Position after:

(1) Morphy,P - Morphy,A [C33] New Orleans New Orleans, 1847 [Hiarcs 7.32 (180s)] 1.e4 C33: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 and 3 Bc4 1...e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 Bc5 5.d4 Bb6 6.Nf3 Qe7 [6...Qf6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.e5 Qc6 9.Bb5 Qh6 10.g3 c6 11.Bc4 Qh3+ 12.Kf2 fxg3+ 13.hxg3 Qf5 14.Be3 Ng6 15.Kg2 Bc7 16.Ng5 d5 17.exd6 Bd8 18.Bxf7+ Kd7 19.Be6+ Qxe6 20.Nxe6 Kxe6 21.Qg4+ Kxd6 22.Qxc8 Rf8 23.Raf1 Re8 24.Bf4+ Nxf4+ 25.Rxf4 b5 26.Ne4+ Kd5 27.Qf5+ Kxd4 28.Nd6+ Ke3 29.Nxe8 Na6 30.Qd3# 1-0 Sanz Navarro,A-Lasierra,J/San Jose 1998/EXT 2000 (30)] 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Qd3N [8.e5 Ng8±] 8...c6 Controls b5 [8...d6!?= should not be overlooked] 9.Bxf4 [9.e5 Nh5 10.Ne4±] 9...d5 [¹9...Nh5!? must be considered 10.Bg5 f6± (Hiarcs 7.32: 10...f6 11.Bd2 Bc7 12.Kf2 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Bxf4 14.Ne2 Bh6 15.Rhf1 d6 16.Kg1) ; Hiarcs 7.32: 9...Na6 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Bg5 Qf8 12.Kf2 Nb4 13.Qe2 h6 14.Be3 Nf6 15.a3 d5 16.axb4 dxc4 17.Qxc4] 10.exd5+- White gets deadly initiative. 10...0-0 11.d6 Qd8 12.Re1 Re8? [¹12...Bg4+-] 13.Ng5 Rxe1+ 14.Kxe1 Qe8+ [14...Be6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bxe6+ Kh8+-] 15.Kd2 [¹15.Be5 secures the win 15...Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Bxf6 Qh5+-] 15...Be6 16.Re1 Nbd7 [16...Kh8 desperation 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Rxe6 Qg6 19.Qxg6 hxg6+-] 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rxe6 [18.Rxe6 Kh8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Be5+-] 1-0

Position after:

