Birmingham / August 27, 1858 Paul Morphy (white) shows the magnificent blindfold player he was. In this game -played without seeing the board-  Morphy has a mate in seven moves in the 19th move. Can you checkmate?

     ----- Solution ----- 01. Rf3! - Kg7 02. Bh6+ - Kxh6 03. Rh3+ - Kg5 04. Rh5+ - Kf4 05. Kf2 - Rg8 06. g3+ - Rxg3 07. hxg3++

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