Morphy's Games

by Paul Morphy, Johann Löwenthal

Contents

MEMOIR

BOOK I.

MATCHES WITH ANDERSEEN, HARRWITZ, Löwenthal, MONGREDIEN, "ALTER."

MATCH BETWEEN MR. MORPHY AND HERR ANDERSSEN:

Game I—Evan's Gambit

Game II—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game III—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game IV—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game V—Irregular Opening

Game VI—Irregular Opening

Game VII—Irregular Opening

Game VIII—Sicilian Opening

Game IX—Sicilian Opening

Game X—French Opening

MATCH BETWEEN MR. MORPHY AND HERR HARRWITZ:

Game I.—Irregular Opening

Game II.—Philidor's Defence

Game III.—Irregular Opening

Game IV.—Philidor's Defence

Game V.—Irregular Opening

Game VI.—Philidor's Defence

Game VII.—Irregular Opening

Game VIII.—Philidor's Defence

MATCH BETWEEN MR. MORPHY AND HERR LOWENTHAL:

Game I.—Philidor's Defence

Game II.—King's Gambit Declined

Game III.—Philidor's Defence

Game IV.—King's Gambit Declined

Game V.—Petroff's Defence

Game VI.—Sicilian Opening

Game VII.—Philidor's Defence

Game VIII.—Philidor's Defence

Game IX—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game X—French Opening

Game XI.—Sicilian Opening

Game XII—French Opening

Game XIII.—Petroff's Defence

Game XIV—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

MATCH BETWEEN MR. MORPHY AND MR MONGREDIEN:

Game I.—Double Gambit

Game II.—Evans' Gambit

Game III.—Irregular Opening

Game IV.—Two Knights' Opening

Game V.—King's Gambit

Game VI.—Irregular Opening

Game VII.—Evans' Gambit

Game VIII.—Philidor's Defence

MATCH BETWEEN MR. MORPHY AND "ALTER":

Game I.—Remove Black's K B P

Game II.—Remove Black's K B P

Game III.—Remove Black's K B P

Game IV.—Remove Black's K B P

Game V.—Remove Black's K B P

Game VI.—Remove Black's K B P

Game VII.—Remove Black's K B P

BOOK II.

BLINDFOLD GAMES.

BLINDFOLD GAMES AT BIRMINGHAM:

Table I—Allgaier Gambit (Lord Lyttleton)

Table II—Allgaier Gambit (Lord Lyttleton)

Table III—Sicilian Opening (Mr. Avery)

Table IV—Scotch Gambit (Mr. Kipping)

Table V—King's Gambit Declined (Mr. Rhodes)

Table VI—Bishop's Opening (Mr. Freeman)

Table VII—Irregular Opening (Mr. Carr)

Table VIII—Sicilian Opening (Mr. Wills)

BLINDFOLD GAMES AT THE LONDON CHESS CLUB:

Table I—Irregular Opening (Mr. Mongredien)

Table II—Philidor's Defence (Mr. Slous)

Table III—Irregular Opening (Mr. Walker)

Table IV—Gambit Declined (Mr. Jansen)

Table V—Evans' Gambit (Mr. Greenway)

Table VI—Scotch Opening (Mr. Medley)

Table VII—King's Knight's Gambit (Mr. Jones)

Table VIII—Two Knights Game (Mr. Maude)

BLINDFOLD PLAY AT THE ST. GEORGE'S CHESS CLUB, LONDON:

Table I—King's Gambit Declined (Lord Cremorne)

Table II—Evans' Gambit (Capt. Kennedy)

Table III—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game (Mr. Cattley)

Table IV—King's Gambit declined (Lord Arthur Hay)

Table V—King's Knight's Opening (Mr. Worrall)

Table VI—Giuoco Piano (Mr. Cunningham)

Table VII—King's Gambit Declined (Mr. Thrupp)

Table VII—Petroff's Defence (Mr. Barnes)

BLINDFOLD GAMES IN PARIS:

Table I—Philidor's Defence (Mr. Boucher)

Table II—Irregular Opening (Mr. Bierwirth)

Table III—King's Gambit Declined (Mr. Bornemann)

Table IV—Irregular Opening (Mr. Guibert)

Table V—Sicilian Opening (Mr. Preti)

Table VI—Petroff's Defence (Mr. Potier)

Table VII—Irregular Opening (Mr. Lequeane)

Table VIII—Philidor's Defence (Mr. Seguin)

BLINDFOLD GAMES PLAYED AT NEW ORLEANS AGAINST SIX AMATEURS SIMULTANEOUSLY:

Table I—Evans' Gambit

Table II—Evans' Gambit

Table III—Evans' Gambit

Table IV—King's Gambit

Table V—Evans' Gambit

BLINDFOLD GAMES IN NEW YORK:

King's Knight's Gambit (Mr. Lichtenhein)

BOOK III.

