Morphy Destroys his Childhood Friend With Rook and Knight Odds! Amazing game :)

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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp #agadmator Paul Morphy had everything necessary for success that one could think of. He had a wealthy family, was a hard worker, had an astounding mind, and was well liked by nearly all the people he knew. Yet throughout his life he was met with failure and sadness. His near perfect circumstances and tumultuous final year of life earned him the nickname by which he will forever be remembered, “The Pride and Sorrow of Chess.”
As most folks interested in Paul Morphy know, Charles Amédée de Maurian had been his best friend since childhood. Paul's father and Charles' father (also Charles) were both lawyers, judges and politicos in New Orleans and lived near and associated with each other. Alonzo Morphy and Charles Maurian the elder were witnesses to the marriage of Judah Benjamin, later the Confederate Attorney-General and Sec. of War, to Natalie Bauché de St. Martin. Paul and Charles went to school together in New Orleans and later in Moblie, Alabama. Charles has the magnificant distinction of having been the only person tutored in chess by Paul Morphy. Outside of Morphy, Maurian became the strongest player in the Crescent City. He founded and was first president of the New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club in 1880 and edited the chess columns in the New Orleans Delta and later in the New Olreans Times-Democrat
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Paul Morphy vs Charles Maurian
"Against All Odds" (game of the day Jun-16-2008)
New Orleans (1854)
Chess variants (000)
1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. Nf3 Nec6 5. g4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. c3 f5 8. ef6 Bf6 9. h4 Na5 10. g5 Be7 11. h5 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Qc2 h6 14. gh6 gh6 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Rg6 Rf6 17. Qg2 Qf8 18. Nh4 Qf7 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Bg5 Rfg6 22. Ng6 Rg6 23. hg6 Qg7 24. Qh1 Kg8 25. f6
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[@simonjacobs1376]

Perhaps the title of the video should read, "In exchange for the White's Rook and Knight, Black will move both his knights to the Queen side of the board as fast as possible for no reason".

[@user-fr3xl]

Very true🤣🔥

[@skovecka]

ah so he castled queenside?

[@panda4247]

"How to win games and lose friends" by Paul Morphy

[@ght3k7]

😂😂

[@msizimanqele2811]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mohammedsaqibkalsekar1058]

Actually no. I used to crush my friends by giving them queen odds, in return for two moves in the beginning. After playing e4 d4, they would get their move. I used to gain the centre and won 19, drew 2 and lost 1

[@dudewheresmycube]

Checkmate in 27. How cool would it be to say that to an opponent.

[@oz_jones]

Soo, you wanna resign or what? :D

[@defunct6613]

@Osmorosvo lol you made my day xD

[@quanghoangminh7626]

HE TOTALLY WRONG, HE IS SO STUPID BUT HE THINK HES GENEROUS. I CHECK THAT WITH THE ENGINE

[@droceretik]

Why are you shouting? Is the content of your message not good enough?

[@wolffang21burgers]

In fairness he is correct (albeit being very metaphorically loud about it) 5:22 blacks best defence is Kg8 here. This gets out of reach of the discovery. Nf5 can be met with Rxf5 and Nf3 can be met with Rf6 and whites queen can't take the pawn on g7. Black is therefore winning by his material advantage. Furthermore, when Qxg7+ is played, Qh8# is slightly faster.

[@frankiegee6135]

Morphy:”good game friend” Charles: ? Morphy: “It’s mate in 27”

[@hosoonkang2287]

Charles de maurian was also down 2 pieces considering the knights were useless lol

[@Sk8Fam]

lmao stupidly left them in the valley of no return

[@anatsusha09]

Milwaukee24 Sk8Fam The valley of no return......😂😂😂😂😂

[@Trilobita98]

Like what did he think morphy would do being down 2 pieces? Trade? No. Of course he would go for his king. So he should have put those pieces near the king to protect him

[@jangtheconqueror]

Knight sacrifice without actually putting them in danger

[@nabisco0523]

Dude, I was driving back from Los Angeles back to Vegas where I live, and then I saw the notification for this video, so I literally stopped at Ghost Town for 15 minutes just to watch this video lmao.

[@agadmator]

+BayToTheVeg Man, I wish you took a photo of that. I'd put it on my fridge :D

[@jcb3883]

Stuff of horror movies.

