[Event "Match Morphy-Harrwitz +5-2=1"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harrwitz, Daniel"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1858.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {It was agreed that the winner of the first seven games be the victor, that play should take place on four days of the week, and that Morphy was to accept all bets offered. Harrwitz also specified that play was to take place at La Règence public café. 1)Deutsche Schachzeitung 1858, p. 462 1-0 (55) Harrwitz,D-Morphy,P Paris 1858. Wettkampf auf 7 Gewinnpartien. 2)Maroczy: Paul Morphy. Wettkampf mitHarrwitz Partie 182-190, S.207-220} e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 a6 {Defending against c3-b5, but the knight move is not a threat at all.} (4... c5 5. Nb5 $2 cxd4 $1 {Steinitz} 6. Nc7+ $4 Qxc7 7. Bxc7 Bb4+ $19) 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 cxd4 (7... Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c5 Qe7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rc1 e5 $11 15. Re1 h6 16. Qc2 {1-0 (31) Harrwitz,D-Loewenthal,J London 1853}) 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 $146 ({RR} 9... Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 fxe6 16. Bd6 Kf7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rc1 Rf5 20. h4 h6 21. Rc4 Rdf8 22. Ree4 Rd8 23. Rc2 Kf7 24. Kh2 {Kanyamarala,T (2295)-Daly,C (2256) Dublin 2022 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 fxe6 16. Bd6 Kf7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rc1 Rf5 20. h4 h6 21. Rc4 Rdf8 22. Ree4 Rd8 23. Rc2 Kf7 24. Kh2 {Kanyamarala,T (2295)-Daly,C (2256) Dublin 2022 1-0 (41)}) 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Be5 O-O 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Kh8 $6 (14... Rc8) (14... Na5) 15. Rfe1 Bf6 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8) 16. Qe4 g6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 (17... exd5 18. Qf4 $14) 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Ne5 Rad8 (19... Nxd4 $2 20. Nd7 $16) (19... Kg7) 20. Nxc6 (20. Rac1 Bxe5 (20... Nxd4 $2 21. Rc7 $18) 21. dxe5 $14) 20... Bxc6 21. Rac1 $14 Rc8 22. Bd6 Rg8 $1 (22... Rfd8 23. Be7 $16) 23. Be5 Kg7 24. f4 Bd7 25. Kf2 h6 (25... Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rc5 $14) 26. Ke3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rc5 $1 Bxe5 29. fxe5 $16 (29. Rxc8 Bxd4+ 30. Kxd4 Bxc8 31. Kxd5 Bb7+ 32. Kc5 Bxg2 33. Kb6 $16) 29... Be6 30. a4 (30. Kd2 $142) 30... bxa4 $1 $11 31. Bxa6 Rb8 $2 (31... Ra8 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Rc7 g5 $11) 32. Rb5 $1 $16 Rd8 33. Rb6 $2 (33. Kd2 $1) 33... Ra8 $1 $11 34. Kd2 Bc8 $2 (34... g5 35. Bd3 Ra7 36. Ra6 Rb7 $11) 35. Bxc8 $1 Rxc8 36. Rb5 $1 $16 Ra8 37. Rxd5 a3 38. bxa3 Rxa3 39. Rc5 Kf8 (39... Ra2+ 40. Rc2 Ra6 41. Kd3 f6 42. Ke4 $16) 40. Ke2 (40. d5 $1) 40... Ke7 (40... Ra2+) 41. d5 $1 Kd7 42. Rc6 (42. Rc2) 42... h5 43. Rf6 (43. Rc2) 43... Ke7 44. d6+ Ke8 45. e6 fxe6 46. Rxe6+ Kf7 47. d7 Ra8 48. Rd6 Ke7 49. Rxg6 $18 Kxd7 50. Rg5 Rh8 (50... h4 51. Kf3 $18) 51. Kf3 Ke6 52. Kg3 h4+ 53. Kg4 h3 54. g3 Kf6 55. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Owen +2-1=0"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1858.07.