[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.10.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Fiske, D. (1859). The Book of the First American Chess Congress. New York:
Rudd & Carlton, p. 240. Maroczy, G. (1909). Paul Morphy. Leipzig: Veit & Comp.,
Partie 31, pp. 39-40 Louis Paulsen, born 1833 in Nassengrund, Lippe/Detmold 
(GER), went to U.S. in 1854 with his elder brother Wilfried and became a
tobacco-broker. When the civil war startet he returned to Europe and came just
in time to play in September 1861 the Chess Association Tournament in Bristol.
In London 1862 he become second behind Anderssen.} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3
e6 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6 Morphy was the first player to find
this plan in connection with 7.Bf4 using the weak point at d6.} (5. Nc3 Qb6 $13
) 5... Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6]} O-O (7... d5 {looks interesting:} 8.
exd5 exd5) 8. Bd6 $1 f5 9. e5 a6 {Blacks position is not easy: a weak square
on d6, a backward weak pawn on d7 and a not easy to develop Bishop on c8. The
good thing is that White has no concrete threats.} 10. Be2 Nbc6 11. O-O Rf7 12.
Kh1 f4 {Preventing White to play f2-f4 it opens the square f5 for Ne7 or Rf7,
but weakens the square e4.} (12... Ba7 {to free the b-pawn with a possible ...
Bb7.} 13. f4 g5 14. fxg5 Ng6 15. Qd2 Ncxe5 16. Rad1 $14) (12... g5 {to prepare
activities on the kingside.} 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qd6 Nd5 16. Qxc7
Nxc7 17. Bh5 Rg7 18. Nb6 $14) 13. Ne4 (13. Nd2 {to protect e5} {after} Ng6 14.
Nf3) (13. Bd3 {is freeing the way for the Queen to h5} Bc7 14. Nd2 Nxe5 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxe5 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 $14) 13... Nf5 {It looks more
logical to attack White's weak Pawn.} (13... Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16.
exd6 Nf5 {Is there an advantage for White?}) (13... Ng6 14. Bh5 (14. c4 Ngxe5)
14... Rf5 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. c4 Nxe5 {seems okay for Black:} 17. g4 fxg3 18.
Nxg3 Nxc4 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rc1 Nxd6 21. Qxd6 Ba7 22. Rc3 b5 {and Black is
happy.}) 14. Bh5 g6 ({More consequent would have been} 14... Nxd6 $1 15. Nxd6
Rf8 {The pawn e5 remains a target.} 16. Qe2 Qg5 17. Rad1 (17. Rfe1 Qh4) 17...
Nxe5) 15. Bg4 (15. Bf3 $1 Nxd6 16. Nxd6 Rf8 (16... Nxe5 $142 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18.
Qe2 $14) 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. N2c4 Bc7 20. Re1 $16) 15... Ng7 $2 {
Not easy to understand.} (15... Nxd6 16. exd6 (16. Nxd6 Rf8 17. Qe2 Qg5 18.
Rfe1 Nxe5 $2 19. Qxe5 Qxg4 20. f3 $14) 16... Ba7 17. Bf3 b6 18. Nd4 Bb7 $11)
16. Qf3 (16. Qe2) 16... h5 $2 {Black lost access to the position.} 17. Bh3 Qh4
$2 18. Nf6+ $18 Kh8 19. Qe4 (19. Qd3 Qg5 20. Nd2) (19. Nd2 $1 Bd4 (19... Bd8
20. Qd3 Qg5 21. Nde4 $18) 20. Nc4 Nxe5 (20... b5 21. Na5) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22.
Nxd7 $18) 19... Qg5 20. g3 f3 $2 {Losing the pawn.} (20... fxg3 $142 21. fxg3
Bd8 22. Ne8 $1 $16 {f.e.} Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nf5 24. Bc5 b6 25. Nd6 Kg7 26. Bb4
Nxd6 27. Bxd6 Bb7 28. Bg2 Be7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Rf6 $16) 21. Nd2 $1 $18 {
Black has overlooked this pawn winning move.} Bd8 (21... Qxd2 22. Qxg6 $18 {
winning.}) 22. Nxf3 Qh6 23. Rg1 {Preparing 24.Qf4 Qxf4 25.gxf4} Bxf6 (23... Nf5
24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bxf6 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rg5 {winning.}) 24.
exf6 Ne8 (24... Rxf6 $142 {doesn't help:} 25. Bf4 Qh7 26. Rad1) 25. Bf4 Nxf6 {
There is nothing better.} 26. Qxc6 Qxf4 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8 28. gxf4 $18 Rxc2 29.
Rac1 Rxf2 30. Rc8+ Ng8 $2 {Collapsing.} (30... Kh7 31. Ng5+) (30... Kg7 31. Ne5
) 31. Ne5 Rg7 32. Nxg6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kh6 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Rcxg8 Rxf4 (35...
