[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Allison, William S"]
[Black "Montgomery, Hardman Philips"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Kh8 9. b4 Bb6 10. b5 Nce7 11. Nxe5 Ng6 12. Qh5 Be6 13. Nxg6+ fxg6 14. Qe5 Qd7
15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Qd3+ 20. Ke1 Rf8
{Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 161} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Calthrop, Samuel Robert"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. e5 Ba6 7. d3 Nh6 8. c3
Nf5 9. O-O Qb6 10. g4 Nh6 11. Nh4 Be7 12. g5 Nf5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Qb3 Bxd3 15.
Rf2 Qxb3 16. axb3 c4 17. b4 O-O 18. Be3 a5 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rfb8 21. Na3
a4 22. Re1 Be4 23. h4 Ra5 24. h5 Rxc5 25. Kh2 Ra5 26. Rg1 Ra7 27. g6 fxg6 28.
hxg6 h6 29. Nb1 Rab7 30. Nd2 Rxb2 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess
Congress New York 1857, p. 188} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Black "Fiske, Daniel Willard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 h6 9. Kh1 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Ne4 b6 12. c3 d5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Qa4 Nce7
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Ne5 Nd4 18. cxd4 Rxf4 19. Bd3 Qd8 20. Nc6 Qc7 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qc6 Rb8 23. dxc5 Rfb4 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. Qxd5 Rxb2 26. Qe4 Qxc5
27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Re3 Qd4 29. Rf3+ Ke7 30. Rg3 Rf8 31. Rxg7+ Kd8 32. Rg8 Qf6 33.
f4 Rd2 34. Rg3 Bc6 35. Be4 Bb5 36. Bd3 Rf7 37. Qe4 Bxd3 38. Rxd3+ Rxd3 39.
Qxd3+ Rd7 40. Qe4 Ke7 41. h3 Qf5 42. Qb4+ Kf7 43. a4 Kg6 44. Rf3 Rd3 45. g4 Qd5
46. f5+ Kf7 47. fxe6+ Kxe6 48. Qe1+ Kd7 {Daniel Fiske: The First American
Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 171} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"]
[Black "Fuller, William James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Qg4 Nxf2 6. Qxg7 Rf8 7. Bg5 f6 8.
exf6 Rf7 9. Qg8+ Bf8 10. Kxf2 d5 11. Na3 Qd6 12. Re1+ Be6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Nf3
O-O-O 15. Nb5 Qb6+ 16. Be3 c5 17. Qg3 Nxf6 18. Kg1 Ne4 19. Qe5 Bg7 20. Nxa7+
Qxa7 21. Qxe6+ Rfd7 22. Bb5 Bxc3 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxa2 26.
Ra1 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 167} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Black "Knott, Hubert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Qf5 g6 13. Qf3 Kg7 14. Qe2 Nh7
15. Qd2 Qh4 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. Nf4 Ng5 18. Kh1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. g3 Qf6 21.
f3 Re7 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Bxh6+ Kh7 25. Bg5 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Qh8 27.
Be3 Re6 28. b3 Qe8 29. c4 Nf6 30. c5 Bc7 31. Bf2 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Qe6 33. Bf2 Nh5
34. Qb4 b6 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Qd2 Qd6 37. Qe1 Ng7 38. a4 Nf5 39. Qd2 {Daniel
Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 192} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kennicott, Hiram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 d3 7. b4 Bb6 8. Qxd3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 e5 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Rad1 Nd7 16. Qe3 b6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ncb8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 O-O 21. f4 Qe7
22. Rf3 Ra4 23. Nd2 Nf6 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. c4 Nbd7 26. Nf2 Re8 27. h3 Nc5 28.
Rf1 d5 29. Rf5 Qxf5 30. Nd3 Qe6 31. Nf4 Qd7 32. Ng6 Ncxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Qg3
Raxc4 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess
Congress New York 1857, p. 151} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Thompson, James"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Ne2 $6 (6. Be3) 6... d6
7. c3 O-O 8. h3 $6 {[#] it's more natural to develop the pieces on the first
rank first.} Kh8 {preparation for f7-f5 to open the position - that's Morphys
credo.} 9. Ng3 $2 (9. g4 $5 {! Maroczy}) 9... Nh7 10. Qc2 $6 {He prepares a
trick to avoid f7-f5, but..} f5 {it's working.} 11. exf5 d5 $1 {the point.} (
11... Bxf5 $2 12. Nxf5 Rxf5 13. d4 {This was White's trick.}) 12. Bb3 e4 {
A Morphy opens always the position.} 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Ng1 $2 (14. Qxe4 Re8 15.
Be6 $1) (14. Nxe4 Bxf5) 14... Ne5 15. Be3 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qh4 18.
Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxd3 Qxg2+ 20. Kd1 Bxf5 21. Qe2 Qxh1 {Time 1 hour} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stanley, Charles Henry"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 h6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nh7 11. Nh2 Nd4 12. Qd2 Bxb3 13. axb3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5
15. Ng4 Qh4 16. Nd5 Raf8 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rae1 Ng5 20. f4 h5 21.
fxg5 hxg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Qe2 Qxg5 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Qe8+ Rf8
27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ Kg6 29. Re4 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Rf5 31. Rxd4 Qxc2 32. Qg4+ Kf6
33. Rc4 Qxd3 34. Rxc7 g6 35. Qh4+ Ke5 36. Qh8+ Rf6 37. Rf7 Qf1 38. Qe8+ Kd5 39.
Rxf6 Qxf6 40. Qb5+ Ke6 41. Qxb6 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Qc5+ 43. Qxc5 dxc5 44. Kf2 Kf5 45.
Kf3 Kg5 46. Kg3 b6 47. Kf3 Kh4 48. Kf2 Kg4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American
Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 179} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Montgomery, Hardman Philips"]
[Black "Allison, William S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d6 10. Qa3 a6 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nf3 Kg7 14. Qd3 Be6
15. b3 d5 16. Nxd4 dxe4 17. Nxc6 exd3 18. Nxd8 Raxd8 19. cxd3 Rxd3 20. Bb2+ Kg8
21. h3 Red8 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Rac1 R8d7 24. Rc6 R3d6 25. Rec1 Rd2 26. R1c2 Rxc2
27. Rxc2 Bd5 28. f4 c6 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. g4 Rf7 31. Re2+ Kd7 32. Be5 c5 33. Ke3
c4 34. Kd4 Kc6 35. b4 a5 36. a3 a4 37. Rf2 Bh1 38. Kc3 Rd7 39. Bd4 Re7 40. f5
gxf5 41. Rxf5 Bd5 42. Be5 Be4 43. Rf6+ Kd5 44. Bf4 Bg6 45. Rb6 Ke4 46. Bh2 Be8
47. h4 Kf3 48. g5 Re3+ 49. Kd4 Rxa3 50. h5 Rd3+ 51. Kc5 c3 52. Be5 Ke4 53. Rd6
Rxd6 54. Kxd6 c2 55. Bb2 Bxh5 56. Kc5 Be2 57. Bc1 Bc4 58. Kd6 Kd3 59. Ke5 Ke2 {
Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 161} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Calthrop, Samuel Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O Na5 7. cxd4 Nxc4 8.
dxc5 d5 9. cxd6 Qxd6 10. e5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. b3 Ncb6 13. Ba3 Nf8 14. Bxf8
Rxf8 15. Nc3 c6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Rab1 Bd7
21. b4 f6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na5 Rb6 24. e6 Be8 25. a3 Kd6 26. Rbc1 Ne7 27. Red1
Kc7 28. Ndb3 f5 29. Nc5 Rf6 30. Nd7 Rxe6 31. Nxb6 axb6 32. Nb3 Re5 33. Re1
Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Kd6 35. Nd4 c5 36. Nc2 Bf7 37. Rd1+ Nd5 38. Ne3 c4 39. Nxd5 Bxd5
40. f4 c3 41. Rc1 Bc4 42. Rxc3 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess
Congress New York 1857, p. 189} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fiske, Daniel Willard"]
[Black "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5
Bb7 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. Qxa7 Ra8 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Qxa8+ Bxa8 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. O-O Bd6 16. Rd1 c4 17. f3 O-O 18. e4 dxe4 19. d5 Bd7 20. fxe4 Bg4 21.