[@taowroland8697]

Randsburg or Johannesburg?

[@taowroland8697]

Because I was at there when the video came online too, hunting haha

[@omniferousswan593]

I just watch these while driving. Save a lot of time and I have a screen in my center console.

[@roshantiwari5442]

Kings come and go, horses however need to be safe.

[@premsarup1764]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@abraarmasud9194]

Lmao

[@kevinbyrne4538]

1:26 -- I wonder if Morphy's chess lesson to Charles de Maurian was to "place your knights safely on the edge of the board" and "be sure to create space around your king by advancing the pawns of his castle" ... and so forth.

[@zariftahmidshoeb3487]

It was morphy's plan to "prepare" him for this game so that he will move his knights away like an idiot so that morphy himself can win with a rook and a knight odd 😂😂😂

[@nlaszg]

This is how you learn to respect opponents position. Agadmator, add some elevator music for that 3 seconds you wait for move to be found, it will be funny. Greetings from Serbia.

[@CGoody564]

nlaszg I like it. Either that, or some "Jeapordy" music.

[@MrSupernova111]

lol

[@kanal2123a]

I ti ga gledas? Bas dobar youtuber =)

[@Astrobrant2]

That would be a cool suggestion if not for the existence of the pause button. I think most people would do that instead. Then they'd have to listen to the dumb music after making a decision. Oh, wait, we have a fast-forward button, too! Ahhh, technology!

[@arslongavitabreves]

#suggestion

[@abdullahalmosalami2373]

6:32 "... which is a really terrible move ..." This will now be in my head for every blunder I make.

[@leadnitrate2194]

It's in my head for every move I make.

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

This Charles guy really sucked at chess.

[@Eorzat]

It's always easy to say how much players "sucked" back then, but you have to remember that there was practically no theory compared to today. So, it's not a question of how "bad" Morphy's opponents were - it's more of how "good" Morphy was.

[@ilikecommenting6849]

Lmao laughed so hard at this. Have my like!

[@pcred5673]

i could have done worse lmao

[@andrewschultz6608]

Not as bad as N.N. All those blunders, and not a thing learned after 100 years.

[@velo_GG]

you dont need theory to know both your knights on the wrong side of the board make 0 sense..

[@kal386]

Wow I found the move this time

[@holgerjurjo4282]

Same

[@neeralm]

Apparently Morphy wasn't a good teacher.

[@ytmndman]

In later games, Morphy couldn't beat him with only knight odds.

[@josephbloggss7286]

There's some truth in the saying; "Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach."

[@11energize]

According to the description he ended up becoming pretty good. I guess this was an early game of his.

[@11energize]

Joseph Bloggss That makes no sense in this context

[@justinbieber8028]

@@josephbloggss7286 to an extent, yeah. But I think it’s more accurate to say that being good at something is different from being good at teaching.

[@arturcabral6347]

Yessssss, I love Morphy games.

[@chessidiot1754]

then you might know this one... kzbin.info/www/bejne/emnbZnqOhM6ggac

[@000aleph]

I love Morphy's trend-setting hair-do

[@rusmeister7144]

I saw the title as “Morphy destroys childhood friend with Rook and Knights - odd”

[@user-hq2nm7zr5i]

Morphy is my favorite player to watch. More videos of his game please! Love the videos.

[@round3706]

You're right it does make you feel good about yourself. Excellent move.

[@aravinthbalakrishnan3427]

I am a simple man I see Paul morphy I hit the like button

[@chessidiot1754]

oh yeah? what about this .. mate?

[@droceretik]

Must be a Ghost or a visual Hallucination.

[@Sillytake1705]

Personally, if my opponent's queenside were removed, I would castle that way, rather than straight into his attack.

[@404guru]

@6:18 "Sexually 27 moves, Butt..." :D

[@bongsoojung8894]

LOL

[@sascha269real]

“Its actually”is what he said

[@seantomas861]

Hshaj humor? No, ok.

[@sascha269real]

Sean Tomas no?*

[@mertarican5456]

@@sascha269real r/woosh

[@masoud2307]

Morphy's absent peaces were more useful than his friends 2 knights

[@divyamverma6320]

In my phone title of the video was like "Morphy destroys his childhood... " and I was like tf well that is a nice thing to destroy btw

[@zariftahmidshoeb3487]

Me too man 😆

[@anupambalawan]

On twitch board is smaller and your video screen occupies larger space. Give more space to board.

