New Orleans
Morphy, Paul vs. Rousseau, Eugene, New Orleans, New Orleans, 1849.??.??, Round ?, 1-0
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[Event New Orleans] [Site New Orleans] [Date 1849.??.??] [Round ?] [White Morphy, Paul ] [Black Rousseau, Eugene] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C39]1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Qf6 8. Bc4+ Ke7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e5 Qxe5+ 11. Kd1 Kd8 12. Re1 Qc5 13. Bxg8 d5 14. Re8+ Kxe8 15. Qxc8+ Ke7 16. Nxd5+ Kd6 17. Qc7+ 1-0
Morphy, Paul vs. Morphy, Alonzo, New Orleans, New Orleans, 1848.??.??, Round ?, 1-0
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[Event New Orleans] [Site New Orleans] [Date 1848.??.??] [Round ?] [White Morphy, Paul ] [Black Morphy, Alonzo] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C33]1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qd3 c6 9. Bxf4 d5 10. exd5 O-O 11. d6 Qd8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng5 Rxe1+ 14. Kxe1 Qe8+ 15. Kd2 Be6 16. Re1 Nbd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxe6 1-0
Morphy, Paul vs. NN, New Orleans, New Orleans, 1848.??.??, Round ?, 1-0
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[Event New Orleans] [Site New Orleans] [Date 1848.??.??] [Round ?] [White Morphy, Paul ] [Black NN] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C20]1. e4 e5 2. h3 d5 3. exd5 Bc5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 a5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14. Nf5 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Ne5 16. Bb3 Ba6 17. Re1 Ng6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 1-0
Morphy, Paul vs. Morphy, Alonzo, New Orleans, New Orleans, 1848.??.??, Round ?, 1-0
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[Event New Orleans] [Site New Orleans] [Date 1848.??.??] [Round ?] [White Morphy, Paul ] [Black Morphy, Alonzo] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C23]1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nxd5 Bc5 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. d3 Bxf5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bd5 c6 10. Be4 Nd7 11. O-O h6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 g5 17. Be3 g4 18. Bxg4 Bc7 19. Bf3 Rhg8 20. Be4 Rg4 21. f3 Rg7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nb6 24. bxc6 Rdg8 25. Rf2 Qd8 26. Ra8+ Bb8 27. Bxb6 Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Qc1+ 31. Bg1 1-0
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