Is he even human,it's not like he studied how a lot of players do now. This was pure calculation and chess instinct. He really had a feel for the game. I like this style of chess much better. Simply Amazing
+Jordan Clark ..that was bananas!!!!! There is a book titled Paul Morphy's best 300 games. You can replay all those games on a board. It is under the old coordinates, but you can learn the coordinates pretty quick. He was just awesome!!!
My sincere request to you would be to just go thru three of his games (of course my opinion alone) one against baucher where he lost/or allowed it to be taken (take your pick) one blindfold simul against Freeman and one against Anderssen (reverse baucher game) where he took his queen. If you do watch them please do tell me what you think about these three games.thks
And Paul Morphy finishes the game by delivering checkmate with a single minor piece. Absolutely amazing. All of his games were pure art. He was completely ahead of his time. Thanks for your commentary.
Just when you think that chess is so calculated to the Nth move and utterly stagnant you come back to this and find true genius. The world is a much brighter place with Paul Morphys in it.
There are Chess grand masters, and then there is Paul Morphy! Big difference. Nothing, or no one compares to this man's brilliant execution of moves. WOW!
Thank you for being concise and keeping it down to 5 mins. Too many 20-45 min vids of someone droning on about how poorly they felt the opponent played or end up demonstrating 3-5 variations that were potentially "better" moves to make.
Truly a magnificient game... and furthermore one of the most beautiful by far for me. Morphy's contrivances and ingenuity makes me speechless. Thank you so much Mato for sharing them, such as Mikhaïl Tal's which I would have probably not known without you.
I have really been enjoying your series on Paul Morphy! I would always love to see some more Morphy games, I especially like the positions you pause at recommending people to find the move or moves, I always know it's worth taking the time to actually try to solve it. It was so satisfying when I found the move and realise why the video is named Smother of Invention! Very nice touch sir!
I'm new to Mato's channel. I can tell you already that I am loving how clear, fast and concise his videos are! Thank you for doing lessons on Paul Morphy. His playing style is incredibly attacking, efficient and elegant. All the best Mato!
If you like Morphy (and who doesn't), you should check out gems by Zukertort. Zukertort was brilliant. If you get (or already have) " The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess," by Irving Chernev, you'll get 6 games by Zukertort, 23 by Morphy, etc. and all games under 20 moves. A must have book for people who enjoy the poetry of chess. It is sheer brilliance!
Stunning Checkmate, like so many of Morphy's games! Mato is my fav, by far. Others meander when they digress into analyzing alternatives. Mato keeps it efficient and moving forward. Additionally, I love that his accent reminds me of Count Chocula! LOL!!!
I know about smotherd mates but they are so rare that I have trouble spotting them! Great game, Morphy was and will always be the Bobby Jones of Chess to me! Thanks Mato!!
I love seeing Morphy's games. His ability to calculate was amazing. Wouldn't a great tournament be Morphy, Tal, Keres, Alekhine, Nezhmetinov, Fischer, Kasparov...?
WOW!!! Thinking SEVEN MOVES AHEAD!!! What a great check mate!!! Nice video and commentary as usual Mato! P.S. I really like to use exclamation points!!!
They seem to use this smother mate example a lot for certain tactics trainers especially the one used on chess.com. Anyway thank you for all the great videos and the clear analysis along with your fresh insights. Have a good one Mato:)
Say what you will about Fischer and Kasparov. Morphy's games were more beautiful and fun. He's my favorite chess player of all time. No computers, no books, no bullshit. Just him and his brains to work with. No Morphy game ever bores me.
I just found Morphy in an article about old chess champs... I instantly clicked TH-cam, confident about a vid. from Mato. And, here I am! (Mato = Guarantee)
Knight to f7 is one of the best moves I ever have seen. No only sacrifice the knight for none material compension, he also calculated 7 moves ahead that involved a Queen sac! WOW!!
Average minds try to keep up with the number of minor pieces with their opponent; Genius mind doesn't give a f*ck about how many minor pieces or even queen you have, he checkmates you with one piece anyway. Amazing, simply brilliant!
This variant of a smothered mate is actually well known, would be interesting to know if this was the first time in history this mate was played. Is "smother of invention" a little hint? are there any background information to this game?
For those who just arrived to planet Earth Paris is ... Not only great chess analyzing skills but also good humor, good videos Mato :)
Is he even human,it's not like he studied how a lot of players do now. This was pure calculation and chess instinct. He really had a feel for the game. I like this style of chess much better. Simply Amazing
+Jordan Clark ..that was bananas!!!!! There is a book titled Paul Morphy's best 300 games. You can replay all those games on a board. It is under the old coordinates, but you can learn the coordinates pretty quick. He was just awesome!!!
Amazing..effortless
My sincere request to you would be to just go thru three of his games (of course my opinion alone) one against baucher where he lost/or allowed it to be taken (take your pick) one blindfold simul against Freeman and one against Anderssen (reverse baucher game) where he took his queen. If you do watch them please do tell me what you think about these three games.thks
And Paul Morphy finishes the game by delivering checkmate with a single minor piece. Absolutely amazing. All of his games were pure art. He was completely ahead of his time. Thanks for your commentary.
Just when you think that chess is so calculated to the Nth move and utterly stagnant you come back to this and find true genius.
The world is a much brighter place with Paul Morphys in it.
There are Chess grand masters, and then there is Paul Morphy! Big difference. Nothing, or no one compares to this man's brilliant execution of moves. WOW!
if tal and morphy played it'd be a new world war
they'd both sac everything
this game is too good! ive been replaying it 5 times
There's no studying chess without studying the games of Paul Morphy. 100 years before Mikhail Tal.
Tal was probably Morphy´s next life :-)
This is the best chess win I've ever seen both in my life and on TH-cam!
Thank you for being concise and keeping it down to 5 mins. Too many 20-45 min vids of someone droning on about how poorly they felt the opponent played or end up demonstrating 3-5 variations that were potentially "better" moves to make.
How can this even have 8 dislikes? Most be the 8 other chess tutors online ;-)
Great video Mato!
Must be
they are probably not good players and do not understand chess...Mato is the best tutor I have seen online...
Thank you. May God bless you with many grandchildren
thank you...so far I have 4 grandchildren...may you be blessed with many many grandchildren as well...
Schrufer had 8 descendants alive as of May 22, 2012.
Smothered check? Man that was brutal...
cardog kitchen ya. CRUSHED by his own ROOKS.
+cardog kitchen ... I agree, that was unbelievable!
cardog kitchen smothered mates are the evilest mates
This game makes me suspect that Mikhail Tal entered a time machine and visited the 19th century under the name "Paul Morphy".
Kevin Byrne is morphy always sacrifice like tal
Hvala Jarane
I've already commented on this video but after watching it again, it deserves another comment... amazing!
Truly a magnificient game... and furthermore one of the most beautiful by far for me. Morphy's contrivances and ingenuity makes me speechless. Thank you so much Mato for sharing them, such as Mikhaïl Tal's which I would have probably not known without you.
I have really been enjoying your series on Paul Morphy! I would always love to see some more Morphy games, I especially like the positions you pause at recommending people to find the move or moves, I always know it's worth taking the time to actually try to solve it. It was so satisfying when I found the move and realise why the video is named Smother of Invention! Very nice touch sir!
I'm new to Mato's channel. I can tell you already that I am loving how clear, fast and concise his videos are!
Thank you for doing lessons on Paul Morphy. His playing style is incredibly attacking, efficient and elegant.
All the best Mato!
Paul Morphy is my absolute favorite player, the first American genius preformed analysis ahead of his century. RIP in St. Louis Cemetery #1
If you like Morphy (and who doesn't), you should check out gems by Zukertort. Zukertort was brilliant. If you get (or already have) " The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess," by Irving Chernev, you'll get 6 games by Zukertort, 23 by Morphy, etc. and all games under 20 moves. A must have book for people who enjoy the poetry of chess. It is sheer brilliance!
Mato..sir thanks a lot for sharing all these spectacular games with us.
Thank you mato..
We love you sir
Black should have resigned when he saw that Morphy is sitting at the other chair ;)
Exactly LOL
Definitely true
I seen the ending, and was amazed it was actually what I thought. You are great, learning so much in just the last week.
Mato! Thanks for making these games so interesting by understanding the core..
I think this is one of my favourite games. I love smothered mates for some reason.
I might find this one most beautiful of all time ~ thanks for bringing it to some of the world's eyes and brains
Thank you
I love these smothered mates!
Hi Mato. At 4:32 instead of Kc8 Black could play Ke8. In that case what is the plan of White? It seems that there is no more forced mate...
Stunning Checkmate, like so many of Morphy's games! Mato is my fav, by far. Others meander when they digress into analyzing alternatives. Mato keeps it efficient and moving forward. Additionally, I love that his accent reminds me of Count Chocula! LOL!!!
All hail Paul Morphy, the King of the continuous forced check.
Thank you for your comment
this was a beautiful game indeed. thanks for bringing us such masterpiece from morphy. morphy and capablanca are my favorite players.
Unbelievable combinations leading up to the famous smother mate made famous by Morphy. Thanks Mato
That's one of my favourite checkmates of all time! Thanks for posting.
speechless.
Que extraordinario fue y sigue siendo este Maestro Paul Morphe gracias Por esta valiosa joya
Every Morphy game is a work of art !!!! God I love his playing,, never ever knowing what his next move may be ! Just Awesome !!!!
😁🍺♔♕
Mato is the best on showing how to play chess... thanks for your amazing analysis... kudos...
I know about smotherd mates but they are so rare that I have trouble spotting them! Great game, Morphy was and will always be the Bobby Jones of Chess to me! Thanks Mato!!
Morphy never hesitated to sacrifice pieces to gain control of open lines to win the game! Genius!
Morphy is iconic
at 4:45 I thought it was going to be a discovered check Ne5+ taking the Queen next move, but no, Morphy had other things on his mind...
