Chess Board
[ECO code C41]
Game: Morphy-Brunswick/Isouard, Paris 1858 Move Move Here
PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE
The "Opera Box" Game
Black's bishop removes White's knight on KB6(f3) rather than (best) 4..Kt-Q2!? or (bad) 4..PxP. The famous game (with rapid development) played in a Paris Opera Box in 1858 by Paul Morphy against the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard ! B-Alt.
     White  Black
 1.  P-K4   P-K4
 2.  Kt-KB3 P-Q3
 3.  P-Q4   B-Kt5?!
 4.  PxP!   BxKt  Read game (1-0 in 17)
WHITE to Move or Undo or Jump or Clear
 
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