Re1 Nd7 22. h3 Bh5 23. Bd2 Bg3 24. Rf1 Bd6 25. Rae1 f6 26. g4 Bg6 27. Kg2 Re8
28. Re2 Nc5 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Nd3 31. Rf1 Re5 32. Kf3 Be8 33. Rb1 Kf7 34.
Re3 Nc5 35. a4 Nxa4 36. b3 cxb3 37. Rxb3 Nxc3 38. Rexc3 b5 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40. d6
Bf7 41. d7 Bxb3 42. d8=Q {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New
York 1857, p. 173} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fuller, William James"]
[Black "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[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"]
1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kennicott, Hiram"]
[Black "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 f5 7. c4 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Qc2 Ng5 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. f4 Bf6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Bxb2 16. Bd4 Bxa1 17. Bxa1 Bb7 18. Rf3 Qd7 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Kf2 Qe7 21.
Re3 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Re8+ 24. Kf2 Ba6 25. a4 c6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27.
Ke3 Rxc6 28. Kd4 Rc8 29. Bc3 Kf7 30. Kd5 Bb7+ 31. Kxd6 Bxg2 32. Kd7 Re8 33.
Bxg7 Re3 34. Bd4 Rd3 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York
1857, p. 153} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Knott, Hubert"]
[Black "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd4 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Ne2 Bb8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. g3 Bb7 20. Qd3 f5 21.
Rac1 g6 22. Ne2 Rcd8 23. Rfd1 Rd6 24. Qd4 Qe7 25. Nf4 Rfd8 26. Rc2 g5 27. Ne2
Qe6 28. Rcd2 R6d7 29. Qd3 Be5 30. Nd4 Qf6 31. Nxf5 Rf7 32. g4 h5 33. h3 hxg4
34. Bxg4 Rdf8 35. Nd4 Bc7 36. Be6 Kh8 37. Bxf7 Rxf7 38. f3 Bc8 39. Qf5 Bxf5 {
Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 194} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Thompson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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"]
1. e4 {1)Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 147}
c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Be7 (5... Nf6) 6. Nc3 h6 $2 7. Bd3
d5 $2 (7... Nf6) 8. Bb5 $1 Bd7 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 $16 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ (11.
Nxe7 $142 Qxe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 $16) 11... Bxf6 12. c3 $14 O-O (12... Nxd4
13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Rhe8 18.
Rd2 Kd7 19. Rc2 $14) 13. O-O Qc7 (13... Nxd4) 14. Qa4 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qa4
$16) 14... Rfe8 $1 15. Rad1 Re4 $1 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Be5 18. g3 Bxd4 19.
cxd4 Qe7 $2 (19... Qa5 $11) 20. d5 $1 $16 Bd7 21. Bc5 $2 (21. Qc7 $16) 21...
Rc8 $11 22. Bxe7 $2 (22. Rc1 Qe5 23. Qd2 Re2 24. Qd4 $11) 22... Rxc2 23. Ba3 b5
$1 24. Rfe1 f5 $4 (24... Rxe1+ $15 25. Rxe1 a5 26. Bd6 Rxb2 27. a3 Bh3 28. Rd1
b4 29. axb4 a4 30. b5 Rxb5 31. f4 Rb2 32. Bc5 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rc2 $15) 25. f3 $16
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd2 27. d6 a5 28. Bc5 b4 29. Re7 Rd5 $2 (29... Bb5) 30. Bxb4 $18
axb4 31. Rxd7 Kf8 32. Rb7 Rd4 33. Kf2 Rxd6 34. Rxb4 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. a4
Rc2 37. a5 Rc5 38. Ra4 Ke7 39. b4 Rc8 40. b5 Rb8 41. a6 Kd7 42. b6 Kc6 43. b7
Kb6 44. a7 Re8+ 45. Kf4 Kxb7 46. a8=Q+ Rxa8 47. Rxa8 Kxa8 48. Kxf5 {Time 2½
hour} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Stanley, Charles Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 d3 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. Qh5 Ne5 8.
Bxf7+ Nhxf7 9. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Nxf7 11. Rf1 O-O 12. Kg1 c6 13. Be3 d6 14.
Nd2 Be6 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. h3 a5 17. a4 c5 18. b3 c4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Ne5
21. Bd4 Qxa4 22. c5 d2 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rd1 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Qxd1 {Daniel Fiske:
The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 181} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Allison, William S"]
[Black "Montgomery, Hardman Philips"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. b4 Ba7
9. a5 O-O 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. h3 c6 12. Kh1 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nxe5 dxc4 15. Qxc4
Be6 16. Qf4 Ng6 17. Qh2 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bb8 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. f3 Nh5
22. Rf2 Bb3 23. Qd2 Bf4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New
York 1857, p. 163} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Calthrop, Samuel Robert"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+ c6 5. dxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 cxb5 7. Qxe4+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O Nf6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bg5 Ra7 13. Rfe1 Be6 14.
Rad1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bd8 17. h3 Bd5 18. b3 Re7 19. Nfd2 Rfe8 20. f3 f5
21. c4 Ba8 22. d5 fxe4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New
York 1857, p. 191} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"]
[Black "Fuller, William James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb3 h6 8. c3
Nd7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 Ngf6 11. Qxe6+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nc4
b6 15. h3 Ngf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nfxe5 Rhe8 18. b3 Kd8 19. Nc6+ Kc8 20. Ba3 Nd5
21. Bb2 Kb7 22. Nb4 Bxd4+ 23. cxd4 Nxb4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Nd3 26. Bc3 Nxe5
27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rad1 Rae8 29. Rd2 Re2 30. Rfd1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2
Re6 33. Kf3 h5 34. Re2 g4+ 35. hxg4 hxg4+ 36. Kf2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Kc6 38. Kd3
Kd5 39. a4 Ke5 40. b4 f3 41. gxf3 gxf3 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess
Congress New York 1857, p. 168} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Black "Knott, Hubert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Qe7+ 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be6 8.
c5 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Rc1 bxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nge2 Rfd8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bg4+ 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Re8 17. Qxe7 Rxe7+ 18. Kd1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Re6 20. Kd2
Ne4+ 21. Kd3 Rc6 22. Rhe1 Nxc5+ 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Kd4 Ra5 25. Re2 Rd8 26. Rb1
c5+ 27. Kd3 d4 28. Rb7 dxc3+ 29. Kxc3 Ra3+ {Daniel Fiske: The First American
Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 195} 1/2-1/2
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kennicott, Hiram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Bb2 f5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Bd3 c5 16. Qb1 cxd4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Bxd4 Bb7 19. Rc1 h6 20. Qb2 Rf7 21.
Bb5 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Rc7 Nf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qd4 Qg4 27.
