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
O-O
11.
Nh2
Nh7
12.
Nd2
f5
13.
Nb3
Bd6
14.
O-O
Bxh2+
15.
Kxh2
f4
16.
Qxe4
Ng5
17.
Qd4
Nf3+
18.
gxf3
Qh4
19.
Rh1
Bxh3
20.
Bd2
Rf6
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Event
Casuals Morphy-Arnous +9+3=0
Site
Paris
Date
1863.??.??
White
Arnous de Riviere, Jules
Black
Result
0-1
Game 242 in Philip W. Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916), printed pages 298. Commentary from this edition; named earlier annotators remain credited in the notes.
- 12.Nd2 To this point the play has followed Games LXXIV and LXXXIV. Here, however, the first game continued 12 B—K3; the second 12 Kt—QB3. See the notes on LXXIV.
- 12…f5 In this game, as in LXXXIV against the same opponent, Morphy finds time to make the advance of the KBP for which his 11th move prepared.
- 15…f4 And this is decisive.
[Event "Casuals Morphy-Arnous +9+3=0"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1863.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Arnous de Riviere, Jules"] [Black "Morphy, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] 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 O-O 11. Nh2 Nh7 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. O-O Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 f4 16. Qxe4 Ng5 17. Qd4 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Qh4 19. Rh1 Bxh3 20. Bd2 Rf6 0-1