First Game Against a Master! || Morphy vs Löwenthal (1850)
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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp This is the story of the birth of modern chess - when the possibilities of chess as an art, a science and a sport all converged.
The point of convergence was a young boy from Louisiana named Paul Morphy. At a time when America was seen as a backwoods nation with little cultural history and even less intellectual impetus, at a time when chess was considered the exclusive property of a few European countries, at a time when the game was played successfully by a handful of men wizened by years, Paul Morphy, in the brief span of 19 months and with seemingly little effort, defeated conclusively every player he met.
While today few non chess players even know his name, he was one of the most famous celebrities of his time and within the hallowed halls of the chess playing community he is considered by some as the greatest chess player of all time.
But this diminutive, unassuming boy rose to fame almost out of nowhere and once he secured his place in history, he retired back into that hazy unknown, shunning the public eye, never again to play serious chess. Not only was he one of great practitioners of the game, but also one of it's greatest enigmas. He's been given the sobriquet, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess.
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Paul Morphy vs Johann Jacob Loewenthal
Casual Game (1850), New Orleans, LA USA, May-??
Russian Game: Cozio (Lasker) Attack (C42)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 d6 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf6 Qf6 10. d4 c6 11. O-O-O d5 12. Ne5 Bb4 13. Nd5 Bd5 14. Ng6 Qe6 15. Nh8 Qe2 16. Be2 Kf8 17. a3 Bd6 18. Bd3 Kg8 19. Nf7 Kf7 20. f3 b5 21. Be4 Nd7 22. Rde1 Nf6 23. Re2 Re8 24. Bd5 cd5 25. Re8 Ne8 26. g3 g5 27. Kd2 Ng7 28. Ra1 a5 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. a4 b4 31. c4 Bc7 32. Re1 Kd6 33. Re5 dc4 34. Kc4 Ne6 35. Rb5 Nf8 36. Rd5 Ke6 37. Rc5 Kd6 38. d5 Kd7 39. Rc6 Bd6 40. Ra6 Ng6 41. Ra5 Ne5 42. Kb5 b3 43. Ra7 Kd8 44. f4 gf4 45. gf4 Nd3 46. Kc4 Nf4 47. Rh7 Be5 48. Rh6 Bb2 49. Kb3 Bg7 50. Rh7 Be5 51. a5 Nd5 52. Rh5 Bh2 53. Rd5 Kc8 54. Rb5 Kc7 55. a6
Materials used in research:
Paul Morphy: Pride and Sorrow of Chess by David Lawson
The Genious Of Paul Morphy by Chris Ward
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"He has been beating his uncle"-now that's an unusual turn of events.
@Virasman to 'mate' with him!
Truly a prodigy, this kid
@Virasman rumors has it that morphy played "king's gambit loli attack" against him
hahahaha
Virasman 😂😂😂
School: violence is never a solution
Agadmator: he has been beating his father
He has been beating his father again then his uncle
He was even beating his uncle blindfolded
Then he was beating his grandpa with rook odds
ha
Looks like beating your close kin well and often is the preparation for the mastery in chess and much else.
That’s Agad’s classic
😂😂😂
XDDDDDDDD
Poor Lowenthal had no idea he was facing the most talented chess player in history.
Hard to say that ,when he only play less than 150 games and on that time the top competition was so weak
@@Sofiapreciosa He didn't say he was the best ever, just the most talented. His level compared to the level of his peers is pretty insane, which gives credence to the most talented argument. He didn't have all the engines and theory study that modern top players rely on. He was finding engine moves in blindfold simuls 150 years before engines existed.
While watching this game, I was very surprised by lowenthal's moves.... and my best rating ever was close to 2000. Like agad suggested, he should have used his knight to attack the pawn on b2.
But he also miscalculated not developing his white bishop when trapping the knight on h8
@@Brashnir Ty, perfectly said.
@@deridivisstar884 I dunno. Lowenthal played very well. It's easy to criticize when you don't play him
all this skill without chess engines
"I blame the House of the Rising Sun for that."
Me: Ah I see youre a man of culture aswell
You dont need to say Me: since you are already saying it - me: is implied
@@Mtheory11 maybe somebody else said "i see.."
We Americans don’t even pronounce our own city names correctly. This one is French, so at least there is that excuse.