Bd7 Qe2 28. Qa1 f4 29. exf4 d4 30. Qf1 Qxa2 31. Qc4+ Kg7 32. h3 Qa1+ 33. Kh2
Qc3 34. Qe6 Qc5 35. Qg4+ Kh8 36. Qg6 Qf8 37. Bf5 Qg7 38. Kg1 Qxg6 39. Bxg6 Bd5
40. Bc2 d3 41. Bxd3 Bxb3 42. Ba6 Kg7 43. f3 Kf7 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. g4
Be6 47. h4 Bf7 48. g5 fxg5 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Kc5 51. f4 b5 52. f5 b4 53.
g6 Be8 54. Bd3 Kd6 55. Bc4 Ke7 56. g7 Bf7 57. Bxf7 Kxf7 58. f6 a5 59. Kd3 a4
60. Kc4 a3 61. Kb3 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York
1857, p. 154} 1/2-1/2
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Thompson, James"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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"]
1. e4 {1)Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 150.
} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd5 Bxd5
9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bxb3 11. axb3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
exd3 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. b4 Bb6 20. Na3 {[#]} Qf4 $1
$17 21. Rad1 c6 (21... a6 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Re2 24. Nc4 Ba7 $17) 22. Rd3 $2
(22. Qc1 $142 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Kg7 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Re2 26. Nc4 Kf6 27. Ra1
h5 28. Nxb6 axb6 29. Ra7 Re7 $15) 22... Bxf2+ $1 $19 23. Kh1 (23. Rxf2 Re1+ 24.
Rf1 Rxf1#) (23. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxd3 $19) 23... Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Re3 25. Qd8+
Kg7 26. Qd4+ Qxd4 27. cxd4 Re2 28. Nc4 Re1 $19 (28... Bg3 $1) 29. Rxe1 Bxe1 30.
Na5 Bxb4 31. Nxb7 Kf6 32. Nd8 c5 33. Nc6 Ke6 34. dxc5 Bxc5 35. g4 Kd5 36. Nd8
f6 37. Kg2 a5 38. Kf3 a4 39. Ke2 Bd4 40. Kd3 Bxb2 41. Nf7 Be5 42. Kc2 Kc4 43.
Nd8 a3 44. Nb7 a2 45. Na5+ Kb4 46. Nb3 Ka3 {Time 2½ hour} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Stanley, Charles Henry"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 e6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bc4 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 a5 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Bxf5 Rxf5 12. Nc3 d5 13. Ne2 e5 14. Ng3 Rf7
15. Ng5 Rf6 16. Qd3 Rg6 17. Bd2 Nd4 18. h4 b6 19. b4 Ba6 20. Qc3 axb4 21. axb4
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 h6 23. bxc5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Qe8 25. Qd3 bxc5 26. c3 Ra3 27. Qd2 Nb5
28. Qxd5+ Re6 29. Nf5 Rxc3 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. f4 {Daniel Fiske: The First
American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 183} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Black "Fiske, Daniel Willard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ng5 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
Qb3 Nd5 15. Qxb7 Nb6 16. Bb5 N8d7 17. cxd4 Rb8 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Bd3 Qh4 20. Rac1
N7f6 21. Bd6 Rb7 22. Bc2 Rf7 23. Qd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. f3 Rd7 26. Ba4 Red8
27. Bxd7 Rxd7 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857,
p. 174} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Montgomery, Hardman Philips"]
[Black "Allison, William S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. e5 Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Ne7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6
Bc6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Qh4 Re8 17. Nbd2 h6 18. Rfe1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qc8 20. Qh7+ Kf8
21. Qh8+ Ng8 22. e7+ Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd8 25. Qxg8+ Be8 26. Re1 Kd7
27. Nde4 Kc6 28. Qc4+ Bc5 29. Nxc5 dxc5 30. Re6+ Qxe6 31. Qxe6+ {Daniel Fiske:
The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 164} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fuller, William James"]
[Black "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. c3 Nh6 7. Qb3 Nf5 8. Qxb6
axb6 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nfxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bc3
c4 15. O-O b5 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Bb4 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 O-O
21. Ra1 Rc8 22. Ra7 Rxc3 23. Rxd7 g6 24. Rb7 Rxb3 {Daniel Fiske: The First
American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 169} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kennicott, Hiram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. Kg2 Qh6 8.
hxg3 Qg6 9. d4 d6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Nd5 Kd8 12. Re1 c6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. e5 Bxf3+
15. Qxf3 d5 16. Bd3 Qe6 17. Bf5 Qe7 18. Na4 Na6 19. Bd2 b5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bb4
Bf8 22. Bxc5 Qe8 23. Bd6 Ne7 24. Bh3 Bg7 25. Qa3 a5 26. Qc5 Nc8 27. e6 fxe6 28.
Rxe6 Qd7 29. Rae1 Ra6 30. Re8+ Qxe8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bxc8 Kxc8 33. Be5 Bxe5
34. dxe5 Kb7 35. Qd6 Kb6 36. Qxh6 Rxe5 37. Kf3 Ra7 38. Qd6 Rae7 39. c3 a4 40.
Qd8+ Kc5 41. b3 axb3 42. axb3 Re4 43. Qh8 {Daniel Fiske: The First American
Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 157} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Black "Knott, Hubert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Be6 6. O-O h6 7. Qe2 Ne7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rac1 Nf6 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. c5 Bc7
15. Bxh6 Qd7 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qe3 Bd5
21. Bc3 Rf5 22. Rcd1 Qe6 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 Rh5 25. Rd2 Qxh3 26. Rg2 Rf8 {
Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 196} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Stanley, Charles Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Be7 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Bd3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bxc6 Bxc6
15. Ne5 Qd5 16. f4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe4 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rfd8 20. Rf2 c5 21.
Rb3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rdc8 23. Rfb2 Rc1+ 24. Kf2 Rc2+ 25. Kg3 Rac8 26. Rxb6 Rxb2
27. Rxb2 Bc2 28. Rb5 Bxa4 29. Rxa5 Bb3 30. Rc5 Ra8 31. Nc4 h6 32. Nb6 Ra6 33.
Rb5 Ra3 34. Kh4 Ba2 35. Re5 Ra6 36. Rb5 Ra3 37. Rb2 Bb3 38. h3 Kf7 39. g4 fxg4
40. hxg4 Ke7 41. e4 Kd6 42. f5 e5 43. dxe5+ Kxe5 44. Nd7+ Kf4 45. e5 Ra2 46.
Rxb3 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 185}
1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fiske, Daniel Willard"]
[Black "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Nh4 d6 12. f4 Qd7 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Rae1 Rf6 15.
e4 Rh6 16. Nf3 Rf8 17. h3 Nf6 18. exf5 exf5 19. d5 c6 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. dxc6 Qxc6
22. Nd4 Qc5 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Bxf5 Nh5 25. Qe8 Nf6 26. Qe2 Nh4 27. Qe7 Rb8 28.
Bd3 Bxg2 29. Rf2 Bxh3 30. f5 Rh5 31. Bc1 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Nxf5 Rxf5 34.
