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    Paul Morphy's Checkmates: 28 Examples From His Games.

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    The document is a collection of 28 chess puzzles taken from games played by Paul Morphy. Each puzzle presents a chess position and asks the reader to find the checkmate in a specified number of moves for White or Black. Solutions to the puzzles are provided at the end.

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    Here's a collection of 28 mate puzzles taken from the games of Paul Morphy. Each diagram invites the reader to discover the solution. The disk color on the diagram indicates whose move it is. Solutions are provided at the end of the pamphlet. Bill Harvey is the webmaster of the chess puzzle site wtharvey.com.

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    The document is a collection of 28 chess puzzles taken from games played by Paul Morphy. Each puzzle presents a chess position and asks the reader to find the checkmate in a specified number of moves for White or Black. Solutions to the puzzles are provided at the end.

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    Paul Morphy's Checkmates: 28 Examples From His Games.

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    The document is a collection of 28 chess puzzles taken from games played by Paul Morphy. Each puzzle presents a chess position and asks the reader to find the checkmate in a specified number of moves for White or Black. Solutions to the puzzles are provided at the end.

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    Paul Morphy's

    Checkmates: 28
    examples from his
    games
    editied by Bill Harvey
    Here's a collection of 28 mate puzzles taken from the
    games of Paul Morphy. Each diagram invites the reader to
    discover the solution. The disk color on the diagram
    indicates whose move it is. Solutions are provided at the
    end of the pamphlet. Bill Harvey is the webmaster of the
    chess puzzle site wtharvey.com.
    wtharvey.com
    10,000 chess puzzles
    from historic and modern
    games

    8/18/2015

    1) Paul Morphy
    vs A Morphy
    New Orleans, 1849

    4) Paul Morphy
    vs T Lichtenhein
    New York, 1857

    White mates in 2.

    White mates in 4.

    2) Paul Morphy vs
    Ernest Morphy
    New Orleans, 1850

    5) Paul Morphy vs
    Louis Paulsen
    New York, 1857

    White mates in 3.

    White mates in 4.

    3) Paul Morphy
    vs T Lichtenhein
    New York, 1857

    6) Paul Morphy
    vs Carr
    Birmingham, 1858

    White mates in 4.

    White mates in 4.

    7) Paul Morphy
    vs H Rhodes
    Birmingham, 1858

    10) Paul Morphy


    vs Amateur
    New Orleans, 1858

    White mates in 4.

    White mates in 5.

    8) Paul Morphy
    vs J Kipping
    Birmingham, 1858

    11) Paul Morphy


    vs Amateur
    New Orleans, 1858

    White mates in 4.

    White mates in 3.

    9) Paul Morphy vs
    Thomas Barnes
    London, 1858

    12) Paul Morphy


    vs Amateur
    New Orleans, 1858

    White mates in 4.

    White mates in 3.

    13) Paul Morphy


    vs Forde
    New Orleans, 1858

    16) Paul Morphy


    vs Chamouillet
    Versailles, 1858

    White mates in 4.

    White mates in 4.

    14) Paul Morphy vs


    Jacques Baucher
    Paris, 1858

    17) Paul Morphy


    vs Samuel Boden
    London, 1859

    White mates in 3.

    White mates in 4.

    15) Paul Morphy vs


    Duke Karl & Count Isouard
    Paris, 1858

    18) Paul Morphy


    vs Thomas Brian
    New York, 1859

    White mates in 2.

    White mates in 4.

    19) Paul Morphy


    vs Amateur
    Paris, 1859

    22) Paul Morphy


    vs Jules De Riviere
    Paris, 1863

    White mates in 4.

    White mates in 3.

    20) Paul Morphy


    vs William Lewis
    Philadelphia, 1859

    23) Paul Morphy


    vs Domingues
    Habana, 1864

    White mates in 3.

    White mates in 3.

    21) Paul Morphy


    vs B Smyth
    Philadelphia, 1859

    24) Paul Morphy vs


    Capdevielle, 1864

    White mates in 4.

    White mates in 3.

    25) Louis Paulsen


    vs Paul Morphy
    New York, 1857

    28) O Mongredien
    vs Paul Morphy
    Paris, 1859

    Black mates in 5
    25) 1...Rxg2+ 2.Kxg2 Qh3+ if 3.Kf2 Qh2+ or if
    3.Kg1 Rg8+

    Black mates in 3
    28) 1...e3+ if 2.Rf3 Bxf3+

    26) Adolf Anderssen


    vs Paul Morphy
    Paris, 1858

    Solutions
    1) 1.Rxf7+
    2) 1.Rxd7 if 1...Nf5 2.Rxd8+
    3) 1.Qb7+ Ka5 2.Bd2+ Qxd2 3.Nc4+ Ka4 4.b3#
    4) 1.Qxc7+ if 1...Kf8 2.Qd6+ or if 1...Ke6 2.Re1+
    Kd5 3.c4+
    5) 1.R8g6+ Kh7 2.Bg8+

    Black mates in 4
    26) 1...Rc1+ if 2.Kh2 Qxf4+
    27) P Journoud
    vs Paul Morphy
    Paris, 1858

    6) 1.Rh5+ Kf4 2.Kf2 Rg8 3.g3+


    7) 1.Qe8+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kh6 3.Qe3+
    8) 1.Rd5+ Kg4 2.Re4+ Kg3 3.Rd3+
    9) 1.Qf3+ Kb8 2.Qf8+
    10) 1.e8/Q Re1+ 2.Qxe1 Qxd8 3.Qc3+
    11) 1.Rb5+ Ka4 2.Qc2+
    12) 1.Qe7+ Kg8 2.Qf8+
    13) 1.g5+ Kh5 2.Bf3+ Bg4 3.Qg3

    Black mates in 3
    27) 1...Rd2

    14) 1.Qf7+

    15) 1.Qb8+
    16) 1.Rg8+ Nf8 2.Rxf8+ Kd7 3.Bf5+
    17) 1.f6+ Kh8 2.g7+ Kg8 3.f7+ Kxg7 3.Qf6#
    18) 1.Ne7+ Kf8 2.Ng6+ Kg8 3.Qf8+ Rxf8 4.Ne7#
    19) 1.Nd7+ Kc8 2.Nb6+ Kb8 3.Qc8+
    20) 1.Qxg5
    21) 1.Qxe6 Rxe6 2.Rf8+ Kg7 3.R1f7+
    22) 1.Re8+ Nxe8 2.Qxg6+
    23) 1.Be6+ Kc7 2.Nxc8+ (or 2.Nc4+)
    24) 1.Ne8 if 1...Kg6 2.Qf6+
    25) 1...Rxg2+ 2.Kxg2 Qh3+ if 3.Kf2 Qh2+ or if
    3.Kg1 Rg8+
    26) 1...Rc1+ if 2.Kh2 Qxf4+
    27) 1...Rd2
    28) 1...e3+ if 2.Rf3 Bxf3+

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