Paul Morphy

Checkers is for tramps.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1852.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen"]
[Black "Dufresne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1r2k1r1/pbppnp1p/1bn2P2/8/Q7/B1PB1q2/P4PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxe7+ Nxe7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kd8 2. Rxd7+ Kc8 3. Rd8+ Kxd8 4. Be2+ Nd4 5. Bxf3 Bxf3 6. g3 Bxd1 7. Qxd1 Re8 8. cxd4 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 2. Qxd7+ Kxd7 3. Bf5+ Ke8 ( { Black dare not try: } 3... Kc6 4. Bd7# ) 4. Bd7+ Kd8 5. Bxe7# 1-0