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Replaying a classicThe Opera Game

Starting positionMorphy vs the Duke of Brunswick & Count Isouard · Paris, 1858

DID YOU KNOW?

The word “checkmate” comes from the Persian “shāh māt” — the king is helpless.

Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest undisputed world champion at 18 in 2024.

Until about 1475 the queen could move only one square diagonally.

Emanuel Lasker was world champion for 27 years — still the record.

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