Be3 Qe5 35. Qxa7 Qg3+ {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New
York 1857, p. 175} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kennicott, Hiram"]
[Black "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8.
e5 f6 9. f4 fxe5 10. Qc7 d5 11. Qxe7+ Ngxe7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. b3 b5 14. Bb2
N7c6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Be2 Bb7 17. c3 Rac8 18. Rc1 Ng6 19. Bf3 Nce5 20. Ke2 Nf4+
21. Ke3 Nxf3 22. gxf3 e5 23. Rhg1 b4 24. cxb4 d4+ {Daniel Fiske: The First
American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 158} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Knott, Hubert"]
[Black "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[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"]
1/2-1/2
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"]
[Black "Fuller, William James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Qe7 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
dxe5 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxe5 Bd7 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nb5 a6
15. Na7+ {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 170
} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Stanley, Charles Henry"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O h6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. f4
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 14. Qd4
Qxd4+ 15. cxd4 Rb8 16. b3 Ne4 17. Na3 f5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. Re1 Re6
21. Bd3 Rbe8 22. b4 Rb8 23. Nc2 g6 24. a3 Rb6 25. Ne3 a6 26. Nc2 Re8 27. Na1
Ra8 28. Nb3 Kf7 29. Rc2 Re8 30. Rce2 Re6 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Rxe2 33. Rxe2
Rb7 34. Rb2 a5 35. Rb1 axb4 36. axb4 Ke7 37. Kf2 Rb8 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kd4 Be8
40. Kc3 Ra8 41. Kb3 Bf7 42. Kc3 Rb8 43. Ra1 d4+ 44. Kxd4 Rxb4+ 45. Ke3 Bd5 46.
Rc1 Rb2 47. Be2 g5 48. fxg5+ hxg5 49. g3 Ke5 50. h4 f4+ {Daniel Fiske: The
First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 187} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Black "Fiske, Daniel Willard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nge7 6. Bd3 Ng6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bc5
Nce7 15. Bd6 Qc6 16. e5 b5 17. Na5 Qb6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. f4 f5 21.
Bc2 Nd5 22. Qd4 Qc7 23. Nb3 Bb7 24. Rf2 Bc6 25. Qd2 Qd8 26. Nd4 Bb7 27. Nxb5
Nh4 28. Nd6 Bc6 29. c4 Ne7 30. b4 Kh8 31. b5 Ba8 32. Re1 Ng8 33. Re3 Nh6 34. h3
g5 35. Kh2 gxf4 36. Ree2 f3 37. Qxh6 fxe2 38. Rxe2 Qe7 39. c5 Ng6 40. a4 Bd5
41. a5 Qd8 42. b6 axb6 43. axb6 Qa8 44. Qd2 Qa3 45. Qe3 Qb4 46. Qf2 Nf4 47. Qh4
Qd4 48. Rf2 Ne2 49. Qxd4 Nxd4 50. Ba4 Bc6 51. Bxc6 Nxc6 52. b7 Rb8 53. Re2 Kg7
54. Kg3 Kf8 55. Kf4 Kg7 56. Re3 Na5 57. Rg3+ Kf8 58. Kg5 Ke7 59. Kh6 Kd8 60.
Rg8+ {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 177}
1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kennicott, Hiram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Qf4 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Nd5 f5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Ne7+ Kf7
21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rfe1+ Kf7 23. Re5 g6 24. Nd5 Ng8 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 Rac8
27. Rae1 Rfe8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Kf2 Kd7 31. Kf3 Kd6 32. Ne3 Nf6
33. g5 Nd5 34. Nc4+ Kc5 35. Ne5 Kd6 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. a3 Ne7 38. Nd3 b6 39. b4
Nf5 40. a4 Nd6+ 41. Kf3 Kd5 42. Ne5 Nf5 43. b5 Kc5 44. Nd7+ Kb4 45. Nf8 Kxa4
46. Nxh7 Kxb5 47. Nf8 Ne7 48. Nxg6 Nxg6 49. f5 Nh4+ 50. Kg4 Nxf5 51. Kxf5 a5
52. g6 a4 53. g7 a3 54. g8=Q {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress
New York 1857, p. 159} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Knott, Hubert"]
[Black "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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"]
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Qd7 7. a4 Nb4 8. Nc3
Nxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rfd1 Ne7 12. d5 O-O 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 f5 15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Ne4 c6 17. Nfg5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Ne6 Bxd5 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21.
Bh4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rf4 23. Qa8+ Rf8 24. Qe4 d5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27.
Ra3 Qb4 28. Rf3 Qxb2 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qf7 Qb4 31. h3 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33.
Rd7 Bc5 34. Rxa7 Bd4 35. Kf1 g5 36. f3 h6 37. Ke2 Kg8 38. Kd3 h5 39. Kc4 b5+
40. Kxb5 Bxa7 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857,
p. 197} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Black "Knott, Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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"]
1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. Nge2 d5 8. O-O c6
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Bb7 11. Nf4 Bc8 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. Kh1 g5 14. Nh3 g4 15. Nf4
Bd6 16. fxg4 Nxg4 17. Qf3 Qh4 18. h3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qh6 20. Qxh6 Nxh6 21. e4
dxe4 22. Bxe4 Ba6 23. Bxa8 Bxf1 24. Bxh6 Rf6 25. Bf4 {Daniel Fiske: The First
American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 199} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Montgomery, Hardman Philips"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Nge7 8.
e5 Ng6 9. Ne4 Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxc5 Qc7 12. Qd4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 b6 14. Ne4
Qxc4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Nxc4 Ba6 17. b3 d5 18. Ba3+ Kf6 19. Nd6 Bxf1 20. Rxf1
Rhd8 21. Rc1 Rd7 22. Rc3 g5 23. Rf3+ Kg6 24. g4 Rad8 25. Nb5 d4 26. Bb2 e5 27.
Na3 Rd5 28. Rd3 e4 29. Rd1 e3 30. Kf1 f5 31. Nc2 e2+ 32. Kxe2 d3+ 33. Kf3 fxg4+
34. Ke4 Rf5 35. Ne3 Rxf2 36. Be5 Rxa2 37. Rf1 Re2 38. Rf6+ Kh5 39. Re6 d2 40.
Bg7 Re8 41. Rxe8 d1=Q 42. Bd4 Qh1+ 43. Ke5 Qf3 44. Kd6 Qf4+ 45. Kd5 Qf7+ 46.
Re6 Rd2 47. Ke5 Rxd4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York
1857, p. 205} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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"]
1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 200}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. Bc4 Be6 9.
Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Kh1 h6 13. Nh3 d5 14. Ba3 Nd8 15. b5 Bc5
16. Bb2 dxe4 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bd6 19. Nc3 axb5 20. axb5 Nf7 21. Qe2 Qd7 22.
Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxb5 24. Rab1 Qd5 25. Qg4 Ra4 26. Nf4 Qe4 27. Bc1 Bxf4 28.
Bxf4 Rxd4 29. Qh3 Qxf4 {Time 1 hour} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Qf3 Qe5 13. Bg3 Qh5 14. Qd3
O-O 15. Kh1 Ng4 16. f4 f5 17. e5 Rad8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. b4 Bb6 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21.
Qxc6 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rd2 23. Nd5 Bf2 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. e6 Qg8 26. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 27.
Kg1 Ne4 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. e7 Rd6 30. Nf8+ Rxf8 31. exf8=Q Rxc6 32. Qxf5+ {
Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 218} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. b3 Ne7 11. Nc3 d6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 d5
15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Qe2 d4 17. Nh5 Ng6 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Ba3 21.
Rcd1 Bb4 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Qg4 Rd6 24. Rg3 Rf4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Rgd3 Ne5 27.
