Paul Morphy: Part 1, Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! https://www.chessable.com/author/BenFinegold/ Part 1 of 4 of the Paul Morphy Lecture Series by GM Ben Finegold. This lecture focuses on four of Morphy's games playing the King's Gambit. Living before chess had a formal world championship, Morphy was widely acknowledged to be the greatest chess master of his era. He won the tournament of the First American Chess Congress of 1857, winning matches with each opponent by lopsided margins. 08:30 Paul Morphy - Eugène Rousseau, New Orleans 1849 17:27 Paul Morphy - Alonzo Morphy, New Orleans 1848 23:30 James McConnell - Paul Morphy, New Orleans 1849 29:34 John Schulten - Paul Morphy, New York 1857 If you're interested in sponsoring a lecture of your choice, email Karen at [email protected] Thank you Bill Wei for sponsoring this series! Signup or gift a chess.com Premium membership to get access to their lessons, remove ads, improve your chess, AND help Ben at the same time!! Upgrade your chess.com membership or join! - http://go.chess.com/finegold. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/itsBenAndKaren Donations are appreciated at: https://streamlabs.com/itsBenandKaren/tip Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ben_finegold #benfinegold #chess #PaulMorphy