[@RantyCat]

Always provide opera in the background in Morphy's matches.

[@panmk1231]

5:34 qh8 mate in 1 XD, so didnt need to do 27 moves but ok, still checkmate anyway haha

[@teomar-ct9cs]

Nice find.

[@savageforce8452]

@@teomar-ct9cs qh8 is not mate because the black king can literally just capture the white queen; the queen wouldn't be defended on h8!

[@savageforce8452]

Qh8 is NOT mate;the queen could just be captured by the black king lol!

[@teomar-ct9cs]

Savage Force queen from h7 to h8 IS mate as the king is too far to capture. You must be thinking about 1 move after that

[@savageforce8452]

@@teomar-ct9cs I see that now thx

[@WWxeroWW.WERWKWWF__WPWWW.-_WWW]

so happy i found the move at the end since im only 800 rated and fairly new

[@giriiyer3968]

Incredible twenty-seven move analysis Morphy is the Newton of chess

[@legace3485]

Always enjoy the games from old masters. Especially morphy

[@ebwholesaler]

After this game, Paul Morphy offered a rematch to his opponent, Charles... - " No, way ! " - " Come on, friend, i'll handicap myself by 15 pieces, and i'll just keep my White King..." - " NO WAY !!! " - " You... chicken !..." - " ?! O.k. Let's play ! " . .. ... (Game ended with a stalemate !!!) 😀

[@mdwdirect]

I found your channel by chance recently and I am really enjoying your content and format. You have it figured out. Never boring, you keep my attention with every video. I am now a daily viewer. Thanks!

[@Nullifidian]

Others have pointed out that the long checkmate is unnecessary, but I'd like to point out that black is winning after Rh8+ (5:05 in the video). Black doesn't have to make an escape square for the king immediately because of the two tempi white's move order gives him. After Rh8+ Kxh8, Qh2+ Bh4+, Nxh4 black can use the tempo to move Kg8. Now if white persists in playing Nf5, Rxf5 clears the escape square for the king. Black will be losing the exchange, but he started with such huge odds that it makes no difference. Rf8 is a bad move, but it's bad because of Rh7 with a threat of doubling on the h-file with Qh2. The only move black has to stop this plan is giving up material with Bh4+. After Nxe4, black does have to move the rook to clear an escape square. If he moves Re8, then Qe2 renews the threat of doubling on the h-file, this time with Qh5. If Rf6, then Qh2 is winning. Black's best move is to start retreating the king with Kf8, but then Rh8+ wins the queen.

[@Nullifidian]

Also at 7:31, your analysis is correct as far as it goes, but Ne5+ gives a faster mate. Ne5+ Ke8 (Kf6 Rg6#) Bg6+ Rf7 Bxf7+ Kf8 Rg8#

[@jordypma1413]

5:34 Qh8#?

[@Gobis07]

Jord Ypma yeah I noticed that too

[@MTTR01]

King captures?

[@syedhumza9572]

but that wasn't long enough lol 😅😂 he really worked hard to find the longest mate 😂😆

[@deadxera]

@M01 King can't capture from F8 to H8

[@robiniekiller45]

Joshua Tate the queen can

[@azizeya7807]

7:10 "This is probably something Charles learned after this game" lol

[@unfrostedfortnite8133]

omg thank you for uploading this, please upload more morphy hes my fav player and his games are very instructive.

[@andyjewell7111]

I could watch morphy games all day everyday!

[@ianfischerschilling9779]

you missed Qh8# 5:34

[@agadmator]

+Ian Fischer Schilling Just checking if you're paying attention :) Nah, I totally missed it :)

[@ianfischerschilling9779]

agadmator's Chess Channel Hahahah Btw, thanks for your videos! I had stopped playing chess during over a year, but seeing your videos made me want to play again!