Rdd2 36. Rh8#) 36. Bxe6 Re7 {Fiske, D. (1859)., p. 242: "And White mates in
four moves."; Maroczy, G. (1909)., p. 39: "Weiß setzt in vier Zügen mat."
Time 5½ hours} (36... Re7 37. R8g6+ Kh7 38. Bg8+ Kh8 39. Rh6+ Rh7 40. Rxh7#)
1-0

[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.11.06"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 248}
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Nb5 {[#]} Nf6 (6... Bxe3 7.
fxe3 Qxe3+ (7... Nc6) 8. Be2 Na6 9. N1c3 Nf6 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nc4 Qc5 12. e5
Ne8 13. Qd2 b5 14. Ne4 Qd5 15. Qg5+ f6 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. exf6+ Kd8 18. Ne5 $18)
7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nd6+ $2 (8. N1c3 $16) 8... Ke7 9. Nxc8+ Rxc8 10. Bd3 Nc6 11.
O-O h5 12. Nd2 h4 13. h3 g5 14. a3 Rg8 15. b4 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. f3 Ne5 18.
Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Rg7 (19... d6) 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Qf2 b6 22. f4 gxf4 23. Qxf4
Qg5 24. Rf2 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 $11 Rdg8 26. Rd2 Rh8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Rd4 f6 29. exf6+
Nxf6 30. Rc4 Kd8 31. a4 Nd5 32. Be4 Nc7 (32... Nf4 33. Bb7 Ng6 $11) 33. Bf3 $14
d5 34. Rc6 Rd7 (34... Rf8) 35. Bg4 Rh6 36. Re2 Ke7 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. g3 hxg3+ 39.
Kxg3 Re7 40. h4 Ne8 41. h5 Nf6 42. Rcxe6 Rxe6 43. Bxe6+ $14 Kg7 (43... Kf8) 44.
Bg4 $16 {[#]} Nxh5+ $2 (44... a5) (44... Ne4+) 45. Bxh5 Rxh5 46. Re7+ $18 Kf6
47. Rxa7 Ke5 48. Ra6 Rg5+ 49. Kf3 Rf5+ 50. Ke2 b5 51. axb5 Rf4 52. c3 d4 53. c4
Rh4 54. c5 Rh2+ 55. Kd3 Rh3+ 56. Kc2 Rh2+ 57. Kb3 Rh3+ 58. Ka4 Kd5 59. Rd6+ Kc4
60. c6 Rh1 61. Rxd4+ Kxd4 62. c7 Rh8 63. b6 Kc4 64. b7 {Time 10 hours} 1-0

[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.11.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 (4... Bb4) (4... Nd4) 5. O-O (5. Nxe5
Nxe5 (5... Nd4 {Marshall}) 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Nxc3 (8... Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Ng5 10. Ba3 Ne6 11. Qe4 Qg5 12. g3 $14) 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bf4 $1 $14) 5...
O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 (6... Nxe5 7. d4) (6... Nxe5 7. d4 $14) 7. Nxc6 (7. Nf3 $1 Nxe4
8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf8 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 $14) 7... dxc6 8. Bc4 {
[#]} b5 (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qf3+) (8... Ng4 9. d4 (9.
h3 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Qd4+ $16) 9... Qd6 10. g3 Bxd4 11. Be2 h5 $17)
9. Be2 (9. Bb3 $2 Bg4 10. Qe1 b4) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. Bf3 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Qd4
12. Ne4 (12. Qf1 Qxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Re1#) 12... Rxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bg4 15.
Bf3 Re8 $19) 10... Rxe4 11. Bf3 (11. d3 Re6 12. Bf4) (11. c3 Qh4 12. g3 (12. d4
Bd6 13. g3 Qh3 14. f4 Bd7 15. Bf3 Re7 {/\Rae8->}) 12... Qh3 13. Bf3 Rh4 14.
gxh4 Bd6) 11... Re6 12. c3 $2 (12. d3 $142 $14 b4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Rxe3
15. Qd2) 12... Qd3 13. b4 (13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bf5 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Qxd3 Bxd3
) 13... Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Bd7 (15... Bb7 $142 16. Ra2 Rae8 17. Qd1 Ba6
$1) (15... a5 16. Bxc6 Ba6 17. b5 Rxc6 18. bxa6 Re6 19. c4 Rae8 20. Ba3) 16.
Ra2 $2 (16. Qa6 Qf5 (16... Qg6) (16... Qxa6 17. Rxa6 Rae8 18. Bg4 R6e7 19. Bxd7
Rxd7 20. d4) 17. d4 Rae8 18. Be3 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qb7 (20. Qe2 Bb6 21. Bg4
Rxe3 22. Bxf5 Rxe2 23. Bxd7 $10) (20. Qa5 $2 Rg6 21. Kh1 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bc6 $19)
20... Bd6 21. c4 $14) 16... Rae8 17. Qa6 {[#]} (17. Qd1 c5 {/\Bd7-b5}) {
Johnson,C.F.: "Morphy deliberated half an hour" (Sergeant: Morphy Gleanings,p.
