Paul Morphy's Most Brilliant Checkmates

🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications for more chess content and openings! :) Buy a chess.com membership and support me with my link: https://go.chess.com/SammyChess Follow me… SECOND CHANNEL: https://youtube.com/@SammyChess TWITCH: https://twitch.tv/sammychess X: https://twitter.com/SammyChess1 Paul Charles Morphy was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:08 Game 1 04:09 Game 2 07:23 Game 3 12:41 Game 4 17:59 Game 5 20:19 Game 6 24:58 Game 7 28:07 Game 8 32:31 Game 9 Game 1: Paul Morphy vs NN, New Orleans ? 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. Nc3 dxc3 11. Re1+ Ne5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5+ Kxe5 15. Re1+ Kd4 16. Bxd5 Re8 17. Qd3+ Kc5 18. b4+ Kxb4 19. Qd4+ Ka5 20. Qxc3+ Ka4 21. Qb3+ Ka5 22. Qa3+ Kb6 23. Rb1# 1-0 Game 2: Marache vs Paul Morphy, New York 1857 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Ba3 Qg6 14. Bxf8 Qxg5 15. Ba3 dxc3 16. Bc1 Qg6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ncd4 19. Qe4 Ng3 20. Qxg6 Nde2# 0-1 Game 3: Paul Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, New York 1857 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Be7 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bh4+ 8. g3 fxg3 9. O-O gxh2+ 10. Kh1 Bf6 11. Ne5 Nh6 12. d4 Bxe5 13. Qh5 Qxd4 14. Bxf7+ Nxf7 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Bg5+ Bf6 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Rxf6 Kc7 19. Bf4+ Kb7 20. Rd6 Qc5 21. Ne4 Qxc2 22. Rxd7+ Nxd7 23. Qxd7+ Ka6 24. Nd6 Rhd8 25. Qb7+ Ka5 26. Bd2+ Qxd2 27. Nc4+ Ka4 28. b3# 1-0 Game 4: Paul Morphy vs Henri Baucher, Paris ? 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nh6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc4+ Kh8 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rf7 14. f4 a5 15. f5 Rff8 16. Ne6 Rg8 17. a4 Ng4 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rf3 Bd7 22. Rh3 h6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Qxd7 Bd6 25. Rxh6+ Kxh6 26. Rd3 Kh5 27. Qf7+ Kh4 28. Rh3+ Kg4 29. Qh5# 1-0 Game 5: Paul Morphy vs Theodor Knight, New Orleans 1856 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. d4 d5 6. Bxd5 c6 7. Bxf7+ Qxf7 8. Ne5 Qf6 9. Qh5+ Ke7 10. h4 gxh4 11. O-O Bh6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Ba3+ c5 14. Rd1 Nxe5 15. Bxc5+ Ke6 16. Qe8+ Ne7 17. d5# 1-0 Game 6: John W Schulten vs Paul Morphy, New York 1857 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3 7. Bxe3 O-O 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Re8+ 10. Be2 Bg4 11. c4 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Kf1 Rxe2 14. Nxe2 Nd4 15. Qb1 Bxe2+ 16. Kf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Qd4+ 19. Kg2 Qf2+ 20. Kh3 Qxf3+ 21. Kh4 Nh6 22. Qg1 Nf5+ 23. Kg5 Qh5# 0-1 Game 7: Paul Morphy vs BT Jefferson, New York 1859 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 Qf6 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Qa4 Ne7 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe5 Qf6 16. Nxc6+ Kf8 17. e5 Qg5 18. h4 Qg4 19. Qa3+ Kg8 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Ng6+ Kg8 22. Qf8+ Rxf8 23. Ne7# 1-0 Game 8: Paul Morphy vs Ernest Morphy, New Orleans 1850 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nxc3 dxc3 9. Ba3 d6 10. Qb3 Nh6 11. Qxc3 Qf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Rab1 O-O-O 15. Ba6 Na5 16. Rec1 Bc6 17. Qxa5 bxa6 18. Qxa6+ Kd7 19. Rxc6 Qf5 20. Rxc7+ Ke8 21. Qc6+ Qd7 22. Rb8 Qxc6 23. Re7+ Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Qe8 25. Rexe8# 1-0 Game 9: Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl and Count Isouard, Paris 1858 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0 #chess