Morphy's Games: A Selection of the Best Games Played by the Distinguished Champion in Europe and AmericaD. Appleton and Company, 1860 - 473 Seiten |
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Morphy's Games: A Selection of the Best Games Played by the Distinguished ... Paul Charles Morphy Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ANDERSSEN attack Bishop Black.-MR BQ Kt Bx Kt BxKt BxP ch Castles 11 Castles Q R Correctly played DCDO WHITE defence DODO GAMBIT give a diagram Harrwitz King's Knight Kt 5 ch Kt K B Kt Kt KtXB KtxKt KtXP KtxQ KtXR KXKt LÖWENTHAL MONGREDIEN Morphy's NOTES P K B P K Kt P K R P Q B P Q R Paul Morphy PxKt Q K B Q Kt Q Q Q B Q R K Q R Q QR 5 ch Queen QxKt R K B R Q 7 ch R Q B reply Rook Rx Kt RxKt RXR ch White.-MR
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xix - ... predicted a chess champion from America he would have been laughed to scorn. The Congress, however, showed that the traditional names were not the names of power; that the unknown were superior to the known; that there was unsuspected latent chess talent in the mind of Young America. The grey-beards were fairly pushed from their pedestals. Youth and genius proved far more than a match for age and experience. All went down almost without a struggle before the conqueror from New Orleans...
Seite 182 - A very good move, for while it brings the Queen into a more attacking position, it at the same time defends White's Queen's Pawn, and threatens that of his adversary.
Seite iii - PAUL MORPHY. Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea. viewed CLASSICALLY, POETICALLY, and PRACTICALLY. Containing numerous Dishes and Feasts of all Times and Countries, besides three hundred Modern Receipts. 1 vol. small 4to., gilt top. $1 50. "It is altogether the best book for a genteel housekeeper that we...