13)} 17... Qxf3 $1 $19 (17... Qxa6 18. Rxa6 c5 $15) 18. gxf3 Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bh3
20. Rd1 (20. Rg1 Rxg1+ (20... Bg2+ 21. Rxg2 Re1+ 22. Qf1 Rxf1+ 23. Rg1 Rfxg1#)
21. Kxg1 Re1+) (20. Qd3 f5 $1 {Protecting the Rg6 against the attacking Qd3.} (
20... Bg2+ $2 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. d4 $14) 21. Qc4+ Kf8 (21... Kh8
22. Qf7) 22. Rd1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bxf3+ 24. Kf1 Bg2+ 25. Kg1 Bd5+ 26. Kf1 Bxc4+ 27.
d3 Bxa2 $19) 20... Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ (22... Rg2 $1 23. Qd3 Rxf2+
24. Kg1 Rg2+ 25. Kh1 Rg1#) 23. Kg1 Bh3+ $19 {Winning} (23... Be4+ $1 {
Checkmating} 24. Kf1 Bf5 $1 25. Qe2 Bh3+ 26. Ke1 Rg1#) 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qf1
Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6 28. d4 (28. Kg2 Bb6+ 29. Kf3 Rexh2 $19) 28... Be3
$19 0-1

[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.11.08"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 255}
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Nc3 Qxb2 $2 {[#]} (6... Nc6
7. Ndb5 (7. Na4 Qa5+ 8. c3 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qb4 Qxb4 12. cxb4
Nf6 $11) 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 Qxe3+ 9. Be2 Kf8 10. Qd6+ Nge7 11. Rd1 $44) 7. Ndb5
$18 Bxe3 8. Rb1 Qxb1 9. Nxb1 $18 Bf4 10. g3 a6 11. gxf4 axb5 12. Nc3 Ne7 13.
Nxb5 O-O 14. Nd6 Nbc6 15. Rg1 Rxa2 16. f5 f6 17. Bc4 Ra4 18. f4 b6 19. fxe6
dxe6 20. Nxc8 Nxc8 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd7 Ne7 24. Qxe7 Ra1+ 25.
Kf2 Rxc2+ 26. Ke3 {Time 4½ hours} 1-0

[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.11.10"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 257}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bb5 (5. Nxe5) 5... Nxe4 $1 6. Qd3 d5 7.
Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c6 11. Ba4 Qa5 12. Bb3 Qxc3 13. Bf4
Bf5 14. Rac1 g5 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Bxg5 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Rfe8 19. Bf6
b5 20. f3 a5 21. a3 Be6 22. Rd1 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. h3 c5 25. c3 bxc3 26. Bc2
Ra2 27. Rc1 Rea8 28. Bg5 Ra1 29. Bb1 c2 30. Bxc2 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Ra1 {Time 6
hours} 0-1

[Event "USA-01 Paulsen blindfold sim +3-1=0"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.10.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1857.10.10"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Lawson: Paul Morphy. Game 36, p.359.   2)Staunton published the game
in "Illustrated London News" of February 1, 1862: In the faculty of imparting
vitality to a position Mr. Morphy is hardly second to La Bourdonnais. It is
very rare, indeed, to find a game of his which is not in some part enlivened
by a stroke of vigor or flash of inspiration.   3)Fiske: The First American
Chess Congress New York 1857. p.267. This game was played during the evening
of October 10th, Mr. Paulsen conducting three other games at the same time.
Both the combatants played without seeing the board.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5
4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Ba4 Qf6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Be3
Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qh6 12. Qd3 Ng6 13. Rae1 Ne5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. h3 Kh8 16. Nd1 g5 $1
{Staunton: The advance of the Pawn here operates a change in the aspect of
affairs which is almost magical,} (16... Qg6 $17) 17. Nf2 Rg8 18. Nd3 g4 19.
Nxe5 dxe5 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qf2 Rg6 22. Qxf7 Be6 23. Qxc7 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qh3+
25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Kf3 Rf8+ 27. Qf7 Rxf7# 0-1

[Event "USA-01 Blindfold Morphy-Paulsen"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.10.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1857.10.20"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {3)Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857. p.268-270.
This game was played during anexcursion party to High Bridge, in the
neighborhood of New York, on the 29th of October. It was one of two games
played at once, withou the use of any boards. The companion partie,
unfortunately, remained unfinished and unrecorded.} e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4.
Qe2 f5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. dxe4 fxe4 8. Qxe4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 Nxd5
11. Bc4 c6 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. O-O N7b6 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxc4
17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rxe7+ Qxe7 20. Re1 Qxe1+ 21. Nxe1 O-O-O 22. Qg4+
Rd7 23. Nd3 h5 24. Qe6 Rh6 25. Qe4 Rhd6 26. Ne1 Rd1 27. g3 Kd8 28. Qe5 Re7 29.