[@savageforce8452]

@@ianfischerschilling9779 but the queen could just be taken; the queen isn't protected on h8

[@ianfischerschilling9779]

@@savageforce8452 after Kf8, Qh8 is mate, nothing can take it

[@savageforce8452]

@@ianfischerschilling9779 Ah I see;I'm 1400 ,so of course I would miss mate in 2 lol

[@flabbergasted5588]

At home eating oats at 1:54 AM watching agadmator chess videos LIFE IS GOOD

[@myronmomtaz3909]

Agad you missed mate in 1 QH8# ON 5:36

[@CARPB147]

Correct. Instead of Qxg4, the move QH8## is enough.

[@DanBurgaud]

Showing these Morphy games make me realize how amazing players back then were...

[@zariftahmidshoeb3487]

Yeah sure everyone was a Paul morphy and no one was a Charles Maurium 😂😂😂

[@ron20010301]

5:33 You don't have to play Qxg7, because Qh8 is Checkmate

[@cuntcrusher9546]

ron20010301 but why?

[@fox2569]

5:35 then it's checkmate with Qh8.

[@fox2569]

At 5:35, qh8 instead of qg7 is checkmate.

[@Carrejae35]

Fox It’s not

[@fox2569]

Yes it really is. King is on f8 with nowhere to go after the Queen moves to h8, hence checkmate.

[@Ardistan667]

De Maurian is really thriving in maneuvering his knights out of the game.

[@robertfowler2895]

Best chess channel on KZbin. Thank you

[@The_Milkman_Delivers]

It's amazing how well your channel has grown. I'll bet you hit 100K in no time.

[@paulharris2025]

plot twist: it was a simultaneous exhibition and Charles was going for a checkmate with his knights on the other board on his right side

[@aniketbramhankar5980]

Morphy - a genius of games with odds!

[@pramitdhongade3995]

after 2 months of watching your videos i finally figured somthing out 😂😂

[@argus9570]

This is the first time that I find the move😂

[@milliern]

You do a great job of finding interesting games. Great taste for interesting stuff!

[@andrewschultz6608]

I was pleased I found ...Rf5. Going into this video I was hoping to find suggestions for Black to defend better, or opportunities to guess a better line, and I got them! I hope others were able to watch the video looking for how Black could improve, too.

[@therealpaulmorphy]

Thanks for showing this game i sent in

[@agadmator]

+EL PINCHE BROKENGLASSM8 Thank you for suggesting :)

[@therealpaulmorphy]

agadmator's Chess Channel can you analysis this one too www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1337519

[@kjfjdkiflfkd]

This game never gets old 😁

[@TheToby121]

Old chess games are so interesting to me

[@droceretik]

Are they? Wow, your a legend.

[@aaronwafflart6010]

I thought the title just said "morphy destroys his childhood " haha great video

[@doobiehowzer6068]

Agadmator is great at making a good day great thumbs up

[@charananantha9245]

Morphy gave up his rook and a knight...Charles gave up both of his knights by placing them oddly 😂😂

[@AGriffith]

definitely morphy is my favorite player...

[@Vahe345]

Another great video. Your the best!

[@dbfurrer]

Morphy just said "Now you resign"

[@vinm300]

7:18 "You have to give a piece back to defend : this is something Charles learned, probably, after this game".

[@jeisonlucio]

At 5:34 instead of Qxg7+ leading to the long checkmate, isn't Qh8# better? =)

[@ChalliceofLight]

Brilliant channel, buddy! Morphy was the TRUE best! New subscriber.

[@cretudavid8622]

Imagine going for the four nights game.....

[@kevinbyrne4538]

First time that I've ever seen Morphy play like a pawn pusher.

[@gghrtx2]

The dog is sleeping today !

[@rhalleballe]

At 5:35, instead of Qg7+?? simply Qh8 is check mate! No need for super long combination....

[@angc214]

Ben Finegold talks about how poorly people of Morphy's era played. This is an example of that. De Maurian not developing early and moving his knights way off to the side of the board ignoring center control are exactly Finegold's points.

[@ErossMcCloud]

I feel bad for Charles :(

[@michaelmassaro4375]

The main mistake of Morphy’s opponent Morphy is shooting his pawns up the Board getting his Bishops Knight his one Rook and Queen all coming for Black’s King meanwhile Morphy’s opponent is tinkering around with his Knights on the Queen side of the Board once the Black Kings defense was shredded it was like the Floodgates were open seemed as if Morphy was simply toying with him I know you had said Black did not need to go after more pieces as he already has two pieces up but maybe he should’ve used that Bishop Rook and Queen to attack Morphy’s Kings defense he didn’t instead he’s going on horse rides Thanks for the Game Agadmator

[@tavernaufalazhar8810]

In 5:34 Qh8# it's mate?