Qxf4 Nxd3 28. cxd3 h6 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. e5 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Kg7 33. f4
b5 34. Rc1 Bc3 35. Rc2 h5 36. Kf2 Rd8 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke4 a5 39. g4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 Rh8 41. g5+ Kg7 42. Nc6 Rh4 43. Rf2 a4 44. Nxd4 Be1 45. Nxe6+ Kf7 46. Rf1
{Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 209} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Montgomery, Hardman Philips"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 Na6 8. a3
Be7 9. O-O Qc7 10. b4 b6 11. Bb2 Nb8 12. Rc1 a5 13. b5 O-O 14. Re1 Bb7 15. bxc6
Bxc6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Ra7 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Bc8
22. Bb1 Qd8 23. Rcd1 Bg5 24. Ng4 f6 25. Qxg5 e5 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxe5 Nd7 28.
Bxf6 Nxf6 29. h4 Qf8 30. d6 h6 31. Qb5 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess
Congress New York 1857, p. 208} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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"]
1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 201}
e6 2. d4 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Be3 Ne7 5. Ne2 b6 6. Nd2 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. e5 O-O 9.
f4 f5 10. h3 Nd7 11. Kh2 c5 12. c3 c4 13. Bc2 a6 14. Nf3 h6 15. g4 Kh7 16. Rg1
Rg8 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Nh4 Qf8 19. Nxg6 $18 Kxg6 20. gxf5+ Kf7 21. fxe6+ Kxe6 22.
f5+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ Ke8 24. f6 Bxf6 25. exf6 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Nxf6 27. Bg6+ Kd7 28.
Bf5+ Ke8 29. Bxh6 Qh8 30. Rg7 Ng8 {Time 1½ hours} (30... Ng8 31. Bg6+ Kf8 32.
Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rxb7#) 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nge7 6. Bd3 Ng6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 f5 11. exf5 exf5 12. f4 d5 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rf7 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Rc3 Raf8 20. g3 g5 21.
Bc2 f4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Qf3 Qb4 24. Qf2 f3 25. Kh1 Rf4 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Qg2+
Kh8 28. Rg1 Qe7 29. a3 Rf2 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress
New York 1857, p. 220} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Black "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. c3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qf3 Qxg5 8.
Bxd5 Qf6 9. Bxc6+ Qxc6 10. Qxc6+ bxc6 11. d3 Ba6 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Ke2 e4 14.
dxe4 Bxc4+ 15. Kf3 Bd6 16. Nc3 Rhf8 17. Re1 Rde8 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Kxf4 f6 20.
Na4 g5+ 21. Kf3 Re5 22. Rac1 Bxa2 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Nxc5 f5 25. e5 Bd5+ 26. Kg3
h5 27. f3 f4+ 28. Kf2 Kc7 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Ra6 Bc4 31. Ra4 Bb5 32. Rd4 Re8 33.
e6 Kb6 34. b4 a5 35. Nd7+ Kc7 36. Re4 axb4 37. Nf6 Re7 38. Ng8 Re8 39. Nf6 Re7
{Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 211} 1/2-1/2
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Meek, Alexander Beaufort"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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"]
1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 203}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bc5 (5... Bb4) 6. Bc4 d6 7. h3 $2 (
7. O-O Bg4 (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Qb3 O-O $13) 8. Bg5 (
8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bxf7+ Qxf7 10. Qxb7 Kd7 11. Qxa8 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qxf3 $11) 8... Qd7
(8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxg5 10. Qxf7+ Kd8 11. Qf8+ $18) 9. Nd5 $13) (7. Qb3 Qe7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 $36) 7... Be6 (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 h6) 8. Bb5 (8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qb3
Qc8 10. O-O Nge7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nf4 Rf6 13. Nh5 Rf7 14. Nf4 Nd8 15. Ng5 Rf6
16. Nh5 Rh6 17. g4 Rg6 18. Kh1 $14) 8... Nge7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qh5 h6 11. Nf3 Ng6
12. g4 Nce5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. g5 Qd4 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Bxc5 Qxb2 17. O-O Qxc3 18.
Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Bc4 Nf4 21. Qd1 Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24.
gxh6 Bxc4 25. h7+ Kxh7 26. Qg4 Qh6+ 27. Kg1 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rd8 29. a4 Rd6 30. f3
Rg6 31. Kf2 {Time 1½ hours} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Perrin, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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"]
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Ne2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Ne7 7. f4 f5 8. e5 d6
9. Nd2 dxe5 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. Bc4 Bd6 12. Bxe6 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nf3 Nc6
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qb3 h6 17. Bh4 Na5 18. Qc2 Ne3 19. Qd3 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 g5 21. Bg3
f4 22. Qe4+ Kf7 23. Bxf4 Kg7 24. Be5+ Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qe6 26. Rf7+ Qxf7 27. Nxf7
Kxf7 28. b4 Rae8 29. Qf3+ Kg8 30. bxa5 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess
Congress New York 1857, p. 221} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Black "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qc4 Qe8 12. Qxc7 Nxe4 13. Qxb7 Ndc5 14.
Qb4 Rb8 15. Qc4 d5 16. Qe2 Na4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Rxb2 19. Rb1 Rf4 20. Bg3
Re4 21. Qf3 Qb5 22. Rbe1 Rxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Qb2+ 24. Kd1 Nxc3+ {Daniel Fiske: The
First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 213} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Be3
Be6 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nh2 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Qxh3 13. Ndf3 g5 14. Kh1 g4
15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rg3 Qh4 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rg2 Rae8 20. Rxg4 {
Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 214} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Black "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[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"]
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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qh5 f5 13. Nf3 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Rf6 15. Qh4 Qb6 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. Nd4 e5 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Bc4+ Kf8 20. exd4 Qxd4
21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Rad1 c5 23. bxc5 Bb7 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Be4 26. Bb3 Rfc6
27. Rd7 R6c7 28. R1d2 a5 29. Kf2 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Rxc5 31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Rxg7 Bxc2
33. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 34. Ke1 Rc3 35. Rxh7 Rxa3 36. Ra7 Ra2 37. Kf1 a4 38. h4 Kf8 39.
h5 Kg8 40. h6 Kh8 41. Rf7 f4 42. Rxf4 Kh7 43. Rf6 a3 44. Ra6 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 a2
46. Kg3 Kh8 47. Kg4 Rh1 48. Rxa2 Rxh6 49. Kg5 Rb6 50. Ra7 Kg8 51. g4 Kf8 52.
Kh5 Kg8 53. g5 Rb1 54. Kh6 Rh1+ 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Kg7 Rg1 58. g6 Ke6
59. Ra6+ Ke7 60. Rf6 Rg2 61. Rf3 Rh2 62. Kg8 Rg2 63. Kh7 Re2 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65.
Kg8 Rg2 66. g7 Rg3 67. Rf2 Re3 68. Rg2 Re4 69. Kh7 Rh4+ 70. Kg6 {Daniel Fiske:
The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 214} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Marache, Napoleon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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"]
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O-O Kh8 12. h4 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nfg5 Nxd5
15. Bc4 c6 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nxf6 e4 18. Nxd5 hxg5 19. hxg5+ Kg8 20. f4 Bf5 21.
Ne3 Bg6 22. g3 Qa5 23. Rxd6 Bf7 24. g6 Bxg6 25. Rxg6 Qxa2 26. Qxe4 Qa1+ 27. Kc2
Qa5 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qh7+ Kf6 30. Rh6# {Daniel Fiske: The First American
Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 217} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[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"]
1. e4 {1)Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 223
2)Maroczy: Paul Morphy. Partie 29, S.33. Theodor Lichtenhein war ein Preuße
aus Köngsberg und erst vor kurzem in die USA gekommen. .} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nxc6 (8. Bxc6 $142 bxc6 9.