Qb8+ Kd7 30. Qxb7+ Kd6 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Qxa7+ Kd6 33. Qb8+ Kd7 34. Kg2 Rdxe1
35. a4 Ra1 36. Qb7+ Kd6 37. Qb4+ Kd7 38. a5 g6 39. a6 g5 40. Qb7+ Kd6 41. Qb8+
Ke6 42. b4 g4 43. c4 Kf7 44. Qb7 Kf8 45. h3 Ree1 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Qc8+ Ke7 48.
Qxg4 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Rxa6 50. Qg7+ Ke6 51. Qc7 Rga1 52. Kg4 R1a4 53. Kg5 Ra2 54.
f4 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Bird +10-1=1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1858.07.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Maroczy: Paul Morphy. Partie 130, S144.} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3
Bg4 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. d3 Qe7 11. f5 Rd8
12. Bg5 Nb8 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bb3 Qd6 16. Ng3 O-O 17. Nh5 dxe4 18. dxe4
Nxh5 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qxh5 Be3 23. Qd1 Qh4+ 24. Ke2
Bb6 25. Kd3 Nd7 26. Qg4 Qf2 27. f6 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Bird +10-1=1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1858.07.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Maroczy: Paul Morphy. Partie 133, S147.} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4
g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Ne2 Bxe5 11. dxe5
f3 12. gxf3 gxf3 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 Qd6 15. Qd4 fxe2 16. Bxe2 Qg3+ 17. Kd2 O-O
18. Rag1 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Bird +10-1=1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1858.07.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Maroczy: Paul Morphy. Partie 132, S146.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O d6 9. d5 Na5 10. e5 Nxc4 11.
Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qf6 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Qg4+ Ke8 16. Bg5 Qg6 17.
Nc3 Nf6 18. Rae1+ Kf8 19. Qb4+ Kg8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Kh1 h5 23. f4
h4 24. f5 Qh5 25. Rf4 f6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rg4+ Qxg4 28. Qxg4+ Kf8 29. Re6 Rh6
30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Re7+ (31. Re7+ Kf8 32. d6 cxd6 33. Rxb7 Rh5 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35.
Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qxf6+) 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Bird +10-1=1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1858.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Karpov,An"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1858.07.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Maroczy: Paul Morphy. Partie 131, S145. 2)Karpov, Anatoly: Miniatures
from the World Champions. 1985, Batsford. p.1-11.} e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3
(4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 {0-1 (24) Barnes,T-Morphy,P London 1858 [Blatny,
P]}) (4. Bc4 fxe4 (4... Be7 5. dxe5 fxe4 6. Qd5 exf3 7. Qf7+ Kd7 8. Qxg7 fxg2
9. Rg1 Nh6 10. Bxh6 $16) (4... exd4 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxh7 Qe7 (6... Rxh7 7. Qh5+
Kd7 8. Qg6 Rh8 9. Bxh6 $16) 7. Bg5 Qxe4+ (7... Qe5 8. Qh5+ Kd7 9. Bxh6 Rxh7 10.
Qf7+ Be7 11. Bg5 $16) 8. Kd2 $1) (4... Nc6 5. Ng5 (5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Nxd8 {
1/2-1/2 (35) Boden,S-Morphy,P London 1858}) 5... Nh6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 f4 8. h4
Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. g3 fxg3 11. f4 $16) (4... Nf6 5. Ng5 Qe7 (5... d5 6. dxe5
dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. exf6 $16) 6. Bf7+ Kd8 7. Bb3 exd4 8. O-O $16) 5. Nxe5 d5
(5... dxe5 6. Qh5+ $18) 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Nxg6 Nf6 8. Qe5+ Be7 9. Bb5+ (9. Nxh8
dxc4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qg5 Be6 12. O-O Qd7 13. d5 $16) 9... c6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11.
Be2 Rg8 12. g3 $16 {_|_}) 4... fxe4 (4... Nf6 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 fxe4 7. Ng5
d5 8. e6 Bc5 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe5 Rg8 12. Ng5 $16) (4... exd4 5.
Qxd4 fxe4 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qe3 $16) 5. Nxe4 d5 (5... Nf6 6.
Nxf6+ gxf6 (6... Qxf6 7. Bg5 $10) 7. dxe5 fxe5 8. Bc4 Qf6 9. Ng5 $16) 6. Ng3 (
6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 Nf6 9. Qe5+ Kf7 10. Bc4+ Kg7 (10... Kxg6 11.
Qg5#) 11. Bh6+ Kxh6 12. Nxh8 Bb4+ 13. c3 Qxh8 14. cxb4 $16) 6... e4 7. Ne5 Nf6
8. Bg5 (8. f3 $16) 8... Bd6 9. Nh5 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe8 11. g4 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Qxh5
13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Be2 Qh3 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Rb8 $17 17. O-O-O Rxf2 $5 18.