I just learned that New Orleans does not rhyme with my new blue jeans and I am upset
Wordsmith!
I remember the days wherein
Agadmator was covering mainly old Chess games from the Old Grandmasters
Which is how I got introduced to this amazing channel
He only covers contemporry games
I think Agadmator's appreciation for the romantic era and romantic play is what really got me in to chess.
Winning without style seems boring and pointless to me.
I'm not quite sure why, but this game is the most enjoyable one I've seen in a while
cuz that endgame!
Also the old games are somewhat more intelligible to us more mortals so many years later
I think its because the radical choices Morphy makes
Same here
Themans style of play created Theory, how could we not relate to that given that we're all more or less students of theory. It's like seeing your grandfather or great-grandfather act in a way that seems eerily familiar.
I hate it when you spoil the winner when you use words like Paul and Morphy in the title...
ur funny
Hahaha
@@human7491 Why is that funny?
Well, don't watch Morphy games.
"Morphy created principles when he played."
enough said.
What I find stunning is the number of moves Morphy played in the endgame that are recommended by the engine.
I'm a simple man. I see Morphy, I click.
You are much more simple than you think considering you are the 1 billionth person to use that phrase.
Same thing over here dear friend I only watch Morphy games now they are extraordinarily stunning to watch as for his opponents were weak is a bit silly he was far ahead of them that itself is enough to end the argument it's not that only he had access to chess theory or engines or trainers or seconds or coaches nothing of the sort he was a Lone Wolf one man army he also defeated the best European chess was quite advanced then they had the wealth of sources he had only his own resources they had the history of chess with them he was illiterate in theory they had the army of theorists while as a lone ranger he created his own theory if this is not genius what is
"And.. it is as of move 10.....that this position is never repeated again." Agad is awesome. XD
That's a weird thing to consider. A game that 10 moves, a hundred and a half years after, yet nobody has ever played it again.
@@pedronunes3063 of course it's been played multiple times but not according to the chess database.
@@kaviwardhman Yes, I didn't consider that there are games not in the database, but still, this is a weird thing to consider, that in some way, almost every single game you play is unique, aside from games with opening traps that result in a mate or resign in a few moves...
7:49
'With absolute engine precision....."
Never thought I'd hear those words on a match in the 19th century.
You will hear it a lot in the Paul Morphy saga. Morphy was a genius
Put the Opera House game in a computer analysis. He played a near perfect game (except one move that was analyzed by world champions for decades but still is a correct move).
@@bballwatcher2224 the computer gives Qxb7 as best and it's what I would play, but Morphy decided to play a sharper position that his opponent couldn't keep up with. Both moves are winning so it's a matter of preference.
@Nighthunter 01 I'd *love* to see a game Morphy vs. AlphaZero [or Stockfish]. Sadly: it isn't possible :-((
I never knew the 'House of the Rising Sun' was actually about Chess players going to Morphy's house and getting soundly beaten.
Masters then when they played Morphy: *Eh, what should happen.*
Masters when they played him when he was at his best: *nervous sweating*
Hans Kennek hahahaha
No "sorry about that" in this video? Who the hell are you and what did you do to Antonio?
Just kidding; thanks for the video man!
Just kidding? I think you mean sorry about that
He's losing some of his neurotic behaviors. He probably does read some comments and reacts to improve his delivery. If I made the same mistake every day for two years when I was young and apologised, my mother would have beat me with a stick.
We got the lesser played drink of water variation. I was happy to spot that rarity.
When a 12 year old plays chess better than you'll ever do xDD
A 12 year old... Over 200 years ago
@@arbitrage2141 170 years ago*
Morphy's play that game reminded me of Alpha Zero.
What makes this so stunning is that Morphy had NOTHING like the modern instruction and coaching a child prodigy today would get. His instincts for the many "engine-level" moves were entirely his own, created, no doubt, on the spot. It's awe inspiring.
EDIT: In many ways he reminds me of alpha zero -- playing what he regards as the strongest moves without reference to "chess theory."
To be fair to Lowenthal, I'm not sure how much instruction he had either. I see from a short biography of his that he studied under someone named Szen while they were both in the same government post, which I guess is the Szen of Szen's position, but I have no idea how formal the coaching was.