O-O Be7 10. f3) 8... bxc6 9. Bd3 Bc5 (9... Nc5) 10. Bxe4 Qh4 $1 11. Qe2 dxe4
12. Be3 Bg4 $17 13. Qc4 (13. g3 Qh5 14. Qc4 O-O-O $17) 13... Bxe3 14. g3 (14.
O-O Bb6 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 $19) 14... Qd8 $19 (14... O-O-O $1) (14... Qh6 $1 15. O-O
Bc1) 15. fxe3 $2 (15. O-O Bd4) 15... Qd1+ 16. Kf2 Qf3+ 17. Kg1 Bh3 $1 18. Qxc6+
Kf8 19. Qxa8+ Ke7 {Time 48 minutes} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. f3 Nc6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. b4 Qe5 12. Bd3 Nxb4 13. cxb4 Qxa1 14. Qc2
Qd4 15. Bb2 Qe3+ 16. Kd1 Qh6 17. Bc1 Qh4 18. Nc3 d5 19. g3 Qh5 20. Qf2 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd5+ 23. Bd2 Qxa2 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Qe3 Bb5 {Daniel Fiske:
The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 228} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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"]
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1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 224}
e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 d5 {Giving back the pawn for developement is
not a bad idea.} 5. Bxd5 Nf6 6. Bb3 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2
Na5 {Black looks okay} 11. g4 {It looks hyper-agressiv to start an attack on
the wing as long as the center is not closed.} Nxb3 (11... b5 {looks fine, to
bring the Bc8 into the long open diaogonal on b7.} 12. Rg1 Bb7 13. g5 Nxb3 14.
axb3 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Bb4 {With equal chances}) 12. axb3 Bd7 (12... b5) 13. Rg1
Nh7 {Too passive} (13... Bc6) 14. Ne4 Kh8 {Again passive} 15. g5 h5 16. Nh4 g6
17. Qe2 Bc6 {The Black position looks still okay} 18. f4 $6 {Maroczy: Paul
Morphy,S.35:" Führt zu einer großem Komplikation, welche Schwarz nicht mehr
beherrschen kann."} (18. O-O-O $142 {Is more flexible. White can now wait for
the right moment to play f2-f4 or he can continue with d2-d4.} Re8 (18... a5
19. f4 ({Or even here} 19. d4)) 19. d4 {Is even possible}) 18... exf4 19. Bd4+
{He wanted this diaogonal - but the e-file can cause some troubles.} Kg8 20.
Nf5 Re8 $1 {Clever and cool defence !} (20... gxf5 $2 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Qxh5 $18
) 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. O-O-O {He can't omit this move, which he should have done
at the 18th move.} Bxe4 $2 {Not the best, but not loosing} (22... Nxg5 {
Easy to find and critical. What can White do now?} 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 (23... Nxf7
24. Rxg6) 24. Nxg5+ Qxg5 $1 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxg5 f3 {And Black has two
strong pawns for the exchange. He will play for a win.}) 23. dxe4 $16 Qe7 24.
e5 {A forcing move. Tactics will decide now and Morphy knows, that he will see
more than his opponent.} (24. Qc4 Qe6 25. Qc3 $16) 24... Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26.
Rd7 {Good shot} Qg7 $2 {The expected mistake of the weaker player.} (26... Qxe2
27. Rxf7#) ({What about} 26... Nxg5 {It will follow} 27. Rxg5 {And now?} Qf6 $3
{The White Queen is hanging, and th Knight is good for the attack, but how can
he survive without attack? These complex tactics were too difficult for
Lichtenhein.} 28. Qc4 (28. Rxf7+ Qxf7 29. Nxf7 Rxe2 $19) (28. Qxh5 Rad8 $19 (
28... gxh5 $4 29. Rg8#)) (28. Qd2 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Rd5 Re8 {The white
knight is in a prison.} 31. Qxf4 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 $15 {And Black is not bad,
maybe aliitle bit better. f.e.} 33. Rd7 Re7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Ng8 Re5 36. Rb8 f5
37. Rxb7 Kxg8 $17) 28... Re1+ 29. Kd2 Re7 30. Rxe7 Rd8+ 31. Kc1 Qxe7 32. Re5
Qf6 33. Re4 Kg7 34. Rxf4 Qe5 35. Qxf7+ Kxh6 36. Kb1 {with good drawing chances
for White.}) 27. Qc4 $3 {Already the winning move} Re7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Re1+ {
Time 3 hours} (29. Re1+ Kd6 30. Rd1+ Ke7 31. Qxc7+ Ke8 32. Re1+ Kf8 33. Qe7#)
1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bb3 a5 13. a4 Ng6 14. Ba3 Re8
15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. c4 Re7 18. c5 Qd7 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. c4 Rae8 21. c5
Nc6 22. Rxe7 Nxd4 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. f3 Re2 25. Rd1 Bh3 26. c6 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1
bxc6 28. dxc6 Ne5 29. Bxd6 Nexc6 30. Bc4 Rg6 31. Bg3 Nf5 32. Ne4 Ne3 33. Rc1
Bg2+ 34. Kg1 Bxf3 35. Bd3 f5 36. Nd6 Nd4 37. Rc5 Rf6 38. Rxa5 f4 39. Nc4 fxg3
40. Nxe3 gxh2+ 41. Kxh2 g5 42. Ra7 Kf8 43. a5 Rf7 44. Ra6 Re7 45. Rf6+ Ke8 46.
Nf5 Nxf5 47. Bxf5 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York
1857, p. 230} 1/2-1/2
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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"]
1. d4 {1)Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 226}
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 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: Paul Morphy,S.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 {The rest of the game is not available.
Time 4½ hours} 1/2-1/2
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bc4 Bh4+ 6. Kf1 Bg4 7. d3 Ne7 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. Ne4 Nde5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14.
Qg2 f5 15. Rg1 Ng4 16. Ke2 fxe4 17. Qxg4 exf3+ 18. Kd2 Qf6 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20.
Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Raf1 Rae8 22. Rxf3 Bg5+ 23. Rxg5 Rxf3 24. Rg2 h6 25. d6 cxd6 26.
Bd5 Rf6 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bd5 Rxb2 29. Bb3 Rb1 30. Kc3 Re1 31. Kd4 g5 32. a4 a5
33. Bd5 Re5 34. c4 Kg7 35. Rb2 Re7 36. Be4 Ra7 37. Kd5 Ra6 38. d4 Rf7 39. c5
dxc5 40. dxc5 Ra8 41. c6 Rd8+ 42. Kc5 Rf4 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. c7 Rc8 45. Bc6 Ke7
46. Ra7 Rf5+ 47. Kb6 Kd6 48. Ra8 Rxa8 49. Bxa8 Rc5 50. Bf3 Rxc7 51. Kxa5 Kc5
52. Ka6 Rf7 53. Bg4 Kb4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New
York 1857, p. 233} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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"]
1. d4 {1)Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 227.
