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Brilliant game by Paul Morphy! Paulsen, L Vs Morphy, P , New York,1857 , 0-1!! Paul Morphy competed in only one tournament in his short career, the 1st American Chess Congress in 1857. In the final round of this knock-out event, he defeated German master Louis Paulsen by a score of 5, =2, -1. In this game,he demonstrates both his better grasp of positional play -- Black's control ofthe center files makes a marked contrast to White's flailing on the flanks --and his combinative ability, as he fin

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