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| has gloss | eng: Morphys mate is a common method of checkmating the king found in the game of chess. It was named after Paul Morphy. It works by using the bishop to attack the black king and a rook and blacks own pawn to confine it. In many respects its very similar to the Corner mate. |
| lexicalization | eng: Morphy's mate |
| instance of | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king checkmate, mate |
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