Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, pp. 221-22
Morphy vs N Marache, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0
Pawn mate in 17 moves
Morphy vs T Knight, 1856  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Philidor's Legacy in an odds game; Morphy was something else
Morphy vs T Bryan, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Rook odds, Scotch Gambit, mate from the corner by Nh8#!!
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Morphy with a fantastic game (Even though he gives black a rook
Morphy vs NN, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Morphy vs Morphy King walks to mate 0 - 0
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
KG Odds game #27, A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
Morphy vs Worrall, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Evan's Gambit minus 1kNight and he pulls of Boden's Mate!
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 26 moves, 1-0
Ends with en passant.
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1/2-1/2 Rather unusual variant start
A Ehrmann vs Morphy, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
KGA Bishop's Gambit Lopez Var (000) 1-0 Knights love a crowd
Morphy vs NN, 1856  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Morphy said: "I want to play with the young NAPOLEON ...!"
Morphy vs A Napoleao dos Santos, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 34 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1-0 Famous Epaulette Mate
Morphy vs Worrall, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 1-0
Trapped queen by gaining tempos
Maurian vs Morphy, 1854  (000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 0-1
Morphy looses odds game miniature
Morphy vs Maurian, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 0-1
Morphy vs Maurian, 1866  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
Chess variants / KGA Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0No knights; Pins win
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869  (000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0
Morphy's shorthanded Bird beats the Dutch
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 1-0
Morphy plays 1.b3
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Go figure
Morphy vs T Barnes, 1858  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 50 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game; Tactics; pawn captures all the way from e5 to a1
T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1
QxN?
T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
KGA MacDonnell Gambit (C37)1-0 Sac Minors, Discovered+, QxQ etc
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
Notes by Paul Morphy
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 0-1
Notes by Paul Morphy
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
Notes by Paul Morphy
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Notes by Morphy; Black missed the better move
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 0-1
Notes by Morphy
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 54 moves, 0-1
French Exchange (C01) 0-1 5 consecutive checks w/2 sacs finish
V Goldfarb vs Alekhine, 1909  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 0-1
Game 1 in Kasparov Teachess Chess
Kasparov vs Gheorghiu, 1982  (E12) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
Notes by Morphy
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 51 moves, 1-0
Notes by Morphy
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 55 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav, Quiet Var (D30) 1-0 This is a serious knight bully!
Botvinnik vs P Sharov, 1929  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Notes by Morphy
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 45 moves, 1-0
Black's knight looks ahead to check and fork - white shakes!
J Lewi vs J Adamski, 1969  (A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1848  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 Discovered Double Checkmate
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849  (C51) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Calabrese CG (C23) 1-0 So young, calm, coool!
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1848  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Ernest Morphy is Paul's Uncle
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1856  (C52) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Blindfolded Paul Morphy defeats his Uncle in 20 moves
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1849  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Slow Variation (C52) 1-0 Rob the pin to win
E Morphy vs A P Ford, 1840  (C52) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
Anderssen Opening 1.a3 (A00) 1-0 Plenty of counterplay
Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 77 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian, Marshall Var (B01) 1-0 Morphy defends sacs well
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (B01) Scandinavian, 54 moves, 1-0
Notes by Lowenthal; Anderssen Counterattack
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
Extra Piece
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
KGA Hanstein Gambit (C38) 1-0 Attacked on both sides
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
KGA, Kieseritsky Gambit Berlin Defense (C39)
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Notes by Lowenthal; French Fianchetto C00
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Notes by Lowenthal
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Paulsen Szen Var (B44) 1-0 2 pawns, 4 pieces, exposure
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (B44) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0
Game 7 Old Benoni/Franco-Sicilian Defense (A43)
Morphy vs A Meek, 1857  (A43) Old Benoni, 12 moves, 1-0
Is this the correct score?
T Lichtenhein vs Morphy, 1857  (A80) Dutch, 34 moves, 0-1
Scorching game from Morphy
Morphy vs J L Preti, 1858  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 12: 150 Chess Endings by suenteus po 147
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0
Don't grab the b- pawn w/thy queen!
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Paulsen Var (B44) 1-0 The Q is crosspinned
Morphy vs F Perrin, 1857  (B44) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 46: My Best Games of Chess by Vishy Anand
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1998  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
White's Queen is mated
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1
It aint over 'til it's over!
Morphy vs A Bottin, 1858  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0
King Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.h3 (C20) 1-0 Kside attack
Morphy vs NN, 1848  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
KGD Classical Variation (C30) 1-0 Bird gets f-6! w/3 threats
Morphy vs Bird, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit: Declined. Classical (C30) 1-0 Pile on the pin
Morphy vs S Boden, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
KGD Classical (C30) 1-0 Central battle ends w/Rook on 7th
Morphy vs S Boden, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
KGD Classical (C30) 1-0 PM abuses the f-file as usual
Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Notes by J Lowenthal
Morphy vs J Rhodes, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Notes by Lowenthal; Blindfold Simul!
