I speak the sober truth. I used to play for Stevenage chess team (board 3). One game, playing white, I checkmated my opponent with a Queen's side castle. Like most of my games (1980s), I have long lost the score.
@@malcolmabram2957that’s incredible. It’s a different feeling entirely to master someone on the board that one. In the same vein as Lebron when he dunks you did the chess equivalent 😂
Morphy may be the GOAT in my opinion. No engines, no books, no games to be recalled by an extraterrestial memory. Just brilliant, innovative unadulterated chess and nothing else...
Yeah you can look at Morphy's games and claim that he plays like a "2400" But put any grandmaster in Morphy's era with the available chess knowledge back then and I'm not sure they could invent and innovate to that extent Also if Morphy played even 10 games against 2400's he would quickly adapt and improve. Even skeptics concede that he'd probably be a 2700 given modern knowledge and training
@@kaanozk Yes. Morphy has raw talent, I believe. Then Bobby perfected his talent with immense passion. What do I really know? All I know is that we are lucky to enjoy the games of these chess giants. I am so grateful.
One of the biggest what-ifs in history is if Morphy had computers and advanced theory to work from with his pure natural understanding of the game. He probably would have been the greatest player in history given how little time he had to seriously work with the game and the low level of competition to truly refine his skills.
Paul Morphy was able to humiliate his opponents was because the Paul Morphy had better understanding of the game if he was born in today's era, he wouldnt have had this competitive advantage because his opponents would have had access to stockfish too. So its even playing field.
actually no coz the competition on his time was trash. He is nothing in front of nowadays grandmaster and if he got computers he would be equal to grandmasters nothing more.
@@aadityaadhanraj5834One could argue that all the previous generations were trash comapred to modern era, which would be wrong of course. You logic is flawed obviously. Morphy's competition was not trash, just like Ford wasn't trash in the 1920s just because there exist monster sport cars today. You have to be able to put things in perspective when you analyze two completely different eras. It's not that hard. And yeah, Morphy was a chess genius.
@@ScorpionF1RE----USAwell a cheater did that using an engine against Magnus. Not in this fashion though, but regardless.. he walked that king up the board.
Morphy will be one of the weakest grandmasters currently but at his time with no computers and no theories, this guy was a pure genius, i don't doubt he would have been a wolrd champion if he was born at our time.
Are you kidding? His didn't even play the fried liver correctly. He could have ended that game quickly the moment black moved his knight inoptimally to D4
I was wondering how it was a checkmate in the first two mates so I went back and paused at the checkmate and noticed the Bishops in both mates who made it possible It would've been better if I was given time to analyze the checkmate instead of being forced to rewind the video
@@takahashi2852 but think of it like this, for those who don't wanna pause or wait will need to skip ahead which is worse than pausing or rewinding. You don't know if you miss something if you skip ahead so most people will never skip. On the other hand pausing literally takes 1 click and rewinding is just as easy.
@@quackduckquack A middle ground would be actually explaining the checkmate by highlighting which piece blocks which square For example telling us that the king can't simply just take the rook because it's protected by a bishop
It's amazing that Morphy had only a limited number of chess books to study from (if he did at all) but yet develop chess theory himself. He was just 12 in this game, and would sacifice pieces to checkmate. Most players do not want to sacifice a piece, but his extraordinary calculating and creative play makes his games very excting to study. He was the best of all time.
Great video and great selection of Games. I'm a Newbie to Chess at 52 And only just learnt castling correctly.... sort of anyways. Memory rather poor these days. Haven't watched many Chess games and only of the past GM's. Haven't watched any of the modern players at all. Paul was a natural Chess genius. Watching several of his famous Chess games, it seems that Booby Fischer was heavily influenced by Paul's strategy and method of play, namely attacking. From my rather limited knowledge and observations, I personally believe that Paul, Sultan Khan and Bobby Fischer are amongst the top five GOAT Chess players.
