[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Harrwitz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [Annotator "The Blue Book of Chess, Game III., p. 59."] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhe1 h6 11. Bh4 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Qg2 17. Nd5 Qxh2 18. Ree1 Qd6 19. Rg1 Kh7 20. Qe3 f5 21. Nf4 Qb6 22. Qe2 Rf7 23. Qc4 Qf6 24. Nh5 {This looks promising, but does not turn out well. He had better, perhaps, have played Rg6.} Qe7 25. Rde1 Qd7 26. a3 Nd6 27. Qd4 Rg8 28. Rg2 b6 29. Reg1 Ne8 30. Qc3 f4 {Well played. White must now beware, for his Kt. is in sore peril.} 31. Rh1 {This will not save the Kt. The best move was Rg4.} g6 32. Rhg1 Qd5 33. Qe1 gxh5 34. Rg5 {Merely desperate.} Qxf3 35. Qe5 Rf6 36. Qe7+ Rg7 37. Qxe8 hxg5 38. Qe1 Qc6 39. f3 Re6 40. Qf2 Rge7 1-0

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Harrwitz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [Annotator "The Blue Book of Chess, Game II., p. 58."] [PlyCount "69"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nh6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O Qd7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Qc4+ Rf7 13. Nd4 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Qe2 g5 {Very imprudent in such a position and against such an opponent. It must be admitted, however, that Black has no good move at this crisis.} 16. Bg3 Rg7 17. Nf5 Rg6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Kh8 20. Rh4 Bf8 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Rf1 Qe6 23. Nb5 Qg8 24. Rf2 a6 25. Nxc7 {Perfectly sound, as the sequel shows.} Rc8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rc7 ({Taking the Pawn would have been injudicious; for example,} 27... Qxd5 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 {best} 29. Qh5+ Bh6 30. Nxh6 Rxh6 31. Qf5+ Kg7 {Anything.} 32. Qxc8) 28. c4 Be7 29. Rh5 Qe8 30. c5 {The first step in a combination of admirable daring and ingenuity.} Rxc5 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Nxe7+ Kg7 {Had he taken the Knight it would have cost him his Queen.} 34. Nf5+ Kg8 35. Nxd6 {And Black cannot possibly save the game.} 1-0

[Event "Blindfold Exhibition"] [Site "Paris, FRA"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Boucher"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [Annotator "The Blue Book of Chess, Game I., p. 57."] [PlyCount "53"] 1. {Mr. Morphy plays without seeing the Chess board or men, against M. Boucher, at Paris.} e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nh6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc4+ Kh8 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rf7 14. f4 a5 15. f5 Rff8 16. Ne6 Rg8 17. a4 Ng4 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bg3 Qc8 {To enable him to capture the Bishop, which is about to take the Kt., with the Q's Pawn.} 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rf3 {The attack looks already irresistible, but the actual finish is charmingly accomplished.} Bd7 {By this move Black may be said to lose a Piece. His best course--but that a bad one--was possibly to retreat his Bishop to K's square.} 22. Rh3 {Threatening mate in two moves.} h6 23. Qd2 Kh7 {To avert the promised mate, by Rxh6+, etc.} 24. Qxd7 Bd6 25. Rxh6+ {The termination is very pretty--quite an elegant little problem.} Kxh6 26. Rd3 {And Black has no possible means of escape; for, if he play Qe8, White simply captures the Queen for nothing; if Bc5+, then follows Kf1, etc.} Kh5 27. Qf7+ {And wins; the battle having lasted about seven hours.} 1-0

[Event "B-Rock Chess Club-Slav Defense"] [Site "The Club Room"] [Date "2017.01.03"] [White "The Intruder"] [Black "Market Share"] [Result "1-0"] [SourceDate "2017.01.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 f5 5. e5 Be6 6. Nc3 b5 7. a3 g5 8. g3 h6 9. Bg2 Qa5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. 0-0 b4 12. Ne2 bxa3 13. Bxg5 Bh6 14. Rxa3 Qb4 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Nf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19. d5 Nd7 20. Qxf5 Qb6 21. Rfa1 Qc7 22. Ng6 Qb7 23. e6 Ngf6 24. exd7+ Qxd7 25. Qxd7+ Nxd7 26. Nf4 Rd6 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Nf6 29. Ra4 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxc4 Kd7 32. b4 Kc6 33. Rxc5+ Rxc5 34. bxc5 Kxc5 35. g4 Kd5 36. Kg3 e5 37. g5 Ke6 38. Kg4 Kf7 39. h4 Kg6 40. h5+ Kg7 41. Kf5 Kh7 42. Kf6 e4 43. Kf7 Kh8 44. g6 e3 45. g7+ Kh7 46. g8Q+ Kh6 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. fxe3 Kf5

