KetilWig's Blog

• Lasker vs. Morphy: Psychology enters the battle !

  Dr. Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) dominated the chess world for approx. 30 years (he was the formal World champion from 1894 when he defeated Steinitz in New York until 1921 when he lost for Capablanca in Havana), a good 50 years after Morphy. In ... | Read More

  • KetilWig
  • | Sep 22 2009
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• Steinitz vs. Morphy: The style of systematic strategy vs. impulsive genius ?

  Wilhelm Steinitz (1836 - 1900) represented a completely different chess style compared to the "classical play" which dominated around the 1850s. As argued in another blog post, Morphy represented the idea of "continuous development" (usually an... | Read More

  • KetilWig
  • | Sep 15 2009
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• Paul C. Morphy: J.W. Schuten vs. P.C. Morphy, New York 1857

  Here is another interesting (and rather fameous) Morphy game, which is yet not archived under articles/amazing games in chess.com. "King's gambit game" from 1857, where Morphy played the black pieces against John William Schulten. I have added c... | Read More

  • KetilWig
  • | Aug 18 2009
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• The chess style of Paul C. Morphy (1837-1884)

  ... is definitely my favorite (… and the reason why I have joined the groups of Morphy and Fischer at chess.com). For me Morphy demonstrates an unmatched (well …) style mix of restless aggressiveness, sacrifice and combinational genius. His p... | Read More

  • KetilWig
  • | Aug 17 2009
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