(2) Morphy,P - Morphy,A [C51] New Orleans New Orleans, 1849 [Hiarcs 7.32 (180s)] 1.e4 C51: Evans Gambit: Declined and Accepted without 5...Ba5 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 [6.0-0 Nf6 7.d4 Be7 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.h3 Ngxe5 10.Bd5 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 0-0 12.Nd2 d6 13.Bb2 Be6 14.Rab1 Ne5 15.Qe2 Bxd5 16.exd5 Bf6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.f4 Nd7 19.c4 b6 20.Rbe1 Nf6 Wolf,R-Gajadin,D/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314/½-½ (39)] 6...exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6N [7...Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Nge7 (8...Be7 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.d5 Nb8 11.e5 Ne4 12.Bf4 0-0 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.d6 cxd6 15.exd6 Bf6 16.Nc3 b5 17.Bd5 Nc6 18.Qf5 g6 19.Qh3 b4 20.Bh6 bxc3 21.Bxf8 Ba6+ 22.Kg1 Qxf8 23.Re1 Qxd6 0-1 Spiriev,P-Misailovic,N/Budapest 1991/EXT 97 (23); 8...Qe7 9.e5 d5 10.Bxd5 Qd7 11.Qb3 Ba5 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.a4 a5 16.Rc1 0-0 17.Ne4 Ba6+ 18.Kg1 Rab8 19.Qc3 Nd5 20.Qxc6 Qxc6 21.Rxc6 Bb7 22.Rxb6 cxb6 23.Nd6 Bc6 24.Nb5 Bxb5 25.axb5 Rfc8 26.g3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Rxh1 29.Kxh1 a4 30.Nd2 Rc8 0-1 Aurel,L-Olivier,J/Paris 1988/EXT 98 (30)) 9.Ng5 0-0 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.Qxf7+ Kh8 13.Bb2 d5 14.exd5 Na5 15.Bd3 Qg8 16.Qxg8+ Kxg8 17.a3 Bd6 18.Be4 Nf5 19.Nd2 Bf4 20.Bc3 Bxd2 21.Bxd2 Nxd4 22.Bxa5 Wehner,R-Zieroth/Mannheim 1987/EXT 97/1-0 (36)] 8.0-0 Na5 9.Bd3 Ne7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Ba3 d6 12.e5 Bf5 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Ne4 d5 15.Nf6+ gxf6 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxf5 Nc4 18.Re1 Qd6 19.Ne5 fxe5 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.Qh5 Kg7 22.Qg4+ Kh8 23.Qh5 h6 24.Rxe5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Qc6 26.e6 Kg7 27.g4 Qc3 28.g5 [28.Rf1 does not improve anything 28...Qf6 29.exf7 Rxf7 30.Qh3-+] 28...Qxa1+ 29.Kg2 Qf6 [¹29...Kg8 and Black wins 30.exf7+ Rxf7-+] 30.gxf6+= Kxf6 31.exf7 Rxf7 32.Qg6+ Ke7 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.Qxh6+ Rg7+ [34...Ke7 35.Qe6+ Kf8 36.Qh6+ Ke7 37.Qe6+ Kf8 38.Qd6+ Kg7 39.Qxd5=] 35.Bg6 [¹35.Kh1!? Re8 36.Be6 Rxe6 37.Qxe6±] 35...Kg8= 36.h4 [¹36.Qg5=] 36...d4?? allows the opponent back into the game [36...Rf8 37.f3 Rf6=] 37.h5 [37.Kf1 Rf8 38.Bd3 Rf3 39.Bc4+ Rgf7 40.Bxf7+ Rxf7+-] 37...d3 A strong pawn [37...Rf8 38.Qg5 Kh8±] 38.Qg5± Rd8?? leads to further unpleasantness [¹38...d2 39.Qxd2 Rf8±] 39.h6+- d2 [39...Rf7 doesn't get the cat off the tree 40.Bxd3+ Kf8 41.h7 Rxh7 42.Bxh7+-] 40.Qf6 Rgd7 [40...Rdd7 the only chance to get some counterplay 41.Qe6+ Kh8 42.hxg7+ Kxg7 43.Qxd7+ Kxg6 44.Qxd2 Kf5 45.Qd5+ Kg6+-] 41.Bf5 d1Q [41...Rc7 does not save the day 42.h7+ Rxh7 43.Be6+ Rf7 44.Bxf7+ Kf8 45.Bb3+ Ke8 46.Qf7#] 42.h7+ Rxh7 43.Be6+ Rf7 44.Bxf7+ Kh7 [44...Kf8 is no salvation 45.Bb3+ Ke8 46.Qf7#] 45.Qg6+ Kh8 46.Qh6# 1-0

Position after:

(3) Morphy,P - Rousseau,E [C50] New Orleans New Orleans, 1849 [Fritz 6] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 last book move 4...Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.Ng5 d5+- 1.41 6...Qd8-e7 7.Bc4-f7+ Ke8-d8 8.Bf7-b3 Kd8-e8 9.Nb1-c3 Nc6-d4 10.Bb3-f7+ Ke8-d8 0.78 7.exd5 Nxd5+- 1.78 7...Nc6-a5 8.Bc4-b5+ c7-c6 9.d5xc6 b7xc6 10.Bb5-a4 Bf8-d6 11.Bc1-d2 Bc8-d7 12.Qd1-e1 1.34 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.Qf3± 1.09 9.Rf1-e1 Qd8-d6 10.d3-d4 Nd5xc3 11.b2xc3 e5xd4 12.Ng5-f7 Qd6-c5 13.Qd1xd4 Qc5xd4 2.03 9...c6 10.Nce4² 0.31 10.Rf1-e1 h7-h6 11.Nc3xd5 h6xg5 12.Nd5xe7 Qd8xe7 13.Qf3-e3 b7-b5 14.Qe3xe5 Qe7xe5 1.22 10...fxe4+- 1.75 10...Qd8-c7 11.Bc4-b3 a7-a6 12.Rf1-e1 g7-g6 13.Ne4-c3 h7-h6 14.Ng5-h3 Bf8-g7 15.Bc1-d2 0.31 11.Qf7+± 0.78 11.d3xe4 Bc8-f5 12.e4xf5 Qd8-d6 13.Rf1-d1 Ra8-d8 14.Ng5-e6 Rd8-d7 15.Bc1-e3 g7-g6 1.75 11...Kd7 12.Qe6+= 0.00 12.d3xe4 Kd7-c7 13.e4xd5 c6xd5 14.Rf1-d1 Qd8-d7 1.28 12...Kc7?+- 13.Qxe5+ Qd6 14.Qxd6+ Kxd6 15.Nf7+ Ke6 16.Nxh8 exd3 17.cxd3 Kf6 18.b4 Be6+- 3.34 18...Nd5xb4 19.Bc1-b2+ Kf6-g5 20.Nh8-f7+ Kg5-h5 21.a2-a3 Nb4-d5 22.Rf1-e1 g7-g5 23.Ra1-c1 2.03 19.Re1 Bg8?+- 4.84 19...Ne7-f5 20.a2-a3 Ra8-e8 21.Bc1-b2+ Kf6-e7 2.47 20.Bb2+ Kg5 21.Re5+ Kh6? 22.Bc1+ g5 23.Rxg5 1-0