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.1.6"] [Round "?"] [White "Comp Novag Obsidian"] [Black "Katherine"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "Club 9 (EA-1)"] [BlackElo "1240"] [CurrentPosition "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Re1 Bb4 13.b3 g5 14.a4 Nhf6 15.Ne5 Rhf8 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Bxg5 hxg5 18.Qf3 Bxc3 19.Kh1 Bxe1 20.c4 Bc3 21.Rd1 Rh8 22.Qe2 Rh7 23.Qf3 Rdh8 24.Qe2 Rxh2+ 25.Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[White "Anonimous"] [Black "Аз"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Be6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.e4 c6 6.b3 b5 7.d5 cxd5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nxb5 a6 10.Bxc4 axb5 11.Bxb5+ Nd7 12.Nf3 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxb5 14.a3 Nc5 15.b4 Nb3 16.Qb2 Nxa1 17.Qxa1 Nxb4 18.Kd1 Qd3+ 19.Kc1 Rc8+ 20.Kb2 Qc2# 0-1

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.11.19"] [White "asdf"] [Black "zxcv"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "1515"] [BlackElo "1339"] [TimeControl "1 in 5 days"] [CurrentPosition "2k5/1pp5/p5Q1/8/1P6/P5pP/6R1/3q2K1 w - - 1 41"] 1.e3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qh5 Nc6 6.Bc4 g6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.h3 Bc5 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Qd7 11.a3 f5 12.Bc4 a6 13.b4 Bb6 14.Bb2 Qd6 15.Qg3 Be6 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.f4 O-O-O 18.fxe5 Qb3 19.Bc3 Rde8 20.Ne2 Qd5 21.Nf4 Nxe5 22.O-O Qe4 23.Ne2 Qd3 24.Bxe5 Rhf8 25.Rf2 Qxd2 26.Nd4 Qd3 27.Nc2 Re7 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Rxe3 30.Qh4 Re4 31.Qxh7 Qxd4 32.Ra2 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.g3 f4 35.Rg2 Rh1+ 36.Kxh1 fxg3 37.Qxg6 Rf1+ 38.Rg1 Qd5+ 39.Rg2 Rxg1+ 40.Kxg1 Qd1# *

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.11.19"] [White "asdf"] [Black "qwer"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "1515"] [BlackElo "1339"] [TimeControl "1 in 5 days"] [CurrentPosition "2k5/1pp5/p7/8/1P6/P5pP/6R1/4q1K1 w - - 1 42"] 1.e3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qh5 Nc6 6.Bc4 g6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.h3 Bc5 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Qd7 11.a3 f5 12.Bc4 a6 13.b4 Bb6 14.Bb2 Qd6 15.Qg3 Be6 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.f4 O-O-O 18.fxe5 Qb3 19.Bc3 Rde8 20.Ne2 Qd5 21.Nf4 Nxe5 22.O-O Qe4 23.Ne2 Qd3 24.Bxe5 Rhf8 25.Rf2 Qxd2 26.Nd4 Qd3 27.Nc2 Re7 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Rxe3 30.Qh4 Re4 31.Qxh7 Qxd4 32.Ra2 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.g3 f4 35.Rg2 Rh1+ 36.Kxh1 fxg3 37.Qxg6 Rf1+ 38.Rg1 Qd5+ 39.Qe4 Qxe4+ 40.Rg2 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Qe1# *

[Event "B-Rock Chess Club"] [Site "The Club Room"] [Date "2017.01.03"] [White "The Frenchman"] [Black "The Caller"] [Result "1-0"] [SourceDate "2017.01.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 f5 5. e5 Be6 6. Nc3 b5 7. a3 g5 8. g3 h6 9. Bg2 Qa5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. 0-0 b4 12. Ne2 bxa3 13. Bxg5 Bh6 14. Rxa3 Qb4 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Nf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19. d5 Nd7 20. Qxf5 Qb6 21. Rfa1 Qc7 22. Ng6 Qb7 23. e6 Ngf6 24. exd7+ Qxd7 25. Qxd7+ Nxd7 26. Nf4 Rd6 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Nf6 29. Ra4 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxc4 Kd7 32. b4 Kc6 33. Rxc5+ Rxc5 34. bxc5 Kxc5 35. g4 Kd5 36. Kg3 e5 37. g5 Ke6 38. Kg4 Kf7 39. h4 Kg6 40. h5+ Kg7 41. Kf5 Kh7 42. Kf6 e4 43. Kf7 Kh8 44. g6 e3 45. g7+ Kh7 46. g8Q+ Kh6 47. Qh8+ Kg5

[Event "unrated blitz match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2017.01.05"] [Round "?"] [White "GuestDGND"] [Black "GuestKFWH"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "-"] [BlackElo "-"] [ECO "C42"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. d5 Na5 9. Bd3 c5 10. e5 Nxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qxd5 d6 13. exd6 g6 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qe4 Qxd6 16. Qh4+ {GuestKFWH resigns} 1-0