} f5 {Morphy'y favourite and most sucessful answer to 1.d2-d4.} 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qh5+ (7. Nf3) 7... g6 8. Nxf6+ (
8. Qh6 {Good attacking sacrifice} Bxd4 9. O-O-O Bf6 10. h4 $40) 8... Qxf6 9.
Qe5 {Escaping to an endgame for a draw. But a draw is not so easy to get
against Morphy even in the endgame, and there will be no quick draw by sure.}
Qxe5+ 10. dxe5 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Nh3 Rf8 13. Rg1 Nc6 14. f4 Ke7 15. g3 d6
16. Bg2 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rf5 18. Rge1 Rd8 19. g4 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rf8 21. Bxc6 {
There is to reason to exchange the Bishop} Bxc6 $15 22. Kd2 h6 23. Re3 g5 24.
b3 Rf1 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Be4 27. Kd2 {White has reached his goal so far.
His position is not worse.} Kd7 28. c4 Kc6 29. Nf2 Bb1 30. Nd1 Bxa2 31. Kc2 Kc5
32. Nc3 Bxb3+ 33. Kxb3 c6 (33... Kd4 34. Nb5+ Kxe5 35. Nxa7 Kf4 36. Nb5 c6 37.
Nd4 Kxg4 38. Nxc6 {Looks drawish}) 34. Ne2 {The rest of the game is not
available. Black managed to win this even looking position. It would have been
interesting to watch the rest of the game. Time 4½ hours} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {1)Syracuse Daily Standard 1857.11.09 2)Probably played in the congress
match. Then it would have been the (missing) victory number 5 (as reported in
Frank Leslie's). 3)John S. Hilbert/ Nick Pope on Chess Archaeology: "Could it
be possible that Morphy, waiting for Paulsen to complete his round, in fact
played two additional, although officially unnecessary, games with Lichtenhein
during the Congress, thus accounting for the Chess Monthly game and, now, this
one?"} c5 2. f4 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Bg4 6. O-O Nd4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (
7... Ke7 8. fxe5 Bxf3 9. Bg5+ Kd7 10. e6+ Kc6 11. Bxd8 Bxd1 12. Be8# {1-0 (12)
Raphael,B-Montgomery,W USA 1856}) 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Qxg4 Nxc2 10. fxe5 Nh6 11.
Qe6+ Qe7 12. Qc4 Nxa1 13. e6 Rc8 14. Nc3 Qd8 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Nf7 Nxf7 17. exf7+
Kd7 18. Bd2 Qxd2 19. Qb5+ Ke6 20. Qe8+ 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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"]
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1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 240.
Louis Paulsen, born 1833 in Nassengrund, Lippe/Detmold (GER), went to U.S. in
1854 with his elder brother Wilfried and became a tobacco-broker. When the
civil war startet he returned to Europe and came just in time to play in
September 1861 the Chess Association Tournament in Bristol. In London 1862 he
become second behind Anderssen.} c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {
[%csl Rd6] Morpy was the first player to find this plan in connection with 7.
Bf4 using the weak point at d6.} (5. Nc3 Qb6 $13) 5... Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bf4 {
[%csl Rd6]} O-O (7... d5 {Looks interesting} 8. exd5 exd5) 8. Bd6 $1 f5 9. e5
a6 {Blacks position is not easy: A weak square on d6, a backward weak pawn on
d7 and a not easy to develop Bishop on c8. The good thing is, that White has
no concrete threats.} 10. Be2 Nbc6 11. O-O Rf7 12. Kh1 f4 {Preventing White to
play f2-f4 it opens the square f5 for Ne7 or Rf7, but weakens the square e4.} (
12... Ba7 {To free the b-pawn with a possible Bc8-b7.} 13. f4 g5 14. fxg5 Ng6
15. Qd2 Ncxe5 16. Rad1 $14) (12... g5 {To prepare activities on the King's
wing.} 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qd6 Nd5 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. Bh5 Rg7 18. Nb6
$14) 13. Ne4 (13. Nd2 {To protect e5} {after} Ng6 14. Nf3) (13. Bd3 {Is
freeing the way for the Queen Qd1-h5} Bc7 14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+
Kg8 17. Qxe5 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 $14) 13... Nf5 {It looks more logical to attack
White's weak Pawn.} (13... Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. exd6 Nf5 {
Is there an advantage for White?}) (13... Ng6 14. Bh5 (14. c4 Ngxe5) 14... Rf5
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. c4 Nxe5 {Seems okay for Black} 17. g4 fxg3 18. Nxg3 Nxc4 19.
Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rc1 Nxd6 21. Qxd6 Ba7 22. Rc3 b5 {And Black is happy.}) 14. Bh5
g6 ({More consequent would have been} 14... Nxd6 $1 15. Nxd6 Rf8 {The pawn e5
remains a target.} 16. Qe2 Qg5 17. Rad1 (17. Rfe1 Qh4) 17... Nxe5) 15. Bg4 (15.
Bf3 $1 Nxd6 16. Nxd6 Rf8 (16... Nxe5 $142 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qe2 $14) 17. Bxc6
bxc6 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. N2c4 Bc7 20. Re1 $16) 15... Ng7 $2 {Not easy to understand
} (15... Nxd6 16. exd6 (16. Nxd6 Rf8 17. Qe2 Qg5 18. Rfe1 Nxe5 $2 19. Qxe5 Qxg4
20. f3 $14) 16... Ba7 17. Bf3 b6 18. Nd4 Bb7 $11) 16. Qf3 (16. Qe2) 16... h5 $2
{Black lost access to the position} 17. Bh3 Qh4 $2 18. Nf6+ $18 Kh8 19. Qe4 (
19. Qd3 Qg5 20. Nd2) (19. Nd2 $1 Bd4 (19... Bd8 20. Qd3 Qg5 21. Nde4 $18) 20.
Nc4 Nxe5 (20... b5 21. Na5) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxd7 $18) 19... Qg5 20. g3 f3 $2
{Loosing the pawn} (20... fxg3 $142 21. fxg3 Bd8 22. Ne8 $1 $16 {f.e.} Rxf1+
23. Rxf1 Nf5 24. Bc5 b6 25. Nd6 Kg7 26. Bb4 Nxd6 27. Bxd6 Bb7 28. Bg2 Be7 29.
Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Rf6 $16) 21. Nd2 $1 $18 {Black has overlooked this pawn winning
move} Bd8 (21... Qxd2 22. Qxg6 $18 {Winning}) 22. Nxf3 Qh6 23. Rg1 {Preparing
Qe4-f4 Qxf4 gxf4} Bxf6 (23... Nf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bxf6 27.
exf6 Rxf6 28. Rg5 {Winning}) 24. exf6 Ne8 (24... Rxf6 $142 {Doesn't help} 25.
Bf4 Qh7 26. Rad1) 25. Bf4 Nxf6 {There is nothing better} 26. Qxc6 Qxf4 27.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 28. gxf4 $18 Rxc2 29. Rac1 Rxf2 30. Rc8+ Ng8 $2 {Collapsing} (30...
Kh7 31. Ng5+) (30... Kg7 31. Ne5) 31. Ne5 Rg7 32. Nxg6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kh6 34.
Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Rcxg8 Rxf4 (35... Rdd2 36. Rh8#) 36. Bxe6 Re7 37. R8g6+ Kh7 38.
Bg8+ Kh8 39. Rh6+ Rh7 40. Rxh7# {Time 5½ hours} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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"]
1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 242}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 $146 {First played by Morphy} 6.
Bd3 (6. Ba4 {Leads to Open Spanish} b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 $11) (6. Bxc6 dxc6
7. Re1 Nf6 8. Nxe5 Be7 $11) 6... d5 7. Nxe5 Nxd4 $1 {Played only by Morphy} ({
More often is played} 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 Be6 (8... Bf5 $146 {Kortschnoj}) 9. Nc3
$16 {Maroczy}) 8. Re1 Be6 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 (11. Nd2 f5 $13)
11... Qd7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bd6 14. Nd2 (14. Bf4) 14... O-O 15. Nf3 Bd5
$15 {Two Bishops and good developement} 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Bg5 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19.