Position after:

(4) Morphy,P - McConnell,J [C39] New Orleans New Orleans, 1849 [Fritz 6] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 h5 6.Bc4 Rh7 7.d4 d6 8.Nd3 f3 9.g3 last book move 9...Nf6 10.Nf4-+ -1.75 10.Nd3-f2 d6-d5 11.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 12.0-0 f7-f5 13.Nb1-c3 Qd8-d6 14.Rf1-e1+ Ke8-d8 -0.69 10...Bd7³ -0.50 10...Nf6xe4 11.0-0 f7-f5 12.Nb1-c3 c7-c6 13.Nf4-g6 Bf8-h6 14.Kg1-h2 -1.75 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Be3 Ne7 13.Kf2³ -0.66 13.Qd1-d2 Bf8-g7 14.0-0-0 Bd7-c6 15.Bc4-d3 Rh7-h8 16.Rh1-f1 d6-d5 17.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 -0.31 13...c6 14.Re1 Bg7 15.e5 dxe5 16.dxe5 Nfd5² 0.41 16...Nf6-g8 17.Nc3-e4 Bg7xe5 18.Ne4-g5 Be5xf4 19.Ng5xh7 Bf4xe3+ 20.Re1xe3 Bd7-e6 21.Bc4xe6 -0.28 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Bc5³ -0.34 18.Nc3xd5 Ne7xd5 19.Nf4xd5 Bd7-e6 20.Qd1-d3 Rh7-h8 21.Qd3-b5+ Be6-d7 22.Qb5xb7 Ra8-c8 0.47 18...Bc6= 0.19 18...Ra8-c8 -0.34 19.b4= -0.19 19.Qd1-d4 Ra8-c8 20.Bc5xe7 Qd8xe7 21.Nf4xh5 Rh7xh5 22.Qd4xg4 Qe7-c5+ 23.Re1-e3 Bc6-b5 0.19 19...b6² 0.34 19...d5-d4 20.Qd1-d3 Rh7-h6 21.Nc3-b5 Bc6xb5 22.Qd3xb5+ Qd8-d7 23.Qb5xd7+ Ke8xd7 24.Ra1-d1 -0.19 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nfxd5 Qb7?+- 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6+ Kf8 24.Qd6+ Kg8 25.Re7 Qc8 26.Rc7 Qf5 27.Qxc6 Qxc2+?+- 9.03 27...Ra8-f8 28.Nc3-d5 Qf5-e5 29.Qc6-c4 Rh7-h6 30.Ra1-e1 Qe5-d6 31.Qc4-d3 Kg8-h8 32.Qd3-e3 4.94 28.Ke3 Rd8 29.Rd1 1-0

Position after:

