Find the winning line: 2 moves of yours. Make any legal move: if it is not the right one, it is taken back and you can try again.
Move 1 of 2
About this position
Paul Morphy played this game in Paris in 1858, in a box at the opera while a performance was on stage. His opponents were two amateurs, Duke Karl II of Brunswick and Count Isouard, who chose Black’s moves together. It began with the Philidor Defence, named after the same Philidor as the rook ending. Today it is used to teach : Morphy brings his pieces out fast and with threats, while Black trades off a bishop early, moves the queen twice and leaves the f8 bishop and the h8 rook at home. When the attack comes, White gives up first a knight and then a rook to open lines towards the black king, which still has not . The game ends on move 17. What to remember: with a lead in development and the enemy king in the centre, opening lines is worth more than material.