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1857 / New York

Morphy trades his queen for a coordinated attack

Louis Paulsen — Paul Morphy

White’s queen attacks the b6-bishop. Morphy gives up his own queen to remove a king defender and bring a rook and both bishops into the attack.

Sacrifices · Piece coordination · King hunts

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    Video, explanations and animations by RookHabit. Pieces by Colin M. L. Burnett, distributed with python-chess (GPLv3+).