morphy when the American champion visited Paris in 1858 and 1863.
Turn up the sound for Minuet - Notebook for Anna Magdalena written by Johann Sebastian Bach and performed by Aaron Dunn from Musopen.
Puzzles/Morphy-DeRiviere-1858.pgn
Labels: chessflash, daily tactic, double attack, eco-c5x, Morphy, pinning
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