Legendary game · 1857
The game that won Morphy the championship
Paulsen vs Morphy — New York 1857 · Four Knights Game, Spanish Variation (C48)
Morphy
Paulsen
New York, eighteen fifty-seven. The final round of the first American Chess Congress — and Paul Morphy delivers his masterpiece.
The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.
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