Morphy vs Bornemann, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
KGD Classical (C30) 1-0 Which scoresheet version is correct?
Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
KG Declined. Classical w/4.b4 (C30) 1-0 Notes by Lowenthal
Morphy vs R Dawson, 1859  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Falkbeer CG Charousek Gambit Morphy Def (C31) 1-0 Center surge
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
The one time he lost to Schulten
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0
KGA K's Knight Gambit (C34) 1-0 Watch g6-square annihilation
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
KGA Cunningham Def Bertin Gambit (C35) 1-0 Brothers & Sisters
Morphy vs Bird, 1859  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 46 moves, 1-0
KGA Cunningham Defense (C35) 1-0 Early surrender
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 11 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit: Accepted. Modern Defense (C36) 1-0K walk, P mate
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
KGA K's Knight Gambit (C37) 1-0 How not to play Fischer's def
Morphy vs B Tilghman, 1859  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
KGA Muzio Gambit Sarratt Def (C37) 1-0 Royalty tied to pin
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
To accept the Muzio Gambit was a piece of chivalry
Morphy vs A Jones, 1859  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
Superior development matters...it allows you to sacrfice!
Morphy vs NN, 1860  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
Morphy is destructive like an enormous hurricane
Morphy vs Maurian, 1866  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Black delivers Philidor's Legacy
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
KGA, Philidor Gambit (C38) 1-0 PM sacs both kNights
Morphy vs A Meek, 1855  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
KGA Hanstein Gambit (C38) 1-0 PM trails in development!?!
Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 49 moves, 1-0
This is a well know spurious game
F Deacon vs Morphy, 1859  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0
KGA Kieseritsky G Anderssen D (C39)1-0 Old-timers had no clock
Morphy vs Bird, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Long Whip (C39) 1-0 Set-up Gueridon Mate
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Notes by J. Lowenthal
Morphy vs G Lyttelton, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
The White knight is immune due to the pinned pawn
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Def (C39) 1-0 Full piece coord
Morphy vs G Medley, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
King Pawn Game: McConnell Defense (C40) 1-0 Royal Punishment
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit (C40) 1-0 Q fork
Morphy vs A Mongredien, 1859  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit (C40)1-0 Q vs 2Rs ending
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
head and shoulders above his contemporaries
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
A different approach to the Philidor; Knight penetration
Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
The Most Famous Game
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Mistakes game
Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 59 moves, 0-1
Notes by J. Lowenthal
Morphy vs H Baucher, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
A kind of delayed Jerome Gambit punished by Morphy
A Meek vs Morphy, 1855  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1
Get the queen in close and give her some assistance
Morphy vs I Hart, 1854  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit (C44) 1-0 Pawn roller
Morphy vs S Boden, 1858  (C45) Scotch Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Pinning the queen.
Morphy vs NN, 1850  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Game 5 Scotch gambit
T Lichtenhein vs Morphy, 1857  (C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 0-1
Three Knights (C46) 0-1 Exchange off invader then U penetrate
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
Four Knights Game: Scotch (C47) 0-1 P grab drops the exchange
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C47) Four Knights, 29 moves, 0-1
Notes by Chernev and many others
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian 4Knights (C50) 0-1 Q sac falls short
de Riviere vs Morphy, 1863  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 0-1
Italian Game (C50) 1-0 Royal attack leads to royal fork
Morphy vs A Bousserolles, 1859  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 1-0 Tremendous!
de Riviere vs Morphy, 1863  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 64 moves, 1-0
"Morphy, Blackburne and Tal" Chess Artists
Morphy vs Bird, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
This 9...d5 Evans Gambit plays like a Max Lange Attack
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857  (C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
Winning Chess Openings by Bill Robertie
Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857  (C51) Evans Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0
Morphy los comía lentamente. Un monstruo
Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857  (C51) Evans Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0
A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
Morphy vs T Hampton, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
Morphy vs C Golmayo, 1864  (C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Evans Gambit (C51) 1-0 Spearhead final
Morphy vs F Lewis, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Pierce Def (C52) 0-1Imprecise attack is tolerable
J Thompson vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 42 moves, 0-1
Don't blink!
N Marache vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
Game 8 Evans Gambit
Morphy vs P Bonford, 1858  (C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
Italian Classical, Cntr Attack (C53) 1-0 Notes by J. Lowenthal
Morphy vs J Cunningham, 1859  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 1-0
Robbing the back rank defender
G Hammond vs Morphy, 1857  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 0-1
100 "classic" games that came with the Chessmaster 2000
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 1-0 Blindfold simul, NBQ#
Morphy vs P Dominguez, 1864  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Scotch Gambit Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0Brilliant smothered#
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Kieseritsky (C58) 0-1 Get in close
de Riviere vs Morphy, 1863  (C58) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
Resembles a Marshall Attack
G Medley vs Morphy, 1858  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 0-1
The tournament book ends with 20.Qe2 Qxh1 White resigns.
J Thompson vs Morphy, 1857  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1
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