(5) Morphy,P - Lowenthal,J [C42] New Orleans New Orleans, 1850 [Fritz 6] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.d4 c6 11.0-0-0 d5 12.Ne5 Bb4 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Ng6+ Qe6 15.Nxh8 Qxe2 16.Bxe2 Kf8 17.a3 Bd6 18.Bd3 Kg8 19.Nxf7 Kxf7 20.f3 b5 21.Be4 Nd7 22.Rde1 Nf6 23.Re2= 0.03 23.Be4xd5+ c6xd5 24.c2-c3 a7-a5 25.Kc1-c2 Ra8-e8 26.Re1xe8 Kf7xe8 27.Rh1-e1+ Ke8-d7 0.34 23...Re8 24.Bxd5+ cxd5 25.Rxe8 Nxe8 26.g3 g5 27.Kd2 Ng7 28.Ra1 a5 29.Kd3 Ke6 30.a4 b4 31.c4 Bc7± 1.06 31...d5xc4+ 32.Kd3xc4 Bd6-c7 33.Ra1-e1+ Ke6-d7 34.f3-f4 g5xf4 35.g3xf4 b4-b3 36.Re1-f1 0.69 32.Re1+ Kd6 33.Re5 dxc4+ 34.Kxc4 Ne6 35.Rb5 Nf8± 1.28 35...Kd6-d7 36.b2-b3 Kd7-e7 37.Rb5-b7 Ke7-d6 38.d4-d5 Ne6-d8 39.Rb7-a7 Nd8-f7 40.f3-f4 0.81 36.Rd5+ Ke6 37.Rc5 Kd6 38.d5 Kd7 39.Rc6 Bd6 40.Ra6 Ng6 41.Rxa5 Ne5+ 42.Kb5 b3+- 2.75 42...Ne5xf3 43.Ra5-a7+ Kd7-c8 44.a4-a5 Kc8-b8 45.Ra7-d7 Bd6-e5 46.a5-a6 Be5-d4 47.Kb5xb4 2.03 43.Ra7+ Kd8 44.f4 gxf4 45.gxf4 Nd3 46.Kc4 Nxf4 47.Rh7 Be5 48.Rxh6 Bxb2 49.Kxb3 Bg7 50.Rh7 Be5 51.a5 Nxd5 52.Rh5 Bxh2 53.Rxd5+ Kc8 54.Rb5 Kc7 55.a6 1-0

Position after:

(6) Morphy,P - Lowenthal,J [B21] New Orleans New Orleans, 1850 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nf6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 0-0 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Rb8 16.c3 Bc5 17.f5 Qh4 18.g3 Qg5 [18...Qc4 19.f6 g6 20.Qb3 Na5 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Qxc4 (22.Qc2 Rfd8) 22...Nxc4 23.Rfd1; 18...Qh3] 19.f6 Ne5 [weak will be 19...gxf6 20.Be4 Be7 21.Rb5 (21.Nxe7+ Nxe7 22.Qd7 Ng6 23.Rxb7 Rxb7 24.Qxb7) ] 20.fxg7 Rfd8 [20...Kxg7 21.Be4 f5 22.Nf4 +1.3] 21.Be4 Qxg7 22.Qh5 Rd6 23.Bxh7+ beware of knight fork @ f6 23...Kf8 24.Be4 Rh6 25.Qf5 Qxg3 26.Rb2 Re8 [equalising move 26...Qh3 27.Rg2 Qxf5 28.Rxf5 Nd7 29.Rfg5 Rh8] 27.Nf6 Re6 28.Rg2 Qxg2+ 29.Bxg2 Rhxf6 30.Qxf6 Rxf6 31.Rxf6 Ng4 32.Rf5 b6 33.Bd5 Nh6 34.Rf6 Kg7 35.Rc6 a5 36.Rc7 Kg6 37.Kg2 f6 38.Kf3 Nf5 39.Be4 Kg5 40.Bxf5 Kxf5 41.h4 Kg6 42.Rc6 Kh5 43.Kg3 f5 44.Rf6 f4+ 45.Kxf4 Bf2 46.Ke4 Bc5 47.Rf5+ Kxh4 48.Rxc5 bxc5 49.Kd5 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(7) McConnell,J - Morphy,P [C02] New Orleans New Orleans, 1850 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.a3 Nh6 8.b4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Rc8 10.Bb2 Nf5 11.Qd3 Bxb4+ 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Qd2 Rc2 14.Qd1 Ne3 0-1

Position after:

