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Final Contest Begins! || Morphy vs Paulsen (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
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Morphy Saga
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- 1 The Pride and Sorrow of Chess || The Saga Begins!
- 2 First Game Against a Master! || Morphy vs Löwenthal (1850)
- 3 A Prodigy Confirmed! || Morphy vs Löwenthal (1850) GAME 2
- 4 Against ALL Odds! || Morphy vs Maurian (1854)
- 5 First American Chess Congress! || Morphy vs Thompson || Game 1 (1857)
- 6 When Morphy Bluffs, You Run! || Thompson vs Morphy || Game 2 (1857)
- 7 All Pride, No Sorrow || Thompson vs Morphy || Game 3 (1857)
- 8 The 23-Move Blindfold Brilliancy || Paulsen vs Morphy (1857)
- 9 Free Rook? I Think Not! || Meek vs Morphy (1857)
- 10 Mini Masterclass on Chess Principles || Morphy vs Meek (1857)
- 11 Big Trouble for Little Morphy || Meek vs Morphy (1857)
- 12 Evans Gambit by Paul Morphy Himself
- 13 Using the Entire Board || Lichtenhein vs Morphy (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 14 Only One Move Stops Morphy's Onslaught || Morphy vs Lichtenhein (1857)
- 15 A Crack In The Armor || Lichtenhein vs Morphy || 1st American Chess Congress (1857)
- 16 The Morphy Formula! || Lichtenhein vs Morphy || 1st American Chess Congress (1857)
- 17 Final Contest Begins! || Morphy vs Paulsen (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 18 3 Days for One Game || Paulsen vs Morphy (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 19 Unimaginable || Paulsen vs Morphy (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 20 A Wanderer isn't Always Lost || Morphy vs Paulsen (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 21 We Have a Fight! || Morphy vs Paulsen (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 22 Legendary Game 6! || Paulsen vs Morphy (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 23 Zero Respect || Morphy vs Paulsen (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 24 Play Time's Over || Paulsen vs Morphy (1857) || 1st American Chess Congress
- 25 Naming His Daughter in Honor of Paul Morphy
- 26 The Staunton Challenge || Morphy Travels To England!
- 27 A Disgusting Engine Line Lurks Hidden || Morphy vs Boden (1858)
- 28 Just When You Thought You Were Safe || Morphy vs Boden (1858)
- 29 Attacking Like a Mad Man || Boden vs Morphy (1858)
- 30 This Position Has Never Been Reached Again, And for GOOD REASONS! || Boden vs Morphy (1858)
- 31 First Game is Always the Toughest! || Boden vs Morphy (1858)
- 32 Legendary Mr. Barnes || Morphy vs Barnes (1858)
- 33 Barnes Gone Mad? || Morphy vs Barnes (1858)
- 34 Imagine The Unimaginable || Morphy vs Barnes (1858)
- 35 Mate in 8, But Really it's Instant || Barnes vs Morphy (1858)
- 36 Gives Me Great Pleasure to Show You This || Barnes vs Morphy (1858)
- 37 Finally, Morphy Goes for Morphy Defense! || Barnes vs Morphy (1858)
- 38 BARNES Power! || Morphy vs Owen (1858)
- 39 The Beast Awakens || Owen vs Morphy (1858)
- 40 In The Spirit of Barnes! || Owen vs Morphy (1858)
- 41 Engine-Like Defense || Owen vs Morphy (1858)
- 42 8 Years Waiting for Revenge || Morphy vs Löwenthal (1858)
- 43 Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me || Morphy vs Löwenthal (1858)
- 44 A Turning Point or... || Löwenthal vs Morphy (1858)
- 45 Mouse Slip in 1858 || Morphy vs Löwenthal
- 46 This Happens To All of Us || Morphy vs Löwenthal (1858)
- 47 A Lesson in Rook Lifts || Morphy vs Löwenthal (1858)
- 48 Löwenthal's Immortal? || Löwenthal vs Morphy (1858)
- 49 The Only Move! || Morphy vs Löwenthal (1858)
- 50 Is This The Worst Move Ever Played?
- 51 How To Slay a Giant? || Löwenthal vs Morphy (1858)
- 52 Early Bird Gets the...? || Morphy vs Bird (1858)
- 53 Chess Rule #1 - NEVER PLAY f6!
- 54 Everyone Talking About Queen's Gambit - Welcome to King's Gambit
- 55 Sacrifice a Rook To Sacrifice The Queen!
- 56 The Greatest Opening || Morphy vs Kipping || 1860.
- 57 Can it Really be?? Another One??? || Kipping vs Morphy || 1860.
- 58 I See Everything || Morphy (BLINDFOLD) vs Kipping || 1858.
- 59 You May Be Cool, But You're Not "Paul Morphy Hanging 3 Pieces" Cool
- 60 Passed Pawns Must Be Pushed!
- 61 Greatest Blindfold Chess Game Ever Played || Paul Morphy vs George Salmon
- 62 Morphy Goes to Paris!
- 63 Morphy Too Fast or Bullets Too Slow?
- 64 Paul Morphy's Worst Game is Better Than My Best Game
- 65 A New Opponent! - What's His Power Level?? || Morphy vs Harrwitz (1858) Game 2
- 66 To Win, Sometimes You Must Lose || Harrwitz vs Morphy (1858)
- 67 "It Takes Very Little Trouble to Beat This Fellow" || Harrwitz vs Morphy (1858) Game 1
- 68 A Very Different Antagonist || Harrwitz vs Morphy (1858) Game 3
- 69 NOT. A. SINGLE. GAME! || Morphy vs Harrwitz (1858) Game 4
- 70 Nothing Can Hurt This Man! || Harrwitz vs Morphy (1858) Game 5
- 71 Opponents and Their Promises || Morphy vs Harrwitz (1858) Game 6
- 72 Mysterious Mr. Potier || Morphy Starts The 8 Player Blindfold Simul in Paris!
- 73 In The Vortex Of Turbulence || Morphy vs Preti || (1858) Paris
- 74 Seriously, How Does Something Like This Happen? :) :) :)
- 75 We Can Never See Past The Choices We Don't Understand
- 76 I Don't Know How Much Longer I Can Hold This
- 77 Like a Surgeon!
- 78 Morphy Burst Out Laughing At Himself For This Move
- 79 Morphy is Like Superman - As Strong as He Needs to Be!
- 80 Greatest Chess Game Ever Played
- 81 Champions Of The Old and New World || Morphy vs Anderssen
- 82 Beginnings of Chess as We Know it Today || Morphy vs Anderssen (1858) || GAME 2
- 83 Cause of All Subsequent Embarrassment! || Morphy vs Anderssen (1858) || GAME 3
- 84 Careful What You Wish For! || Anderssen vs Morphy (1858) || GAME 4
- 85 You Hear That Mr. Anderssen? That Is The Sound Of Inevitability!
- 86 Mystery of 1.a3 Revealed! || Anderssen vs Morphy (1858) || GAME 6