I’m form New Orleans Morphy is my idol as chess player before Mangus you had Morphy even Bobby Fisher said the greatest chess player ever was Morphy. The way he beat people he played rapid chess in classical chess. He didn’t care what you tried to do he just disregarded it for his gain
Thank you for this video!! ❤ All the games in this video are legendary. 🔥 I can't figure out how one can calculate this well. That too without any modern training!!! Paul Morphy is a true genius🔥🔥 Hope I too can calculate moves someday lol.
When Anderssen's friends asked him why he didn't play as brilliantly with Morphy as he does with others, Anderssen replied, "Morphy wouldn't let me!. It is of no use struggling against this man. He is just like a piece of machinery that is sure to come to a certain conclusion. It is impossible to play chess better than Mr. Morphy. Nobody can hope to win more than a game or two from him!" And mind you, Anderssen was considered to be the strongest player in Europe at the time.
Wow... What a legacy. Simply born in the wrong age of mankind. Today he would be a famous and wealthy grandmaster crushing his opponents and dominating the chess scene with other great minds.
Very interesting biography of Mr. Morphy! And I thought “Morphy Bob” at Coffee Chess just exaggerated at Paul Morphy’s greatness… now I know I’m wrong!
I'd love to see some of the players from the past play some people from recent history. This guy against a Capablanca or Tal or Magnus.... you get the idea.
Can I tell you about a checkers tragedy. There was this insane player, who could beat the strongest engines with ease. He was the only one who could do it. So these people created this new engine that was insanely powerful and good. When they tried to play it against the master, he had already died just a measly few hours before. We will never know if he lost.
I wish there were world championships at that time so he could live off by the money he made playing chess. He cleary wasn't happy as a lawyer and died too soon for his age, I feel so sorry for him 😢
ok...ok....i get it now. I had thought that Morphy was just good at chess during a time when everyone else sucked. After seeing those games..... I get it. He was other worldly.
2:20 uh... can we not say "mated him"? Can we keep it the longwinded way and say "checkmated him"? I don't like to think of a 12 year old mating his uncle especially in a beautiful way. Thanks.
The darkest moment in chess history is that Morphy was born 50 years before the game got a real recognition and actual masters attended to it, like Lasker, Steinitz, Alekhine, etc. Imagine Morphy against them, dude was too broken for his times
beautiful games thank you, its amazing Paul gave his opponents a piece and wins , to me it speaks of his mastery of the board, of course this was before internet and online games , i wonder if " masters " still play a piece down in starting in 2024
If someone castled checked mated me, That'll be my last game
puede pasar, ojo.
I speak the sober truth. I used to play for Stevenage chess team (board 3). One game, playing white, I checkmated my opponent with a Queen's side castle. Like most of my games (1980s), I have long lost the score.
@@malcolmabram2957that’s incredible. It’s a different feeling entirely to master someone on the board that one. In the same vein as Lebron when he dunks you did the chess equivalent 😂
What would you do then? Make some money doing something productive? lol
i once did it, lol was insane game
Morphy may be the GOAT in my opinion. No engines, no books, no games to be recalled by an extraterrestial memory. Just brilliant, innovative unadulterated chess and nothing else...
Yeah you can look at Morphy's games and claim that he plays like a "2400"
But put any grandmaster in Morphy's era with the available chess knowledge back then and I'm not sure they could invent and innovate to that extent
Also if Morphy played even 10 games against 2400's he would quickly adapt and improve. Even skeptics concede that he'd probably be a 2700 given modern knowledge and training
@@DanielSong39 Playing at a 2400 elo strength was just insane back then. According to Ben Finegold, he would be at Magnus Carlsen's peak + 10 elo.
He was basically bobby fisher before bobby fisher
This is the best comment!
Raw talent morphy > Bobby.
@@kaanozk Yes. Morphy has raw talent, I believe. Then Bobby perfected his talent with immense passion. What do I really know? All I know is that we are lucky to enjoy the games of these chess giants. I am so grateful.