Agadmator, I love it when you say "the good stuff" - anyone else feel the same? :-)
"Captures, Captures" How iconic
There is.... a house.... in New Orleans..
THEY CALLLLL THE RISING SUN
Alex Hashaga I just saw the crying seagull meme only by your writing
The Rising Sun pronounces it right
@@rickrick5041 There are numerous pronunciations that are "right".
droceretik The House of the Rising Sun says New Orleans so we gotta go with it
droceretik New is new and Orleans too so it’s New Orleans
Thanks Agadmator for reminding me that even the old masters who played extremely aggressive chess were also endgame virtuosos. Very often I find myself rating positional players as better endgame players and underestimating the rest. That endgame was very instructive!
I see a pattern with morphy's games, he tends to keep the board clean and the position simplified but in no sense easy
It's because he plays his own ideas and not engine moves that have been meticulously analysed by engines. Morphy played for mate, not for the win of a centipawn and he was really good at what he did.
Now that there's so much information at our disposal, we couldn't get far without playing engine lines and ideas that have already previously been analysed and so our contemporary games tend to be about tiny advantages that an average chess player will not even see.
The purpose behind moves becomes hard to grasp and the games are not played by one person over the board, rather by engines and hundreds of other players, which makes them uninteresting to watch.
Morphy preferred an open game and later in his career he sometimes demanded that all games be opened with e4 and e5 to avoid a bogged down meat grinder game.
@@Tobi-pn2xs what you have written is almost a perfect assessment of Morphy after watching about two hundred games of Morphy I've come to the same conclusion but couldn't put it in such beautiful words the beauty of his games is that he has total view of the board but his arrow always points at the opponent's king from move five to eight onwards generally he has a plan in place and after that most of his opponents moves are forced generally compare it with today's engine generated/inspired moves they are generally for small gains and firstly designed to make their own sides safe and then go piece up if possible and then go for the long haul the king is farthest from their scheme of things that's why I consider him the immortal smuggler among mere pickpockets who run after loose change while he goes for the treasure directly
My boi agadmator knows his classic rock!!! The Animals were too good! Much respect agad:)
Dylan's version is so much better
It's amazing to see morphy was so precise in endgame...seemed like capablanca was playing.. !!!!
It can be said either way New Orleans I’m for the US south and and call it like you did
Thank you for the info. Am from Germany and thought i was pronouncing it wrong. Greetz
@@julian73de Nawlinz.
@@someolddude3858 ur name just got me, im 16 and people think im 60 when I say I like chess
@@matheusrossetto5091 Now that I am retired and well beyond 60, I can finally devote the time to renew my passion and enjoyment of the game. Discovering Chess during the Fischer phenomenon was a unique experience, and now, how lucky to see the arrival and promise brought by the neural net revolution! You will reap a lifetime of benefit and pleasure from this game. if you desire. Guaranteed.
I'm from the US...and yes, New Orleans can definitely be pronounced either way. The way they told Agadmator is more common...but what kind of dummies would say it HAS to be that way?
I wonder how many from 'Nawlins' could rattle off those Eastern European surnames like you sir.
new orlins, new orleans, nawlins, same place, just different pronunciations
I agree. It's mainly a function of where you grew up, for Americans. new orlins has become more popular in recent years, and many who use that pronunciation mistakenly think it's the only correct way.
Lived in baton rouge a few years. Heard it called all the above. Seems folks outside of lousiana get more excited about correcting folks than those that live there.
In the UK I have only ever heard New Orleens
I'm from Louisiana and literally no one ever corrects people on how it's pronounced, the heavier the accent the funnier the shit is
I actually thought it was "Noo Orleenz".
How I wish we had a time machine for chess players. I would so love to see Morphy playing today. What a damn genius.
We had many Jan Gustafsson Endgames in the last few days :D
Had there been theory developed back then, Morphy would be the greatest chess player of all time. The moves he played more than a century a go, are today considered chess theory. Most talented player of all time.
Well to be honest the fact that there wasn't theory kinda makes him even stronger since his opponents couldn't study moves and everyone was limited to their own intelligence. Whoever was the brightest would come out on top.
@@sarcasm4371 Quite different for Magnus. His rivals know as much as him.
