I always thought there
was just one Marshall Gambit, in the Ruy Lopez. First unleashed by the
American champion on Jose Capablanca (Capa won), the gambit is quite
popular today among the world’s elite. Then, I received this latter.
In Morphy’s day, he usually won because he
grasped modern principles his contemporaries did not. Here he puts his
superior knowledge to work and Morphy’s opponent is soon lost, possibly
before he even knew what hit him.