@@ronaldo_ofalia good for you
Fischer
"Then he sacrifices...THE QUEEN!" - Gotham Chess
He qas so ahed of his time he knew how to play the botez gambit
rook
But he started by giving his uncle ..... THE ROOOOOOOOK!!!!! 😀
Funny
One of the biggest what-ifs in history is if Morphy had computers and advanced theory to work from with his pure natural understanding of the game. He probably would have been the greatest player in history given how little time he had to seriously work with the game and the low level of competition to truly refine his skills.
the what if, is if he played till 24-25 years old. if he had all the other stuff would be other what ifs
Paul Morphy was able to humiliate his opponents was because the Paul Morphy had better understanding of the game if he was born in today's era, he wouldnt have had this competitive advantage because his opponents would have had access to stockfish too. So its even playing field.
actually no coz the competition on his time was trash. He is nothing in front of nowadays grandmaster and if he got computers he would be equal to grandmasters nothing more.
@@aadityaadhanraj5834One could argue that all the previous generations were trash comapred to modern era, which would be wrong of course. You logic is flawed obviously. Morphy's competition was not trash, just like Ford wasn't trash in the 1920s just because there exist monster sport cars today. You have to be able to put things in perspective when you analyze two completely different eras. It's not that hard. And yeah, Morphy was a chess genius.
He is Magnus in this incarnation. Nobody talks about this, not even Magnus knows himself.
That last game king walk was insane
without healer?!!
Reaching the 8th rank with the King is pretty legendary too
LOL
No, it's humiliating.
If you want to see a white king reacing a8, check out Van de Loo vs Hesling
@@Ushkilushkithanks couldnt remember what game it was
@@ScorpionF1RE----USAwell a cheater did that using an engine against Magnus. Not in this fashion though, but regardless.. he walked that king up the board.
I think Morphy was born with Stockfish inside his brain. Very nice video tho!
Stockfish would obliterate him 😂
Morphy will be one of the weakest grandmasters currently but at his time with no computers and no theories, this guy was a pure genius, i don't doubt he would have been a wolrd champion if he was born at our time.
He was an artist, not a robot.
@@shehabgamal8640 If he had the all privileges we have now he would be the absolute best
Are you kidding? His didn't even play the fried liver correctly. He could have ended that game quickly the moment black moved his knight inoptimally to D4
Its sad that we will never know what Morphy’s final form looked like.
What is sadder is he was never given the opportunity to beat Staunton's goofy ass
@@tappajaav Staunton knew how strong he was lmao
Paul morphy was the mozart of chess. There will never be another paul morphy ever. One of the beautiful minds to play the game
At the end of each game, could you wait a couple seconds before moving on for folks to linger on the final move? Other than that, the pacing is good.
There is a option to pause videos on UA-cam
It's YT. Just pause and review. You can even go backwards in case you didn't know. LOL
I was wondering how it was a checkmate in the first two mates so I went back and paused at the checkmate and noticed the Bishops in both mates who made it possible
It would've been better if I was given time to analyze the checkmate instead of being forced to rewind the video
@@takahashi2852 but think of it like this, for those who don't wanna pause or wait will need to skip ahead which is worse than pausing or rewinding. You don't know if you miss something if you skip ahead so most people will never skip. On the other hand pausing literally takes 1 click and rewinding is just as easy.
@@quackduckquack A middle ground would be actually explaining the checkmate by highlighting which piece blocks which square
For example telling us that the king can't simply just take the rook because it's protected by a bishop
He was magnus who was just born too early
What a poetic way to look at it!
1:19 Retreating the bishop to f8 doesn't protect the b7 pawn. You are on the wrong side of the board.
this video is 100% ai generated
@@sofiana580 Maybe he accidentally typed 'b' instead of 'g' in the script as they are pretty close to each other on keyboard layout
@@sofiana580 Maybe he accidentally typed 'b' instead of 'g' in the script as they are pretty close to each other on keyboard layout
@@quackduckquackyou don't need to type if twice
It's amazing that Morphy had only a limited number of chess books to study from (if he did at all) but yet develop chess theory himself. He was just 12 in this game, and would sacifice pieces to checkmate. Most players do not want to sacifice a piece, but his extraordinary calculating and creative play makes his games very excting to study. He was the best of all time.
Well pieces get sacrificed all the time. These games are the reason why.. the engine moves are based on human games.
Great video and great selection of Games. I'm a Newbie to Chess at 52 And only just learnt castling correctly.... sort of anyways. Memory rather poor these days.
Haven't watched many Chess games and only of the past GM's. Haven't watched any of the modern players at all.
Paul was a natural Chess genius. Watching several of his famous Chess games, it seems that Booby Fischer was heavily influenced by Paul's strategy and method of play, namely attacking.
From my rather limited knowledge and observations, I personally believe that Paul, Sultan Khan and Bobby Fischer are amongst the top five GOAT Chess players.
What a great video, you deserve way more attention!
Imagine if he had faced Tal instead, it would have been called the "THE GAME OF THE CENTURY"
I feel like Morphy would win
4:45 My true reaction: "bree-illiant... bre-illiant... Bellissimo!" [chef's kiss]
I’m form New Orleans Morphy is my idol as chess player before Mangus you had Morphy even Bobby Fisher said the greatest chess player ever was Morphy. The way he beat people he played rapid chess in classical chess. He didn’t care what you tried to do he just disregarded it for his gain
Morphy had a big inheritance essentially and didn’t need to work. He tried to start a law practice but didn’t stick with it.
4:46 isn't that how Levy mated an IM? in a different way, but still by a queen sacrifice and a rook-bishop
A Paul Morphy game will never let you down. Always fireworks on the board.
Retiring at 22 is stupid even Magnusson beat everyone up to his 20s but he still plays and continues to improve and enjoy the game
thank u for this video.... great narration , need more videos like this❤
AI voice.
AI voice.
WOW! Amazing work m8! Waiting for the next one! Cheers!
O-O# is a crazy notation.
Turn on caption in 7:31
😂😂😂
XD
NAHHHHHHHH😂
I never see someone play like this in this era,even in bobby fischer and gary's era.So scary
The only channel which makes content about the lives of famous chess masters beyond analysis
His brain literally got blue balled to death
Just starting my chess journey. This was beautiful to watch. Pure artistry.
thank you that means a lot!
Thanks to this video i fell in love with Paul Morphy and memorized two games thank you
Great video. Thank you.
I lost like this a couple days ago. I was pissed and awed at the same time. Lol
You lost with a castle?🤨
@@Ishbikes yes.
The first game mate is amazing...putting you knight in the corner like that to win is super impressive.
2:51 what is this "anali zed" of which you speak?
Is this the real life or botsnake mcjoogleson strikes again
The real game starts at 5:05
Morphy was the architype of a crazy genius. He went gradually insane and eventually lost his mind
Chess has to be the greatest game of all time
Thank you for this video!! ❤
All the games in this video are legendary. 🔥
I can't figure out how one can calculate this well. That too without any modern training!!! Paul Morphy is a true genius🔥🔥
Hope I too can calculate moves someday lol.
Amazing video! That first checkmate was SUPER sick
Poor uncle. For once the UNCLE got traumatized.
Love Morphy! Good vid. Ty
The best player in the world, by far, if you compare him against the competition he faced. Head and shoulders above everyone else.
The title told me I didn’t need to know anything else about this checkmate. Otherwise I probably would’ve watched the video.
"you can't fight this army all alone!" - king of the last game: "wait a sec...!!"
Brilliant checkmate by a 12 year old Paul Morphy in the first game, with a rook down too...outstanding performance!!! Bravo!!!
Easily the greatest ever in my view. He turned chess into an art form
Thanks for making this a fast paced video. Long chess videos are boring.
if i checkmate like this i d quit too, can t get any better.
When Anderssen's friends asked him why he didn't play as brilliantly with Morphy as he does with others, Anderssen replied, "Morphy wouldn't let me!. It is of no use struggling against this man. He is just like a piece of machinery that is sure to come to a certain conclusion. It is impossible to play chess better than Mr. Morphy. Nobody can hope to win more than a game or two from him!" And mind you, Anderssen was considered to be the strongest player in Europe at the time.
