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Here’s our instruction: You must play like Morphy!


From a Morphy-Tilghman game. 1.Nd5+ Kxe6 2.Bxh6 Qxh6 3.Qg4+ Kf7 4.Rxf6+ Qxf6 5.Nxf6 Kxf6 6.Rf1+ Ke7 7.Qg5+ Kd7 8.Qf5+ Ke8 9.Qf7+ Kd8 10.Qf6+ Ne7 11.Qxh8 Ng6 12.Rxf8+ Nxf8 13.Qxf8+

 


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