A Blindfold Masterpiece!












Schulten,John William - Morphy,Paul [C32]
New York blind New York, 1857

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e3 7.Bxe3 0-0 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 Morphy announced # in 4 here, but Schulten resigned anyway. 0-1 (21...Ne3 22.Qg1 Nf5+ 23.Kg5 Qh5# is one possible finish.)



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