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Critical Thinking

Only... only one of the greatest French creators of modern chess, who said, "I like...I...

Only... only one of the greatest French creators of modern chess, who said, "I like...
I like the pawn "because the pawn
is the soul of chess." And he plays that pawn to e4, and so he's occupying
the center

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Only... only one of the greatest
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French creators of modern chess,
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who said, "I like... I like the pawn
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"because the pawn is the soul of chess."
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And he plays that pawn to e4,
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and so he's occupying the center.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:15
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Cinema Veritas,NRSP,Perfect Balance

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The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
So, the Duke then moves down the bishop to g4 - Critical Thinking 00:08
So, the Duke then moves down the bishop to g4
So, morphy pawn takes, bishop takes, morphy takes. - Critical Thinking 00:06
So, morphy pawn takes, bishop takes, morphy takes.
Cornelia, how am I gonna get you out - Critical Thinking 00:05
Cornelia, how am I gonna get you out
Uh, I think it would be the g-knight to f6, - Critical Thinking 00:06
Uh, I think it would be the g-knight to f6,
So, morphy now counters very interestingly - Critical Thinking 00:05
So, morphy now counters very interestingly
But steinitz, - Critical Thinking 00:08
But steinitz,
That is the stupidest mistake ever - Critical Thinking 00:07
That is the stupidest mistake ever
That was a killer move, no doubt, - Critical Thinking 00:04
That was a killer move, no doubt,
All right, so bishop plays g5, - Critical Thinking 00:05
All right, so bishop plays g5,
Then the Duke plays pawn to b5, - Critical Thinking 00:09
Then the Duke plays pawn to b5,
Because now, morphy brilliantly plays the knight and takes. - Critical Thinking 00:04
Because now, morphy brilliantly plays the knight and takes.
So, the Duke plays the knight to d7 to block that check. - Critical Thinking 00:05
So, the Duke plays the knight to d7 to block that check.
And white long castles queenside - Critical Thinking 00:05
And white long castles queenside
Show me... show me what we should do with that rook - Critical Thinking 00:05
Show me... show me what we should do with that rook
And now, finally, the only piece not doing anything in this game, - Critical Thinking 00:10
And now, finally, the only piece not doing anything in this ...
So, black queen goes down on e6 - Critical Thinking 00:06
So, black queen goes down on e6
Morphy's tried to do a little queen-on-queen action right here. - Critical Thinking 00:05
Morphy's tried to do a little queen-on-queen action rig...
- Gil? - He could, but not when you're pressing your opponent, - Critical Thinking 00:05
- Gil? - He could, but not when you're pressing your op...
Bishop takes the rook - Critical Thinking 00:05
Bishop takes the rook
This is the beauty of morphy's game - Critical Thinking 00:05
This is the beauty of morphy's game