Morphy – Isouard (1858)


The game of this lesson between Paul Morphy and Carl Isouard that has been played in Paris 1858 is one of the most famous chess games.

It’s a very interesting short game and it contains at least five important chess lessons:
  1. Develop you chess pieces quickly
  2. Castling into safety
  3. The strategic outpost at d5
  4. Attacking a pinned piece
  5. The use of an open file


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