Bxf2 Qa3 $1 19. c3 Qxa2 20. b4 Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kb2 $2 (22. Kc1 $142 {
Karpov p.3} a5 {Karpov} (22... Bxb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 24. Qg5 $11 h6 (24... Qa3+
25. Kd2 Rb2+ 26. Ke1 Qc3+ 27. Kf1 Bh3+ 28. Kg1 Rxe2 29. Qh5 Qf3 $11) 25. Qd8+
Kh7 26. Qxc8 Qa2 27. Qf5+ $11) (22... Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Qa2+ $11) 23. Qc2 Qa3+ 24.
Qb2 axb4 25. Qxa3 bxa3 26. Bg3 (26. Be3)) 22... Bxb4 $19 23. cxb4 Rxb4+ 24.
Qxb4 Qxb4+ 25. Kc2 e3 26. Bxe3 Bf5+ 27. Rd3 Qc4+ 28. Kd2 Qa2+ 29. Kd1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 {Morphy: "Lange was the first to maintain
that 4.d4 was stronger than 4.Qe2. In his 'Sammlung neuer Schachpartien' (p.55)
he gives a number of interesting variations on this move."} Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4
6. e5 c6 7. O-O (7. exf6 Qa5+) 7... cxb5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Re1+ Kf8
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. c3 {Morphy in Chess Monthly 1959,S.53: "Up to this move the
game coincides with one played by Lange (Schachpartien p56).} (12. Na3 a6 {
Max Lange: Paul Morphy. 2.Aufl. S.201: "Auch} 13. Qe2 {bietet eine gute
Fortsetzung, In einer Partie Lange-Anderssen war die Folge"} g6 14. Rad1 Kg7
15. Rd3 d5 16. Rf3 $2 Qd6 (16... Bg4 $1 $19) 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Qxd4+ f6 19. g4
Bc8 20. Rxf6 {1-0} Qxf6 21. Re7+) (12. Qe2 g6 (12... Qe6 13. Qd2 $14) 13. Qxb5
Kg7 $11) 12... d5 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Re5 Rd8 (15... g6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Rxd5 Kg7 18. Qd2 Rac8 $11) 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rae1 (17. Nxd5 Qd6 $17) 17... g5
$2 (17... Qd6 18. g3 g6 $11) 18. Qd1 (18. Ne2 {/\Ne2-g3-f5/h5}) 18... Qf6 19.
R1e3 (19. Ne2) 19... Rg8 $4 (19... Kg7 $11 20. Rg3 h6 21. Ne2 Rhg8) 20. Rxe6
1-0

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Nc3 Ndb4 14. Bb1 Be6 15.
a3 Nd5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rd1 Bd5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qc2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd5 Qxe5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Be4 Rad8 26. Kh1 Bxb2 27.
Rab1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxf2 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh7 Be5 31. Bf3 Qg3 32. Kg1 Qg6 33.
Qxg6 fxg6 34. Bb7 Rb8 35. Bxa6 c6 36. Kf2 Bd6 37. Rd3 Kd7 38. Ke2 Ra8 39. Bb7
Rxa3 40. Rd1 Kc7 41. Bc8 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Bc5 43. Be6 Rf2+ 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Rd7+ Kb6
46. Bg4 Bd6+ 47. Kh4 c5 48. Bf3 c4 49. Rxg7 Rf4+ 50. Bg4 c3 51. g3 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be3 Bb4 8.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Nd2 Bc6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1
b6 15. h3 Qc8 16. Kh2 Kh8 17. Rg1 Rg8 18. g4 g5 19. f4 Qf8 20. Rg3 Rd8 21. Nf3
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Qd6 23. Kg2 Nh5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. gxh5 g4 26. hxg4 Rxg4+ 27. Kf1
f5 28. Qf2 Ne5 29. dxe5 Qxd3+ 30. Qe2 Qe4 31. Bf2 Qc6 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1
Qxc4+ 34. Qd3 Qxa2 35. Rg3 Qc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. Rg6 Rc6 38. c4 a5 39. Ke2 Rxc4
40. Rxe6 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 a4 42. Rg6 Rc4 43. Rg1 a3 44. e6 a2 45. Ra1 Re4 46. Rxa2
Rxe6 47. Kf4 Rd6 48. Kxf5 Rd5+ 49. Kg4 b5 50. Ra8+ Kh7 51. Ra7 Rd7 52. Bg3 Rg7+
53. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Be6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 (7. e4 {
Maroczy}) 7... O-O 8. d4 Nxc3 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4) 9. bxc3 e4 10. Nd2 f5 11. f4
(11. c4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Qc2 c6 14. g4 $1 {Maroczy} Nxg4 $1 {Refuses
Maroczy`s idea} 15. Bxg4 fxg4 $19 16. Qxe4 (16. Nxe4 Bf5) 16... Qd7 $19) 11...
g5 {Maroczy: Schwarz leitet einen heftigen Königsangriff ein} 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13.