Bro there was theory even back then bro
Absolutely brilliant work, Antonio; the history, the game, the analysis-you make chess come alive! How anybody could possibly dislike this video is beyond me, let alone 43 who must be utter addlepates.
I think it's the first game I've seen where Morphy doesn't smash his opponent early but smashes him in the endgame instead.
The longer I get into chess, the more I love king maneuvers
You have found a great balance of historical context, analysis and pace of illustration. (Some others on UA-cam seem to forget we can pause whenever we like). I'm really enjoying your videos! Thanks!
Morphy used the rook with the power of a queen. And with passed pawns on all sides of the board, theres no way to stop those threats.
It seems like he understood that the advantage that he would get was by being the first to move his King forward. I mean it was that close, the two pieces for a rook and two Pawns. But when he moves as king forward right, into the middle of the game, without hesitation, it's pure beauty.
thanks for doing a Morphy Saga ! Morphy games are my favorite games to watch
Its hard to keep in mind that we are essentially watching a child playing,,,, 😁🖒✌
This game and this match at all is just amazing
Back then: photographs took forever to take and you didn’t get yours taken often, if ever.
Morphy: I’m gonna make my hair look like headphones.
The King and Rook Endgame always haunts me to this day!! I was playing a Chess Tournament and all of the schools were participating. There were A, B and C-sections and I played in the C-Section. The A-Section consisted of very difficult opponents. The B-Section was tough Chess, but not that extreme, and I played in the C-Section, which was easy Chess, because I wasn't good enough for the B-Section. I won every single game in that tournament, except the last game which ended in a draw. My problem was, I didn't know my King and Rook Endgame, and I felt so humiliated in front of everybody!! Since then, my Chess expertise has deteriorated rapidly, and I was no. 4 in our A-side, and I got downgraded to no. 7. That is how bad my Chess became. I look on with fond memories of all the tournaments I participated in, but THAT specific game, haunts me till this day!!
Brilliant game by young Morphy. I wasn't aware that he had such endgame skills; Morphy's reputation is an attacking genius, not an endgame artist.
If you can't play finals , you can't be a great player. Tal great playing finals. many of his sacrifies end up in end games , he has to play them with precition or the sacrifie would has been in vain..
An early game by a young Morphy his true genius and fantastic Chess playing moves evolved a lot this was really a Grind it out type game pale in comparison to some of the complicated games I’ve seen of his
Paul Morphy, Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer my favorite players of all time.
@@edmilsonrodrigues2395 yes, Capablanca was a genius as well
This upload is actually my joy in this morning. Thannyou
beautiful game, great series. really enjoying the Morphy Saga!!
Nice Game Grinding it out a win is a win not the fanciest moves just your every day one upperance thanks Agadmator
Nothing gets me as excited as a new video in the Morphy Saga! Thanks King Agadmator : )
"I blame 'The House of The Rising Sun' for that" 😁
One of my favourite songs though.
Love the Morphy games...please keep them coming!
we already luve the Murphy saga, very well done Tun as we would call you in my home country
you are great man thanks for everything you're doing
Saved this game it's instantly one in my top five.. number one will always be alphazero vs stockfish
loved it! thank you agadmator!
“I blame house of the rising sun for that” amen 😂
LOL!!! He pronounced New Orleans correctly!! And yes "New Orleeeeens" is only for rhyming in songs.
As a native of New Orleans with immigrant parents from Cuba, your choice of doing Capablanca and Morphy back to back feels like a wonderful complement. Thanks for these series Agadmator.
Why do Americans have so much trouble spelling things the way that they should be pronounced? Arkansas is nonsense.
@@trequor lol... Native American names that have been "Americanized" create many of those odd spellings as is the case of Arkansas.
@@rickhernandez2114 That doesn't make a lick of sense. Native Americans didn't write. It's all oral and no spelling. All you have to do is write it phonetically, as was done in most places (i.e. Buffalo, Dakota, Saskatchewan, etc). That's a shite excuse
@@trequor well I didn't expect a debate. But if you insist, not all native American tribes had no written language. They were as varied as the different countries in Europe are today. So generalizing all native Americans as one is nonsense.