(8) Morphy,P - Morphy,E [C52] New Orleans New Orleans, 1850 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.Nxc3 dxc3 9.Ba3 d6 10.Qb3 Nh6 11.Qxc3 Qf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Rfe1 Bd7 14.Rab1 0-0-0 15.Ba6 Na5 16.Rec1 Bc6 17.Qxa5 bxa6 18.Qxa6+ Kd7 19.Rxc6 Qf5 20.Rxc7+ Ke8 21.Qc6+ Qd7 22.Rb8 Qxc6 23.Re7+ Kf8 24.Rxd8+ Qe8 25.Rdxe8# 1-0

Position after:

(9) Morphy,P - Amateur [C44] 1850 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Nxe5 Ne6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Bxe6+ Ke8 8.Bb3 Bc5 9.e5 Qe7 10.0-0 Ng8 11.Nc3 c6 12.Ne4 b5 13.Nd6+ Kd8 14.Bg5 1-0

Position after:

(10) Morphy,P - Ayers [C52] Mobile Mobile, 1855 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.d5 Nd4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.dxc6 Qxe4+ 12.Kd1 Bg4+ 13.f3 Bxf3+ 14.gxf3 Qxf3+ 15.Kc2 Qe4+ 16.Kb2 Bxc3+ 17.Nxc3 dxc3+ 18.Qxc3 0-0-0 19.Re1 Qd5 20.cxb7+ Kxb7 21.Rb1 Nf6 22.Bc6+ Qxc6 23.Ka1+ Kc7 24.Qa5+ Kc8 25.Qxa7 Nd7 26.Bd2 Rhe8 27.Rec1 Qc3+ 28.Rxc3+ Nc5 29.Rb8# 1-0

Position after:

(11) Morphy,P - Meek,A [C38] Mobile Mobile, 1855 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.d4 f6 8.Bxf4 fxg5 9.Bxg5 Bf6 10.Qd2 Bxg5 11.hxg5 Nf7 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Qf4+ Kg8 14.0-0 Qe7 15.Nc3 c6 16.Rae1 d6 17.Nd5 cxd5 18.exd5 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(12) Meek,A - Morphy,P [C44] New Orleans New Orleans, 1855 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.0-0 d6 7.c3 0-0 8.cxd4 Bxd4 9.Nc3 Ng4 10.h3 Nge5 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nxf7 Nxf7 13.Qg6 Nce5 14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Qg3 Rf6 16.Nd5 Rg6 17.Qb3 Be6 18.Qxb7 Bxh3 19.Ne7+ Qxe7 20.Qxa8+ Kh7 21.Kh2 Rxg2+ 22.Kxh3 Qe6+ 23.Kxg2 Qg4+ 24.Kh1 Qh3+ 25.Kg1 Nf3# Black wins 0-1

Position after:

(13) Morphy,P - Morphy,E [C64] New Orleans New Orleans, 1856 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.d5 Nd8 10.Nh4 c6 11.Nf5 Qc5 12.b4 Qf8 13.dxc6 dxc6 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.Qd3 cxb5 16.Nxc8+ Rxc8 17.Rd1 Qg7 18.Qd7+ Kf8 19.Qxc8 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(14) Morphy,P - Meek,A [C38] Mobile Mobile, 1855 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.d4 f6 8.Bxf4 fxg5 9.Bxg5 Bf6 10.Qd2 Bxg5 11.hxg5 Nf7 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Qf4+ Kg8 14.0-0 Qe7 15.Nc3 c6 16.Rae1 d6 17.Nd5 cxd5 18.exd5 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(15) Meek,A - Morphy,P [C44] New Orleans New Orleans, 1855 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.0-0 d6 7.c3 0-0 8.cxd4 Bxd4 9.Nc3 Ng4 10.h3 Nge5 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nxf7 Nxf7 13.Qg6 Nce5 14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Qg3 Rf6 16.Nd5 Rg6 17.Qb3 Be6 18.Qxb7 Bxh3 19.Ne7+ Qxe7 20.Qxa8+ Kh7 21.Kh2 Rxg2+ 22.Kxh3 Qe6+ 23.Kxg2 Qg4+ 24.Kh1 Qh3+ 25.Kg1 Nf3# Black wins 0-1

Position after:

