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The Opera Game was a chess game played in 1858 at an opera house in Paris. The American master Paul Morphy played against two amateurs: the German noble Karl II, Duke of Brunswick , and the French aristocrat Comte Isouard de Vauvenargues.
A Night at the Opera (chess), a famous chess game played during an opera, in which Paul Morphy defeated Duke Karl II of Brunswick and Count Isouard "A Night at the Opera", an episode of the television series Never the Twain "A Night at the Opera", a TV special stand-up comedy show by comedian Jackie Mason. Night at the opera may refer to ...
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master . A prodigy , Morphy emerged onto the chess scene in 1857 by convincingly winning the First American Chess Congress , winning each match by a large margin.
1857: Louis Paulsen vs Paul Morphy, New York. Paul Morphy gains an advantage in development and transforms it into a powerful kingside attack with a queen sacrifice. [11] 1858: Paul Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick & Count Isouard, Paris. "The Opera Game" Morphy shows the virtue of quick development and wins by sacrificing much material, mating on ...
One of Morphy's best known casual games was a miniature and consultation game, played against two members of the European nobility while Morphy was in Paris. The game was played in a box at an opera house while an opera was performed onstage, hence its name. While Morphy controlled the white pieces, his opponents jointly decided each move for ...
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