@@rickhernandez2114 I'm not generalizing. The Mayan had a form of writing, and the Inca had some strange string thing that might have been writing. But in North America? Oral traditions. Some have postulated that the Cree, the trade language of north america, had a writing system but the evidence is sparse.
Please don't talk down to me in regards to my own people.
Back to the good stuff, that is very nice!
If he blames the animals for his pronunciation, ill only say: we got to get out of this place, if its the last thing we ever do...
I think in our time he will be at least 3000 elo rating
Morphy played "romantic", beautiful chess that mostly surprised his opponents, as he valued activity in his games over material. Current chess is kind of cold, machinelike calculations, mainly due to engines improving every known positions. I think in our times there would be no place for Morphy. It is rather a time for calculation and memory geniuses like mr. Carlsen.
1862 Maxwell developed his light equations
What a game. Fun to follow along as well.
I can't get over the fact this video is only 1 day out at this very moment and already he has made nearly $700 US dollars on it.
Thank you for the video!
M’y fav Channel i have to to thank you at least once
Whooo hoo! House of the Rising Sun! "Alex, I'll take Classic Rock References for a thousand!"
Thank You for this valuable playlist.
Imagine BABY SF, BABY AZ , BABY KD secretly studying Morphy games
Good afternoon everyone. Keepin it 100 (comments). Love the history Agadmator. Thank you. Morphy man, raw talent.
Hello everyone and welcome back to the good stuff... Agad, all of your stuff is good stuff
This is why I voted for Morphy saga. His games are exciting. I'm not Carlsen and will never be, I'd rather play Morphy moves and lose to a queen blunder than win another grindy Sicilian game.
Welcome back to the good stuff 😊.... nice change
thank you for giving us the great gift of morphy games. (and the house of the rising sun confused me too : ) )
I can't wait for that next game.
Dropping "House of the Rising Sun" reference and TOTALLY REDEEMED YOURSELF.
But don't worry about those haters people say it different ways this just shows how awesome of a human you are. Need more of it in today's world.
It's SAGA tiiiime! And this one will be awesome :D
Sweet game and how interesting that it quickly became a game never played again
Great vids as usual
Great game to watch very enjoyable
I so love this channel
I read a novel of Morphy's story a long time ago...It was called The Chess Players. It got me interested in chess and was written by Frances Parkinson Keyes.
If you like Paul Morphy I would highly recommend it...it focuses on his life story rather than his chess games.
Liking the saga so far. Very interesting. :)
When watching Agadmator I click play and then “like” immediately, in that order.
Good morning, Thanks for the many great games
I really didn't see 28. Ra1 coming! Genius!
Morphy's saga!! So hyped.
Animals’” House of the Risen Sun” will do it the everyone. 🎶 there is a house in New Orleans...
After Morphy pushed c2-c4, Lowenthal started to realize: "Oh shit. I might be in trouble here..."
Great ending by Morphy. often the 2 pieces are better but here the rook and extra pawns win out.
Its 12:35 in India and I'm watching this dude
You're not the only one...😁
And me at 1:30 am😅😀
I was on 12:35 on this video when I read this, I clicked and wondered why it didn’t move😅
The greatest ever by far.. paul morphy
AMAZING YOUNG GENIUS PAUL MORPHY..!
Shout-out to Scott McKay, Shawn Wilcoxen, and David Sacks for having inadvertently cemented themselves in our minds these past few years. -_-
Who the hell are they? Who the hell are you to tell us who's names have been cemented in our minds?
I have read that Morphy first played Lowenthal in 1849. Three matches, two on May 5th and one on May 25th.
Anyone?
My friends at the library will enjoy this vast knowledge
Congratulations on your excellent yet another video without "sorry about that"
Beautiful game!
Yo my boy Agadmator!
It’s great that you had just started the PAUL MORPHY SAGA... but why did you choose the most ridiculous looking picture of the GOAT, Paul Morphy?
There are several good pictures/drawings of him, I suggest you pick a better one.
Great content as usual by the way, thanks for sharing your passion man!
But the morphy head...
I grew up in the US and lived in Texas for a few years and I’ve heard New Orleans locals say both New “Or-leans” and New “Orlinz”. In fact, I’ve said “Or-leans” for as long as I can remember.
Lol...i thought Antonio going to say "and it is on the move ten Morphy resigned the game" you so funny.