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Owen, John"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1858.07.03"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Na4 $146 ({RR} 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qa4 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nb1 b6 18. Nbd2 Nd7 19. Nb3 Rfe8 20. Qd4 f6 21. a4 Nge5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Nc4 24. Ba1 Ba3 25. Rb1 Nc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Qd1 Bb4 28. Qb3 Nb6 {Doerner,C-Kieninger,G Vienna 1943 1-0 (73)}) 14... Ne4 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qg4 Qe7 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc8 23. Qb6 Rc2 24. Rac1 Rfxf2 $1 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Qxa5 h6 27. Rf2 Rc1+ 28. Rf1 Qc5 29. Qd2 Rc3 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. exd4 Rxa3 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Rd3 35. Kf2 Rxd4 36. Ke3 e5 37. b6 Rb4 38. Rb8 Ke7 39. b7 Kd7 40. Rg8 Rxb7 41. Rxg7+ Kc6 42. Rg6+ Kc5 43. Rxh6 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 e4 45. Rh8 Kd4 46. Rg8 Rb2+ 47. Kd1 Kd3 {...} 0-1

[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.10.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Fiske, D. (1859). The Book of the First American Chess Congress. New York: Rudd & Carlton, pp. 226-227 Maroczy, G. (1909). Paul Morphy. Leipzig: Veit & Comp., Partie 31, pp. 36-37} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nb5 $146 ({RR} 10. Rc1 a5 11. b5 Ne5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Qe7 15. a4 Rac8 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Ba1 Bb8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Nb1 Nb6 21. Bc3 Re8 22. Qb3 Nc4 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 {Lasker,E-Tarrasch,S Duesseldorf/Munich 1908 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 10. Qb3 a5 11. b5 Ne5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Na4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 16. Nb6 Be6 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. O-O Bg4 19. Nc4 Rc8 20. Qa4 Bb8 21. Ncd2 Rfe8 22. Rc1 Rcd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 f5 {Ernst,S (2457)-Berelowitsch,A (2571) Netherlands 2005 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Ne4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc6 20. Qg4 e5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qe8 23. f4 Bc7 24. fxe5 Bxe5 {Schippke,M (2335)-Ledger,D (2133) England ENG 2026 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 10. Rc1 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Na4 b6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O Rb8 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ra1 e5 18. e4 Nf4 19. Qc2 d4 20. Re1 Qe6 21. Bf1 Rfc8 22. Qb3 Qg4 23. Kh1 Qh5 24. Bxd4 exd4 {Evtifeev,P-Helbach,G St Petersburg 1909 0-1 (68)}) 10... Be7 11. Nbd4 Ne4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 dxc4 (15... cxb4 16. axb4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bxb4+ 19. Ke2 a5 $17) 16. Be4 Qxd2+ (16... cxb4 $1 17. Bxa8 c3 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxc3 (19. Bc1 b3 $19) 19... bxc3 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Be4 Bxa3 $15) 17. Kxd2 Rb8 18. Be5 Rb5 19. Bc6 Rb6 20. b5 Bb7 21. Bc7 c3+ 22. Kxc3 (22. Ke1 Rxc6 $1 (22... Bxc6 23. Bxb6 Bxb5 24. Ba5 {Maroczy, G. (1909), p. 37: "konnte Weiß hier die Partie gewinnen."} c2 $1 25. Kd2 Bc6 26. Rhg1 Ba4 {and Black is not worse at all.}) 23. bxc6 Bxc6 $17 {The two powerful Bishops give Black good chances f.e.} 24. Rc1 (24. f3 Ba4) 24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 Bf3 26. Rxc3 Rc8 27. Rg3 Be4 28. Be5 f6 29. Rc4 Bd3 30. Rcg4 g5 31. Bb2 Kf7) 22... Bxc6 23. Bxb6 Bf6+ 24. Kd2 axb6 25. bxc6 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rc8 27. a4 $11 Rxc6 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 g6 30. f3 Rb6 (30... Kf8 $11 31. Kc3 Ke7 32. Kc4 Kd6 33. Ra7) 31. Rxc5 {Fiske, D. (1859)., p. 227: "And the game was eventually drawn" Time 4½ hours Maroczy, G. (1909)., p. 37 gives more moves:} Rb2+ 32. Rc2 1/2-1/2