(16) Fiske\\Fuller\\Perrin - Morphy,P [C58] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 e4 8.Qe2 Nxc4 9.dxc4 Bc5 10.h3 0-0 11.Nh2 Nh7 12.Be3 Bd6 13.0-0 Qh4 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Qh5 16.Nc3 Re8 17.Qf2 Nf6 18.Bd4 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Rae1 Bf5 21.Rxe4 Bxe4 22.Nh4 Rf8 23.c5 Be5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.c4 g5 26.Nf3 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Re8 28.f4 Qe3 29.fxg5 hxg5 30.Qxe3 Rxe3 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.d6 cxd6 33.cxd6 Rd3 34.c5 Kg6 35.Rf3 Rd2+ 36.Kg3 f5 37.Rb3 f4+ 38.Kf3 Rh2 39.d7 Rxh3+ 40.Ke4 Rh8 41.Rxb7 Kf6 42.Rc7 Ke7 43.Rc8 Rd8 44.Rxd8 Kxd8 45.c6 a5 46.Kd5 Ke7 47.Ke4 Kd8 48.b3 Ke7 49.a3 Kd8 50.b4 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(17) Hammond,G - Morphy,P [C54] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb3 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Be3 0-0 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Ng5 13.Qf5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Nc3 g6 16.Qg4 h5 17.Qg2 Bxe5 18.Nxd5 c6 19.Rfe1 Re8 20.f4 cxd5 21.fxe5 Ne6 22.Qxd5 Qxd5 23.Bxd5 Nf4 24.Bxb7 Rab8 25.Bc6 Re6 26.Bd7 Re7 27.Rad1 Rxb2 28.Re4 Rxd7 Black wins 0-1

Position after:

(18) Morphy,P - Lichtenhein,T [C51] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.e5 d5 10.exf6 dxc4 11.fxg7 Rg8 12.Re1+ Ne7 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Nc3 Ba5 15.Ne4 Rxg7 16.Nf6+ Kf8 17.Re5 c6 18.Bh6 Nf5 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Ng5 Ke7 21.Bxg7 Nxg7 22.Qf3 Qxd4 23.Rd1 Bd2 [23...Qb6 24.Rd7+ Kf8 25.Ngxh7#] 24.Ng8+ Rxg8 25.Qf7+ Kd8 26.Nf3 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(19) Marache,N - Morphy,P [C52] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.0-0 Nge7 10.Ng5 0-0 11.Bd3 Bf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Ba3 Qg6 14.Bxf8 Qxg5 15.Ba3 dxc3 16.Bc1 Qg6 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Qc2 Ncd4 19.Qe4 Ng3 Black wins 0-1

Position after:

(20) Perrin,F - Morphy,P [C54] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb3 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Be3 0-0 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f6 15.e6 c6 16.Bc1 Bc7 17.Ba3 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Bc2 Ng6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Qg4 g5 23.Qf5 Re7 24.Re3 Rae8 25.Rae1 Qf4 26.Qg6 Qh4 27.Qf5 Qh7 28.Qg4 g6 29.f4 Qh4 30.f5 Kg7 31.Qxh4 gxh4 32.g4 Kh6 33.Rf3 Kg5 34.Kf2 Rc7 35.Re2 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

Position after:

(21) Montgomery,H - Morphy,P [C52] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.d4 0-0 8.d5 Ne7 9.Qc2 d6 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bd3 Nh5 12.Kh2 Nhf4 13.Rg1 Bb6 14.Be3 Nh4 15.Nbd2 Qf6 16.Nxh4 Qxh4 17.Nf3 Qh6 18.Bf1 f5 19.g3 fxe4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nd4 e3 22.f3 Bxd4 23.cxd4 Bf5 24.Qg2 fxg3+ 25.Qxg3 Rf6 26.f4 Re8 27.Re1 Re4 28.Rxe3 Qxf4 29.Bd3 Rxd4 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Re7 Rd2+ 32.Kh1 Qxg3 33.Rxg3 Rf1+ 34.Rg1 Rxg1+ Black wins 0-1

Position after:

