1.
e4
e5
2.
f4
exf4
3.
Nf3
g5
4.
h4
g4
5.
Ne5
Nf6
6.
Bc4
d5
7.
Bxd5
Nxd5
8.
exd5
f3
9.
O-O
Qxh4
10.
d4
f2+
11.
Rxf2
g3
12.
Rf4
Qh2+
13.
Kf1
Qh1+
14.
Ke2
Qxg2+
15.
Kd3
Qh3
16.
Qe1
Bf5+
17.
Kc4
O-O-O
18.
Qa5
a6
19.
Nc3
Bxc2
20.
Rxf7
Bd6
21.
Nb5
axb5+
22.
Kxb5
Kb8
23.
Bg5
Bxe5
24.
Bxd8
Rxd8
25.
Qc3
Rxd5+
26.
Kc4
Rxd4+
27.
Qxd4
Qe6+
28.
Qd5
Bd3+
0-1
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Event
Odd ♘b1 Morphy-Maurian
Site
New Orleans
Date
1857.??.??
White
Maurian, Charles Amedee
Black
Result
0-1
Game 291 in Philip W. Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916), printed pages 338–339. Commentary from this edition; named earlier annotators remain credited in the notes. The printed date is September 1857.
- 18.Qa5 If 18 Kt×P, P—Kt7; 19 B—K3, R—K1; 20 Kt—K5, B—R3; 21 R×B, Q×R; 22 B×B, Q—B8ch, etc. But 18 R—B3 was better (Maroczy).
- 23.Bg5 Not 23 Kt—B6ch, P×Ktch; 24 K×P, because of 24…Q—B1! Nor does White appear to have any other resource at his command.
[Event "Odd ♘b1 Morphy-Maurian"] [Site "New Orleans"] [Date "1857.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Maurian, Charles Amedee"] [Black "Morphy, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1bqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 f3 9. O-O Qxh4 10. d4 f2+ 11. Rxf2 g3 12. Rf4 Qh2+ 13. Kf1 Qh1+ 14. Ke2 Qxg2+ 15. Kd3 Qh3 16. Qe1 Bf5+ 17. Kc4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 a6 19. Nc3 Bxc2 20. Rxf7 Bd6 21. Nb5 axb5+ 22. Kxb5 Kb8 23. Bg5 Bxe5 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc3 Rxd5+ 26. Kc4 Rxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Qe6+ 28. Qd5 Bd3+ 0-1