I had it in mind to captured blacks queen, but Morphy was not human to mate with the queen...😅
I had it in mind to capture the blacks queen, but Morphy was not interested to be with the queen all night long, lol!
i love watching Morphy's games! Such brilliance
I love seeing Morphy's games. His ability to calculate was amazing. Wouldn't a great tournament be Morphy, Tal, Keres, Alekhine, Nezhmetinov, Fischer, Kasparov...?
Throw in Marshall since you're naming attacking players..He was all or nothing
Good suggestion. I'm not as familiar with Frank Marshall as I am the others. Many in the romantic era were attackers or gambiteers.
Marshall blundered like a 1300 player , not sure he would win (or even draw) a game against the above mentioned monsters
For an eighth, how about Eugene Znosko-Borovsky?
& Sultan Khan ...
Smothered check by sacrificing queen , savage !!!!!!!
Thank you for the videos Mato.
WOW!!! Thinking SEVEN MOVES AHEAD!!! What a great check mate!!! Nice video and commentary as usual Mato! P.S. I really like to use exclamation points!!!
This is the best game Morphy´s game, thanks Mato
Well done!
morphy was an extraordinary genius. thats relentless
"Hi, this is Mato and in this video I will show you..."
:-)
yes speechless. not in million guesses i could have got it. genius.
The most beautiful mate, deadly game of the queen and knight!
They seem to use this smother mate example a lot for certain tactics trainers especially the one used on chess.com. Anyway thank you for all the great videos and the clear analysis along with your fresh insights. Have a good one Mato:)
a beautiful dance of pieces towards a smothered mate!
Moto is so classy! What a great voice.
Wow! What a fantastic game! Bobby Fischer move over. Well, this game is a keeper. It actually brought tears to my eyes!
lol, funny. This was incredible!
+Nallanyesmar ...LOL
What an incredible game! Thanks Mato
Beautiful!
You might like Morphy's playlist th-cam.com/video/NHq5eCnZQb8/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ChessSchool
Great video as usual Mato
Nobody in this generation can play so close or same to his creativity. A truly deep understanding and calculation. He is almost like a computer engine
the point was that he was the opposite of a computer.
Brilliant and beautiful.
Very excellent game against two knight defence. He is always winning against two knight defence. Playing very accurate!
Very nice, Thank-you. Morphy was a gambiting, sac'ing genius.
Can you please explain more?
I always get chills when i watch Morphy's games. Pure genious.
Great video!
Mato, you are the man!
Say what you will about Fischer and Kasparov. Morphy's games were more beautiful and fun. He's my favorite chess player of all time. No computers, no books, no bullshit. Just him and his brains to work with. No Morphy game ever bores me.
wow .. this is maybe the best move I ever watched in this channel
That was a really nice check - wonder how you play seven moves ahead and it is so spot on pure genius.
nice! nice! nice! what a game!! nice game very nice from morphy and from our outstanding narrator mato :::)))))
Mato,at 4:28 he blocks with bishop.If he blocks with knight that changes everything about the attack,no?
I just found Morphy in an article about old chess champs...
I instantly clicked TH-cam, confident about a vid. from Mato.
And, here I am!
(Mato = Guarantee)
Mato, thank you, I admire your lectures on chess. And thanks too for telling us that Paris is the capital of France! (Just kidding.)
Fantastic game! Morphy ruled.
Beautiful game, wish I could get my pieces to work together like this
+Latr0 Someday you will.
+Latr0 me too.
Knight to f7 is one of the best moves I ever have seen. No only sacrifice the knight for none material compension, he also calculated 7 moves ahead that involved a Queen sac! WOW!!
Average minds try to keep up with the number of minor pieces with their opponent; Genius mind doesn't give a f*ck about how many minor pieces or even queen you have, he checkmates you with one piece anyway. Amazing, simply brilliant!
Absolutely relentless! Mr. Schrufer must have felt helpless before this assault. A brilliant game!
On some days (yesterday) they have a break. Match continues today.
that is the most impressive mate ive ever seen
Great.....learn more from this....Thnks
Brutal check mate
This variant of a smothered mate is actually well known, would be interesting to know if this was the first time in history this mate was played.
Is "smother of invention" a little hint? are there any background information to this game?
classic smothered mate :)
I want to travel back in time and re live the romanticism in chess
Great vid Mato
for those who just arrived on planet earth. you are just legendary!!!
"For those that just arrived to planet Earth"
Savage!!!
Wadda game is the perfect description.
He is definitely top 3 of all of time. Bobby Fischer studied most of his games.
Beautiful checkmate
I've watched a few Morphy games now, and it seems he was a master at boxing people in.
DEVASTATINGLY BRILLIANT!
4:09, I thought a good move was Nh7 "sacrifice" with threat of next playing bishop G5
Is there a book of just Morphy's games? I visited his grave in New Orleans. The tour guide didn't have much to say about Morphy.
The tour guide was Schrufer's grandson
Brutal and cunning check mate.
The two B's combo: Beauty and Brilliancy.
Simply amazing.
This is my favorite Morphy game. So elegant.
Coming in like a savage at the end, WOAH!