Incredible
I don't know anything about Morfy
But this game indicates brilliance of the beautiful mind
Very interested
First there is morphy and then mir sultan khan this makes me say a quote.............."The greatest chess players are the one uncrowned"
In one word, AMAZING!
the actual game where he castled checkmate 5:05
Wow... What a legacy. Simply born in the wrong age of mankind. Today he would be a famous and wealthy grandmaster crushing his opponents and dominating the chess scene with other great minds.
Jesus .... The last game is really incredible!
Very interesting biography of Mr. Morphy! And I thought “Morphy Bob” at Coffee Chess just exaggerated at Paul Morphy’s greatness… now I know I’m wrong!
Castling out of a Checkmate❌
Castling to Checkmate ✅
There was Paul Morphy then there was Bobby Fischer
We're still waiting for the next one
some ppl will say that one is magnus, but I disagree.. being an artist is not as memorizing a bunch of theories and crap
@@Gupatik I think Magnus' career is quite comparable to Kasparov, both are legends themselves!
The title is just to addictive
My idol!
he could beat anyone today especially with all the technology and new theories
Very informative
He's called the Pride and Sorrow of chess for a reason. His story is extremely tragic and sad..
Greatest ches player of all time , with no theory books nor engine ,nor technology.
Great info!
-Throughout the heaven and earth...
- I am alone the honored one
©Maybe P.Morphy
He was a crazy tactics master from my opinion.
Bro has brilliant in his blood
His name was Morphy but he has no Mercy to opponent simply great
That castling checkmate would not have been possible if Morphy hadn't given up the rook at the start.
The title made me want to not click the video
it worked tho
@ you slick genius
What a game! Beautiful
Excelente vídeo.Saludos.
The first mate was some alien stuff
Morphy composed his first chess puzzle at age 10.
I'd love to see some of the players from the past play some people from recent history. This guy against a Capablanca or Tal or Magnus.... you get the idea.
Can I tell you about a checkers tragedy. There was this insane player, who could beat the strongest engines with ease. He was the only one who could do it. So these people created this new engine that was insanely powerful and good. When they tried to play it against the master, he had already died just a measly few hours before. We will never know if he lost.
Of course he looks like magnu
One of the most beautiful video about Morphy on youtube.. just subscribed! ❤
"Paul was an artist"
I wish there were world championships at that time so he could live off by the money he made playing chess. He cleary wasn't happy as a lawyer and died too soon for his age, I feel so sorry for him 😢
This was a very profesional video.
This is all without chess engines… insane.
He is the original genius of chess, the goat of chess!
This was before the days of professional chess. It's hard to say if he was really that good or if he just hadn't very strong opponents.
ok...ok....i get it now.
I had thought that Morphy was just good at chess during a time when everyone else sucked.
After seeing those games..... I get it. He was other worldly.
Morphy and Tal are my favorite players…. Morphy is my favorite… but it will be Tal again as soon as I see a vid on Tal. 😉
I feel like Morphy would have given Magnus a tough game, assuming Carlsen could even beat him.
would like a second or 2 to see the checkmate in each game, but you give us only a split second.
2:20 uh... can we not say "mated him"? Can we keep it the longwinded way and say "checkmated him"? I don't like to think of a 12 year old mating his uncle especially in a beautiful way. Thanks.
morphy was pretty insane
There is no “chess genius”, there is only genius’s who enjoy playing chess.
Morphy was a high functioning prodigy ❤
When a zwischenschach isn't a zwischenschach because it's mate.
Hes the best there ever was. There is no doubt.
ilove how even the moves feel old
The darkest moment in chess history is that Morphy was born 50 years before the game got a real recognition and actual masters attended to it, like Lasker, Steinitz, Alekhine, etc. Imagine Morphy against them, dude was too broken for his times
It's so hard being too good at something than others.
beautiful games thank you, its amazing Paul gave his opponents a piece and wins , to me it speaks of his mastery of the board, of course this was before internet and online games , i wonder if " masters " still play a piece down in starting in 2024
Awesome 👌
I never succeeded as a lawyer either.