[@levanlomouri3579]

Taver Naufal seems so

[@Jkirek_]

He can just capture the queen with the king

[@LoserBroProductions]

Jasper Kole no he can’t

[@AGriffith]

Levan Lomouri hahahahaha that is true :P

[@lucaspaiva8659]

the king is on f8, and the queen on h8. The king can't do anything, it is checkmate. (or i missed sth. I'm a 1500 player on rapid)

[@10306630]

congrats man, love your channel!!!

[@dj4rapz]

I play like Morphy too - I have many pieces missing most of the time.

[@josephcoleman57]

Chess 101. When up material you swap down. This looks like me vs Dad when l was about 7

[@ericbender7404]

MORE MORPHY PLEASE!!!!

[@richhmann]

You should make a video of you playing some puzzles on lichess!

[@ibnsina6312]

Morphy you beauty!

[@zerquix18]

It's my 19th birthday and I'm just home watching your videos

[@TheXalkk]

Same was with me:D But it was my 20th bitrthday)

[@TheXalkk]

And happy birthday bro

[@lolousdeman5160]

Happy birthday man

[@fastpace101]

Happy bday!

[@GaneshKumar-bv2td]

Happy birthday!

[@ebwholesaler]

Why did Black stubborned to still castle King side when he saw at least 3 white pawns rushing in that direction ??? Black King would have been much safer by managing a Queen side castle during the opening sequence.

[@mathze]

Stop bashing poor Charles, he was playing one of history's strongest ever chess players for god's sake. He got much better later, look it up.

[@tonyreno3168]

@5:34 after Kf8, Qh8 mate is faster

[@leos.2322]

i was almost puking when i saw the knight moves

[@jarlbalgruufthegreat7488]

Finally found the full combination correctly...

[@precioustreasures6045]

i think you missed the mate in 1 Qh8 at 5.34 clock of your video..it was a side variation...you dont have to capture Qxg7+ which prolonged the mate..instead immediate Qh8 coz the knight is covering d7 square and the pawn is guarding e7 square.

[@yogevpc]

Paul Morphy - This Is How We Do It !

[@samiraljubory6223]

Thank you brother

[@stupidpdj]

Charles played like a child - putting both knights out in the blue.

[@amyalindaily3781]

Thanks

[@muffemod]

Morphy was tops!

[@orensznajder9083]

love your vids, keep it up!

[@bigcrazybanana5505]

Me:Hmm maybe queen H7 will work, I'm not even going to pause the video Agadmator: The answer is queen H7 Me:Oh k cool

[@mftripz8445]

Handicapping in chess is the worst feeling, both handicapped and against

[@dagnurd]

On the variation with the rook sac, you missed a faster mate.as you showed in the video, Rh8+ Kh8, Qh2+ Bh4, Nxh4 Rf6, Nf5+ Kg8, Qh7+ Kf8, happens, but then Qh8++ is checkmate immediately, instead of Qxg7, which should be significantly shorter.

[@captainnautilus9578]

please do a Korchnoi-Karpov game agadmator ;)

[@-_Nuke_-]

Morphy was playing without a Knight and a Bishop but Charles was playing without a Rook, 2 Knights and a Bishop... So unfair...!

[@Astrobrant2]

It was clear that Charles was intent on attacking the queen side with his knights. Since this was a very bad strategy I don't know how fair it is to give Morphy credit for a great game. But it was very interesting to watch.

[@dkn.205]

Well Morphy taught Charles chess...

[@CokeVoAYCE]

5:34 QH8 is checkmate

[@bilalameer57]

Amazing bro

[@rushaligoyal3751]

Charles de maurian was able to make a draw even after such a bad position at last

[@fienddube]

Yeah really good comments after 7:00...you see this idea so much, where a player gains material, and then in trying to hang on to the material, gets mated (or loses even more material then he gained!)....many times, you have to give some material back to defend well. Even when it feels bad. Even GM’s make this mistake.