Attacking Like a Mad Man || Boden vs Morphy (1858)

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.

Samuel Standidge Boden vs Paul Charles Morphy
Casual Game (1858), London ENG, Jul-09
Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence (C65)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 ed4 5. e5 Nd5 6. O-O Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. cd4 Bb6 9. Bc4 Nce7 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Nf4 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Ne4 d5 16. ed6 Qd7 17. Ne5 Ne5 18. de5 Nh4 19. Nf6 gf6 20. e6 Qd6 21. Qh6 Be6 22. Be6 fe6 23. Re4 Nf5 24. Rg4 Kf7

Materials used in research:
Paul Morphy: Pride and Sorrow of Chess by David Lawson
The Genius Of Paul Morphy by Chris Ward

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[spartacus]

Morphy was a madman. Can't get enough of his games. And our boy here is the best man to present them. Excellent stuff.

[GsonProductions]

You sure know how to make a board game sound like a crazy battlefield

[KosmicDoom]

The Title should have been "Boden Still Doesn't Care"

[ronne]

I feel so satisfied that Morphy can defend his own attack.

[ghostenthusiast]

The Genius of Morphy’s astounds me, he played in defense for the entirety of the game and consumed Boden letting him left for dead, stranded into a mating net without needing to be attacking once

[DeepakSharma-uepn]

Morphy doesn't play Morphy's defence

[edwardtang]

Boden did not win the game, but he got his style point. Muy elegante

[sleepingdog]

Morphy does not go for Morphy defense 😂😂

[prashil]

Legend has it that boden still doesn't care.

[obi-wankenobi]

9:57 But what you gonna do? Agad savage 😎

[sahas]

*Live stream ends*




Agadmator: Hello Everyone!

[Durian_Defense]

That's the way to lose valiantly, against a great player like Morphy, going out with all guns blazing....until the gun runs out of bullets.

[fatfighterxDDD]

I misswrote charles...but WHAT U GONNA DO, UM???

[stephenkristianto]

"I don't care" -Samuel Standidge Boden

[arunrai]

You know Morphy was a boss when he wins even without giving a single check! 😀😄

[itwasinthispositionerinoag]

0:00 Hello everyone
0:02 The Good Stuff
0:05 0:35 11:17 Morphy Saga
0:42 All of the videos from the Saga
0:51 Nakamura Nakamura!
1:17 Then he has to suffer
1:56 Never played again
2:22 Grab another pawn
3:30 Completely winning
4:55 Very shaky position
5:00 Suspicious bishop
5:07 Double attack
5:37 Give you a couple of seconds
5:45 Enjoy the show
6:32 Not one to be tricked easily
6:42 En passant
7:13 Like a madman
9:30 Threatening... nice ideas!
9:50 It was in this position
9:59 Miswrote 'Charles'
10:20 Nothing more to do

[tizianotiziani]

1:16 "he has to suffer, but it's very interesting... because it's Morphy "
True statement🤣🤣

[tyrannosauruszeppelin]

Yeah! the morphy saga is back haha! best thing ever. making a tsunami of tears of happiness

[i_love_god]

(Alert- spoiler included)
Title: Attacking like a mad man
Game: Whole game was full of the juicy description of the attack
Me: Waiting for the attacker to give a final touch and win the game
Result: Attacker resigned the game in the middle just because there is nothing more to continue the attack
Me (after the result): :-| :-|

[hgrowling]

10:00
He can laugh, guys ! HE CAN LAUGH