Nxc4 gxf4 14. exf4 {Ein schwarzer Königsangriff ist nicht zu erkennen.} Qe8
15. O-O Qc6 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qa2 (18. Ne5 $14) 18... c6 19. Qe2 Nd7
20. Ne3 {Auch ein guter Platz für den Springer} Qe6 21. c4 (21. g4 $1 fxg4 22.
f5 Qf7 23. Nxg4 Kh8 24. Nh6) 21... Nf6 (21... Qg6 22. Rb3 h5 23. Bb2 Kh7 $13)
22. Rb3 Kf7 23. Bb2 Rac8 24. Kh1 $16 Rg8 25. d5 $1 cxd5 26. cxd5 Qd7 27. Nc4 $1
(27. Qf2 Ng4 28. Qh4) 27... Ke7 (27... Rg6 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. fxe5 Nxd5 30. g4
f4 31. Qxe4 $16) (27... Nxd5 28. Rb5 $16 (28. Rd1) 28... Ne7 (28... Ke6 29.
Rxd5 Kxd5 30. Rd1+ $18) 29. Qh5+ $16) 28. Bxf6+ $18 (28. Rh3 $1 $18) 28... Kxf6
29. Qb2+ $2 (29. Rh3 $1 $18 Bb8 30. Ne3 Rcf8 31. Rh5 Kg7 32. Nxf5+ Rxf5 33.
Qg4+ $18) 29... Kf7 30. Rh3 $14 Rg7 31. Qd4 Kg8 32. Rh6 (32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Rh5
Qg6 34. Rg5 Qf7 35. Kg1 (35. Qe5 Rxg5 36. fxg5 Re8 $11) 35... h6 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7
37. Qe5 Rc2 38. g3 Rd2 $11) 32... Bf8 33. d6 Rf7 34. Rh3 Qa4 35. Rc1 (35. Rg3+
Bg7 36. Rxg7+ Rxg7 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Ne5 Rf8 39. d7 Rd8 40. Nf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7
Qxd7 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ $11) 35... Rc5 36. Rg3+ Bg7 37. h3 Kh8 (37... Kf8 $2
38. Rxg7 Rxg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. d7 $18) (37... h5) 38. Rxg7 (38.
Qd2 $1 $16 {Maroczy: Paul Morphy, S.249: "Statt des unnötigen
Qualitätsopfers könnte Weiß seine Dame einfach zurückziehen und auf
Verwertung seines vorgerückten Freibauers spielen."}) 38... Rxg7 39. Rc3 e3
40. Rxe3 $4 (40. Qf6 $11) 40... Rxc4 41. Qf6 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxe5+ (5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7.
Bd2 Bg4 8. a3 Nd4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qxe5+ 11. Kf1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 O-O-O) 6.
Be2 Bb4 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bf4
O-O 13. Bxc7 Nd4 14. Qxd4 Qxc7 15. Bd3 Bg4 (15... b6) (15... h6) 16. Ng5 Rfd8
17. Qb4 Bc8 $2 (17... h6 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Qxb7 Rac8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. f3 Be6
$132) 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Qe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 $16 Nd5 $2 21. Bxh7+ $18 Kh8 22. Rxf7
Nc3 23. Re1 Nxa2 24. Rf4 Ra6 25. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Born the descendant of a Creole family in New Orleans, Paul Charles Morphy
was by the age of 13 one of the strongest players in America. In 1858 he
visited Europe and within six months showed that he was actually the strongest
player in the world.   Paul Charles Morphy, als Nachfahre von Kreolen in New
Orleans geboren, war bereits mit dreizehn Jahren einer der stärksten Spieler
Amerikas. 1858 bereiste er Europa und bewies binnen eines halben Jahres, daß
er tatsächlich der stärkste Spieler der Welt war.} 1. e4 c5 {Already in the
last century Anderssen was confident enough to experiment with the Sicilian
Defence.  Bereits im vorigen Jahrhundert genoß die Sizilianische Verteidigung
das volle Vertrauen von Anderssen, der gern damit experimentierte.} 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 {One can hardly believe that this modern opening
was already played in 1858! Es ist kaum zu glauben, daß diese moderne
Eröffnung schon 1858 gespielt wurde!} d6 6. Bf4 {Fischer's favourite move, but
nowadays 6.c4, which is very often played by Karpov, is preferred by most
players. Der von Fischer favorisierte Zug, obwohl gegenwärtig die meisten
Spieler 6.c4, das oft von Karpov gespielt wird, den Vorzug geben.} e5 7. Be3 f5
$2 {It took over 100 years to prove that after Über hundert Jahre hat es
gedauert, bis bewiesen wurde, daß Schwarz nach} (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 a6 {Black has
nothing to worry about. However, Anderssen with his aggressive style wants to