(22) Morphy,P - Perrin,F [B44] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bb4+ 7.c3 Ba5 8.0-0 Bb6 9.Nd2 Ne5 10.Be2 d5 11.f4 Nc6 12.e5 Bxd4 13.cxd4 Nd7 14.Bd3 f5 15.g4 g6 16.gxf5 exf5 17.Kh1 Nf8 18.Rc1 Ne6 19.Bxf5 Nexd4 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.f5 Nxf5 22.Rxf5 gxf5 23.Qh5+ Kd7 24.Qf7+ Qe7 25.e6+ Kd8 26.Bg5 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(23) Perrin,F - Morphy,P [C54] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb3 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Be3 0-0 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f6 15.e6 c6 16.Bc1 Bc7 17.Ba3 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Bc2 Ng6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Qg4 g5 23.Qf5 Re7 24.Re3 Rae8 25.Rae1 Qf4 26.Qg6 Qh4 27.Qf5 Qh7 28.Qg4 g6 29.f4 Qh4 30.f5 Kg7 31.Qxh4 gxh4 32.g4 Kh6 33.Rf3 Kg5 34.Kf2 Rc7 35.Re2 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

Position after:

(24) Morphy,P - Reif,A New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 dxc3 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(25) Morphy,P - Schulten,J [C51] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Bb5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Kf8 12.Be3 Nce7 13.Kh1 c6 14.Ba4 d5 15.Rb1 Rb8 16.Qd3 Bc7 17.Rg1 Ng6 18.e5 Qh4 19.Bg5 Qh3 20.Ne2 f6 21.Nf4 Nxf4 22.Bxf4 g5 23.Qa3+ Ke8 24.Rxb7 Rxb7 25.Bxc6+ Kf7 26.Bxd5+ Kg6 27.Qf8 Qd7 28.Bxb7 Bd8 29.exf6 Bxf6 30.Be4+ Kh5 31.Be3 h6 32.Rg3 Bg7 33.Qf7+ Qxf7 34.Rh3# White wins 1-0

Position after:

(26) Schulten,J - Morphy,P [C32] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e3 7.Bxe3 0-0 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Re8+ 10.Be2 Bg4 11.c4 c6 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Kf1 Rxe2 14.Nxe2 Nd4 15.Qb1 Bxe2+ 16.Kf2 Ng4+ 17.Kg1 Nf3+ 18.gxf3 Qd4+ 19.Kg2 Qf2+ 20.Kh3 Qxf3+ 21.Kh4 Black wins 0-1

Position after:

(27) Morphy,P - Schulten,J [C64] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nge7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.d5 Nb8 9.d6 cxd6 10.Bf4 Bc7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Bxd6 Bxd6 15.Qxd6 h6 16.Rad1 Nc8 17.Qf4 Nb6 18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.Ng4 Kg7 21.Nxf6 Bc6 22.e5 a5 23.Rd3 Rh8 24.Ncd5 Nc4 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.Rg3+ Kf8 27.Nb6 Ra7 28.Rd1 Bb5 29.Rd4 Rc7 30.Rdg4 White wins 1-0

Position after:

(28) Schulten,J - Morphy,P [C33] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e5 d5 6.exf6 dxc4 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.a3 Bc5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Ne4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.c3 Qh4+ 14.Kf1 Bb6 15.d4 cxd3 16.Qxd3 Rd8 17.Qe2 Rd1+ Black wins 0-1

Position after:

(29) Schulten,J - Morphy,P [C33] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 0-0 7.Nge2 f3 8.gxf3 Nh5 9.h4 Re8 10.Ne4 Bg3+ 11.Kd2 Bd6 12.Kc3 b5 13.Bxb5 c6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Ba4 Ba6 16.Re1 Nd7 17.b3 Nb6 18.Bxc6 Rac8 19.Kd2 Rxc6 20.dxc6 Bxe2 21.Rxe2 Qxd4+ 22.Ke1 Qg1+ 23.Kd2 Rd8+ 24.Kc3 Qc5+ 25.Kb2 Na4+ Black wins 0-1

Position after:

(30) Stanley,C - Morphy,P [C54] New York New York, 1857 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 0-0 7.Bg5 Bb6 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.0-0 h6 10.Bh4 Kh8 11.Nh2 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.Nhf3 h4 14.Nxh4 gxh4 15.Bxh4 Kg7 16.Qf3 Rh8 17.Qg3+ Kf8 18.Qg5 Nd7 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qxd8+ Nxd8 21.Nf3 Kg7 22.g4 Nf8 23.Kg2 Ng6 24.Bg5 Nf7 25.h4 Nxg5 26.hxg5 Nf4+ 27.Kg3 Rh3# Black wins 0-1