CONSULTATION GAMES.

IN LONDON.

Morphy and Barnes against Staunton and Owen:

Game I.—Philidor's Defence

Game II.—Centre Counter Gambit

Morphy, Walker and Greenaway, against Mongredien, Medley and Lowenthal:

King's Bishop's Gambit

IN PARIS.

Morphy against St. Amant and F. de L___:

Giuoco Piano

Morphy against Chamouillet and Allies:

French Opening

Morphy against the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard:

Philidor's Defence

IN AMERICA.

Morphy against Fiske, F. Perrin and W. J. A. Fuller:

Two Knights' Defence

BOOK IV.

OFF-HAND GAMES

WITH MR. ANDERSSEN:

Game I.—King's Bishop's Gambit

Game II.—Allgaier Gambit

Game III.—Allgaier Gambit

Game IV.—King's Knight's Gambit

Game V.—King's Knight's Gambit

Game VI.—Allgaier Gambit

WITH MR. BARNES:

Game I.—Philidor's Defence

Game II.—Irregular Opening

Game III.—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game IV.—Philidor's Defence

Game V.—King's Gambit Declined

Game VI.—Philidor's Defence

Game VII.—King's Bishop's Opening

WITH MR. BAUCHER:

Allgair Gambit

WITH MR. BIRD:

Game I.—Knight's Gambit Evaded

Game II.—Allgair Gambit

Game III.—Evans' Gambit

Game IV.—Philidor's Defence

WITH MR. BODEN

Game I.—Evans' Gambit

Game II.—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game III.—King's Gambit Evaded

Game IV.—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game V.—King's Bishop's Opening

Game VI.—Scotch Gambit

WITH MR. BUDZINSKY:

Bishop's Gambit

WITH MR. McConnel:

French Opening

WITH MR. HAMPTON:

Evans' Gambit

WITH MR. JOURNOUD:

Game I.—Sicilian Opening

Game II.—Ciuoco Piano

WITH MR. KENNICOTT:

Scotch Gambit

WITH MR. KIPPING:

Game I.—Evans' Gambit

Game II.—Evans' Gambit

WITH MR. LAROCHE:

Irregular Opening

WITH MR. Lichtenhein:

Game I.—Evans' Gambit

Game II.—Petroff's Defence

Game III.—Scotch Gambit

WITH MR. LOWENTHAL:

Evans' Gambit

WITH MR. MARACHE:

Evans' Gambit

WITH MR. MEDLEY:

Game I.—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game II.—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game II.—Allaier Gambit

WITH JUDGE MEEK:

Game I.—Allgaier Gambit

Game II.—Scotch Gambit

WITH MR. ERNEST MORPHY:

Game I.—Evans' Gambit

Game II.—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

WITH MR. PAULSEN:

Irregular Opening

WITH MR. PERRIN:

Sicilian Opening

WITH MR. de Riviere:

Game I.—Evans' Gambit

Game II.—Ruy Lopez Knight's Game

Game III.—Evans' Gambit

Game IV.—Evans' Gambit

WITH MR. ROUSSEAU:

King's Knight's Opening

WITH MR. SCHULTEN:

Game I.—King's Knight's Gambit

Game II.—King's Gambit Refused

Game III.—Bishop's Gambit

Game IV.—Evans' Gambit

WITH MR. THOMPSON:

Game I.—Evans' Gambit

Game II.—Evans' Gambit

BOOK V.

GAMES AT ODDS.

MORPHY AND AMATEURS:

Game I—Muzio Gambit—Remove White's Q Kt

Game II—Muzio Gambit—Remove White's Q Kt

Game III—Scotch Gambit—Remove White's Q Kt

Game IV—Evans' Gambit—Remove White's Q Kt

Game V—Petroff's Defence—Remove White's Q Kt

Game VI—Evans' Gambit—Remove White's Q Kt

MORPHY AND AMATEURS:

Game I—Two Bishop's Opening—Remove White's Q Kt

Game II—Two Knights' Defence—Remove White's Q Kt

DEVINCK AND MORPHY:

Remove Black's K B P

MORPHY AND JULIEN:

Game I—King's Knight's Gambit—Remove White's Q Kt

Game II—Philidor's Defence—Remove White's Q Kt

MORPHY AND PERRIN:

Evans' Gambit—Remove White's Q Kt

STANLEY AND MORPHY:

French Opening—Remove Black's K B P

MORPHY AND WORRALL:

Game I—Evans' Gambit—Remove White's Q Kt

Game II—Irregular Opening—Remove White's Q Kt

Game III—French Opening—Remove White's Q Kt

Game IV—King's Gambit Declined—Remove White's Q Kt