accelerate the crisis in the center. This approach always worked for him
before... überhaupt nichts zu befürchten hat. Getreu seinem aggressiven Stil
strebt Anderssen jedoch nach rascher Zuspitzung der Krise im Zentrum. Diese
forsche Gangart hatte ihm meist Erfolg gebracht, jedenfalls bisher...}) 8. N1c3
$1 {Morphy feels that chess logic is on his side and goes for an immediate
refutation of Black's premature activity. Morphy fühlt, daß er die Schachlogik
auf seiner Seite hat und schreitet zur direkten Widerlegung der verfrühten
schwarzen Aktivitäten.} f4 ({Nun scheitert} 8... a6 {is now met by an} 9. Nd5
$1 axb5 10. Bb6 Qh4 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 Qxe4+ 13. Qe2 {winning. mit Gewinn
für Weiß.}) 9. Nd5 $1 fxe3 {Already there is no way back.  Einen Weg zurück
gibt es schon nicht mehr.} 10. Nbc7+ Kf7 11. Qf3+ $2 ({Stärker war vielleicht} 
11. Nxa8 {was much stronger, but Morphy doesn't want to lose the black king as
a target before taking the rook. This over-confidence give Anderssen excellent
counter-chances. aber Morphy möchte den schwarzen König nicht aus dem Visier
lassen, bevor er den Turm schlagen wird. Dieses übermäßige Selbstvertrauen
verschafft Anderssen Gegenchancen.}) 11... Nf6 12. Bc4 Nd4 $1 13. Nxf6+ d5 $1 {
It is unlikely that Anderssen had calculated all the variations after Es ist
unwahrscheinlich, daß Anderssen sämtliche Varianten nach} (13... Kg6 {but his
combinational instincts did not betray him. durchgerechnet haben sollte, aber
sein kombinatorischer Instinkt trügt ihn nicht.} {Nach} 14. Qh5+ Kxf6 15. Ne8+
Qxe8 16. Qxe8 Nxc2+ (16... d5 17. O-O-O $1) 17. Kf1 e2+ $1 (17... Nxa1 18. g4
$1) 18. Bxe2 Nxa1 19. g4 $1 {and despite a good material balance Black is
defenceless against the new wave of attack. bliebe Schwarz trotz der günstigen
materiellen Bilanz ohne Verteidigung gegen die neuerliche Angriffswelle von
Weiß.}) 14. Bxd5+ Kg6 $2 {[#] Now the previous line doesn't work. Possibly
Anderssen thought that his young opponent would lose his way in this jungle of
variations. But, as always, Morphy had everything in hand. Möglicherweise war
Anderssen hier der Meinung, sein junger Gegner hätte in diesem taktischen
Variantendschungel die Orientierung verloren. Doch Morphy behält wie gewohnt
die Übersicht.} ({Eine sichere Option wäre} 14... Qxd5 {was the safest option,
although White has an advantage in the endgame: für Schwarz gewesen,
wenngleich Weiß ein vorteilhaftes Endspiel erhält:} 15. Nfxd5+ Nxf3+ 16. gxf3
exf2+ 17. Kxf2) ({Ein größeres Problem hätte Anderssen seinem Gegner mit} 14...
Ke7 $1 {could make Morphy sorry for his over-ambitious 11th move, e.g. stellen
können. Doch auch dann sollten die Komplikationen nach} 15. Qh5 gxf6 16. Qf7+
Kd6 17. Nxa8 {But the complications should still turn out in White's favour.
zugunsten von Weiß enden.}) 15. Qh5+ Kxf6 16. fxe3 $1 {Now Anderssen's
illusions are over - the open f file ends the life of the black king not only
in the King's Gambit. Nun zerplatzten sämtliche Illusionen bei Anderssen. Die
offene f-Linie beendet das Leben des schwarzen Königs – nicht nur im
Königsgambit.} ({And now the continuation quoted in the line with 13...Kg6
would not bring White any advantage: Und nun brächte die oben in der Variante
mit 13...Kg6 zitierte Fortsetzung Weiß keinen Vorteil:} 16. Ne8+ $2 Qxe8 17.
Qxe8 Bb4+) 16... Nxc2+ {Loses instantly, but Verliert sofort, aber auch} (16...
Qxc7 {just would have lasted a little longer: hätte nur wenig länger gedauert:}
17. Rf1+ Nf5 18. Rxf5+ $1 Bxf5 19. Qxf5+ Ke7 20. Qe6+ Kd8 21. O-O-O $1 Bd6 22.
Bxb7 {etc.}) 17. Ke2 {and Black resigned. An impressive demolition of the
strongest player of the Old World (Europe)! Alas, Morphy did not bother to
explain the superiority of his method. Only the powerful mind of another chess
giant, Wilhelm Steinitz, could systematize the profound positional rules that
created a new outlook in chess progress. und Schwarz gab auf. Eine
eindrucksvolle Gewinnpartie Morphys gegen den stärksten Spieler der Alten Welt.
