The Opera Game || Paul Morphy vs. The Aristocrats (The Immortals pt. 1)

The most famous game of chess ever played. Paul Morphy vs the two noblemen Karl II of Brunswick and Comte Isuard. The Opera Game is a stunning piece of chess history that showed us the value of space and initiative, decades before those concepts where even beginning to be understood, let alone mastered.

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As some has noted the "other chess commentator" I mention in the video is indeed the very famous Agadmator who has also done a video on the Opera Game.

The Game:

Paul Morphy vs Karl II & Comte Isouard

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.O-O-O Rd8 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.Qb8+ Nxb8 17.Rd8# 1-0

From Wiki:
The Opera Game was an 1858 chess game played at an opera house in Paris between the American chess master Paul Morphy and two strong amateurs: the German noble Karl II, Duke of Brunswick and the French aristocrat Comte Isouard de Vauvenargues. It is among the most famous of chess games. Duke Karl and Count Isouard consulted together, playing as partners against Morphy. The game is often used by chess instructors to teach the importance of rapid development of one's pieces, the value of sacrifices in mating combinations, and other chess concepts.

The Immortals is a an ASMR Series about the most famous chess games ever played, their moves, history and setting. The series is meant to be instructive as well as relaxing, with an emphasis on a calm, soothing voice and pleasing visuals. The series will cover games from the romantic era with Paul Morphy, Adolph Anderssen all the way up to the modern classics of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov.