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Morphy, Paul vs. Morphy, Alonzo, New Orleans, 1849.??.??

Morphy, Paul  vs. Morphy, Alonzo,  New Orleans,  1849.??.??


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[Event New Orleans m] [Site New Orleans] [Date 1849.??.??] [Round ?] [White Morphy, Paul ] [Black Morphy, Alonzo] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C51]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. d5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Re1+ 1-0

Morphy, Paul vs. Morphy, Alonzo, New Orleans, 1849.??.??

Morphy, Paul  vs. Morphy, Alonzo,  New Orleans,  1849.??.??


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[Event New Orleans m] [Site New Orleans] [Date 1849.??.??] [Round ?] [White Morphy, Paul ] [Black Morphy, Alonzo] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C51]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. d5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bb5+ Qxb5 16. Re1+ Ne7 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Rxe7+ Kf8 19. Qd5 Qc4 20. Rxf7+ Kg8 21. Rf8+ 1-0

Morphy, Paul vs. Morphy, Alonzo, New Orleans, 1849.??.??, Round ?

Morphy, Paul  vs. Morphy, Alonzo,  New Orleans,  1849.??.??,  Round ?


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[Event New Orleans m] [Site New Orleans] [Date 1849.??.??] [Round ?] [White Morphy, Paul ] [Black Morphy, Alonzo] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C51]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ba3 d6 12. e5 Bf5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Ne4 d5 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxf5 Nc4 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Ne5 fxe5 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh5 Kg7 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qh5 h6 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc6 26. e6 Kg7 27. g4 Qc3 28. g5 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. gxf6+ Kxf6 31. exf7 Rxf7 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qxh6+ Rg7+ 35. Bg6 Kg8 36. h4 d4 37. h5 d3 38. Qg5 Rd8 39. h6 d2 40. Qf6 Rgd7 41. Bf5 d1=Q 42. h7+ Rxh7 43. Be6+ Rf7 44. Bxf7+ Kh7 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qh6+ 1-0

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