Leider hat Morphy die Mühe gescheut, der Schachwelt auch noch zu erklären,
worauf die Überlegenheit seiner Methode beruhte. Erst der gewaltige Geist
eines weiteren Schachgiganten, nämlich Wilhelm Steinitz, vermochte die
tiefsinnigen positionellen Gesetze zu systematisieren, die der Entwicklung des
Schachs ein neues Gesicht geben sollten.} 1-0

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Be3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nbc3 d5 10. e5 f6 11. f4 fxe5 12. fxe5 a6 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Bg5 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Bd7 16. Qh3 Qe8 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rf1 Qe8 20. Qh4 Nf5 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rf3 Bb5 23. Rg3 Rc7 24. Bf6 f4 25. Qxf4 Qf8 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Qh6
Kh8 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Kf2 Kg8 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. g4 b4 33. h4 b5
34. Ke3 b3 35. a3 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Anderssen KingsGt"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1858.12.29"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 d5 5. Bb3 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ba4
g5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 c5 11. c3 Be7 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 O-O 14. Qb3 Rb8 15.
a3 c5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 cxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Qd3 a5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. g3 Rb6 23. Ra2 Rg6 24. Rg2 Bh3 25. e6 Bxg2 26. exf7+ Kg7 27. Kxg2 Qc8
28. Ne5 Rh6 29. gxf4 Rfh8 30. fxg5 Rh2+ 31. Kg1 Rh1+ 32. Kf2 R8h2+ 33. Ke3 Rh3+
34. Nf3 Rxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Qxc1+ 36. Kf2 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Anderssen KingsGt"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1858.12.29"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 Nxe4 7. d3 Ng3 8.
Bxf4 Nxh1 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Nf6+ Kd8 11. Bxc7+ Kxc7 12. Nd5+ Kd8 13. Nxe7 Bxe7
$19 {Fischer: ..'and Black should win.' (My 60 Memorable Games,p.124).} 14. Qg4
d6 15. Qf4 Rg8 $1 16. Qxf7 Bxh4+ $2 (16... Rf8 $1 $19 17. Qxh7 Ng3 18. Nd2 Bf5
$19 {Maroczy}) 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Na3 Na6 $2 (18... Bg5+ 19. Kc3 Bd7 $15) 19. Qh5
Bf6 20. Qxh1 Bxb2 $4 (20... Bg5+ 21. Kc3 Be6 $14) 21. Qh4+ $18 Kd7 22. Rb1 Bxa3
23. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Anderssen KingsGt"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1858.12.29"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 d5 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.
Nc3 Qg6 9. Qf3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Nd7 12. exd5 f5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7+
Kxd7 15. d3 Rae8+ 16. Kf1 Rhg8 17. Rh2 f3 18. g3 Bh5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Qa7 hxg5
21. Na4 gxh4 22. Qxb7 hxg3 23. Nb6+ Ke7 24. Re1+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Anderssen KingsGt"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1858.12.29"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. d4
Nf6 9. Nxg5 Nxe4 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. Bxf4 Bh3 13. gxh3 Nxd4 14. Nd2
Ne2+ 15. Kf2 Qxf4+ 16. Kxe2 Qg5 17. Rae1 Bh6 18. Qd5 Re8+ 19. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Anderssen KingsGt"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1858.12.29"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. d4
a6 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Bxf4 Qe7 12. Bxg8 Bg4 13. Nd2 Kd7 14. Bd5 Nd8
15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qxb7 a5 17. Bxd6 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Qxd6 19. Rf7+ (19. Rf7+ Ke6
20. Qb3+) 1-0

[Event "Morphy sim against 5 masters"]
[Site "London (St George's CC)"]
[Date "1859.04.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1859.04.26"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1 d5 8.
Bxd5 Nf6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Nxh4 Re8 11. d3 Bh3 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14.
Nc3 Re5 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Bf4 Nc6 17. Kxh2 Bg4 18. Rg1 h5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd5
Nd4 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qe3 Qg7 23. Nxh5 Qh7 24. Rxg4 Qxh5 25. Qh3 Kh7 26. c3 Ne6
27. Rg6 Re8 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Qxe6 Qxh4+ 30. Qh3 Qxh3+ 31. Kxh3 c5 32. Kg4 Kg6
33. Kf3 Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. d4 exd4+ 36. cxd4 cxd4+ 37. Kxd4 Kd6 38. e5+ Ke6
39. Ke4 Ke7 40. Kd5 Kd7 41. e6+ Ke7 42. Ke5 a6 43. a3 Ke8 44. Kd6 Kd8 45. e7+
Ke8 46. Kc7 1-0