Bd2 Re6 20. Ng5 (20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Ng5 Be7 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. f3 Bxe4 24. Qxe4
Qxe4 25. fxe4 Bc5+ 26. Kh2 Rf2 $15) 20... Rg6 {Now it's starts to become
difficult for White} 21. Ne4 $4 {Already the big mistake, which should loose
the game immediately.} (21. c4 {Has to be tried} Bxg2 22. Kxg2 h6 23. c5 Bxc5
24. Rac1 Bd6 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 hxg5 27. Rxc6 {Looks just even} g4 (27...
Rb8 28. b3 Rb6 29. Rxb6 cxb6 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Ra8) 28. h4) 21... Rxg2+ $1 (
21... f5 $1 {Looks easier} 22. Ng3 Qh4 23. c4 Bxg3 24. cxd5 Bxf2+ 25. Kh2 Rg3
$19) 22. Kxg2 f5 23. f3 Qg6+ $4 (23... fxe4 $1 {Wins immediately Löwenthal:
"As soon as the second player had touched the Queen, he remarked that, had he
taken the knight, the contest could not have been prolonged a dozen moves.} 24.
Rxe4 (24. fxe4 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Rf2 $19) 24... Qg6+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf2 Bxe4 $19)
25... Rxf3 $19) 24. Ng5 $1 $16 h6 25. c4 Bf7 26. h4 Rd8 27. Qc2 hxg5 28. hxg5
Be6 29. Rh1 Be7 30. f4 c5 31. Rae1 Kf7 32. Rh3 Bc8 33. Kg1 Bb7 34. Bc1 Rd4 35.
b3 Bd6 36. Qe2 Re4 37. Qf2 Qe6 38. Rhe3 Qd7 39. Qh4 $1 Kg6 (39... Rxf4 $2 40.
g6+ Kxg6 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Bxf4 $18) (39... Bxf4 $2 40. Rxe4 Bxe4
41. Qxf4 $18) 40. Qh3 (40. Rh3 $142 $1 {Maroczy: Mit fast sicheren
Gewinnchancen.} Kf7 (40... Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Bf8 (41... Be7 42. Bb2 Qc6 43. Qe2
Kf7 44. Bxg7) 42. Rh8 Qc6 43. Qe2 Kf7 44. Bb2 $18) 41. Qh5+ (41. Rxe4) 41...
Ke7 42. Rxe4+ fxe4 43. Qh8 $18) 40... Be7 41. Rxe4 Bxe4 42. Qe3 (42. Rxe4 {
Maroczy: gewinnt} Qd1+ 43. Kf2 fxe4 44. Qe6+ Kh5 45. Qxe7 Qc2+ $1 $11 ({
Maroczy gibt nur} 45... Qxc1 46. Qxe4 $16) ({und} 45... Qf3+ 46. Ke1 Qg3+ 47.
Kd1 Qf3+ 48. Kc2 $18) 46. Kg3 Qd3+ {Mit Dauerschach}) (42. Qh2 Qd4+ 43. Be3 Qd6
44. Qd2 Qe6 45. Re2 Kf7 46. Rh2 {And White has improved his position. He has
good winning chances}) 42... Qd8 43. Qh3 Qd4+ 44. Be3 Qc3 45. Qf1 Qa5 46. Qf2
Qb6 47. Re2 Qc6 48. Bc1 Qd7 49. Rd2 Qe6 50. Qe3 Qc6 51. Bb2 Kf7 52. Qh3 Qg6 53.
Rh2 (53. Rd7 Qc6 (53... Ke8 54. Rxc7 $18) 54. Qh5+ Ke6 55. Rd2 {Is winning})
53... Qd6 {Maroczy: Die Partie wurde noch bis zum 56.Zug fortgeführt und dann
remis gegeben. Sie nahm drei Sitzungen in Anspruch and dauerte im ganzen 15
Stunden. Three more unrecordet moves. Time 15 hours} (53... Qd6 {The position
should still be won for White. f.e. Showing no winning idea in this postion is
not a good proof of Paulsens chess power. Maybe he was tired from thinking too
much. He used about 14 of the 15 hours for thinking.} 54. Qe3 Qd1+ 55. Kf2 Qb1
56. Qe2 Bd3 (56... Qxa2 57. g6+) 57. g6+ Ke8 58. Rh8+ Kd7 59. Qd2 Kc6 60. Bxg7
Qf1+ 61. Kg3 Be4 62. Qf2 Qd1 63. Be5 $18) 1/2-1/2
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.11.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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"]
1. e4 {1)Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 246.
} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 $11 7. Nxc6 (7. Nb3
) 7... bxc6 (7... Bxc6 $11) 8. Ba4 (8. Bd3 Bd4 $11 9. O-O Nf6 $11) 8... Qh4 $5
(8... Qf6 9. O-O) 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qf3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Ne5 (11... O-O) 12. Qg3 (12.
Bxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 $14 Bg4 $2 14. Bxc6+ Kf8 15. Qd3 Rb8 16. Qc4 $16) 12... Qf6
$5 (12... Qxg3 $11) 13. Rad1 h6 (13... h5 $11) 14. Kh1 g5 (14... Ng6 15. Bd2
Qh4 16. Qxh4 Nxh4 $11) 15. Bxe5 {[#]} dxe5 $2 (15... Qxe5 $11) 16. b4 $6 (16.
Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. b4 Bd4 (18... Bb6 19. Rd1 $18) 19. c3 Kd8 20. Bxc6
Qxc6 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Qd3 $16 {f.e.} Qd6 23. Qxd4 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Rc1 f5
26. h3 $16 Rxe4 27. Qg7 Kd8 28. Qg8+ Re8 29. Qf7 Re5 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Ne6+ Rxe6
32. Qg8+ Re8 33. Rxc8+ Kxc8 34. Qxe8+ Kc7 35. Qa4 $16) 16... Bd6 17. Rd3 (17.
Qd3 $14) 17... h5 (17... Rb8 $11) 18. Rfd1 (18. b5 $14 h4 19. Qe3 cxb5 20. Bxb5
Bxb5 21. Nxb5 O-O) 18... a6 19. Ne2 Rd8 (19... a5) 20. a3 g4 (20... a5) 21. c4
Qh6 (21... h4 22. Qe3 h3 23. Ng3 Qh6 24. Qxh6 Rxh6 25. Kg1 Be7 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. exf5 $14) 22. c5 (22. h4) 22... h4 23. Qe3 Be7 24. f4 exf4 25.
Qxf4 Qxf4 26. Nxf4 Rh6 27. Ne2 f5 $2 (27... a5) 28. e5 $16 {[#]} Re6 $2 (28...
Bg5 29. Kg1 $16) (28... Bc8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Nd4 $16) 29. Nf4 $1 $18 Rxe5 30.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 31. Bxc6 $18 Bd6 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. Kg1 Kd8 34. Bxd7 {Time 11 hours
} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.11.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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"]
1. e4 {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1860, p. 71; The Chess Monthly 1859, p. 341} c5
2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nc6 (6... Ne7 {Played in
the first Matchgame}) 7. Bf4 e5 {An interesting novelty. Now the square d5 is
more weak than on d6. But it's not easy for White to get any advantage from
these weaknesses. By the way a Sicilian with e7-e5 was already played by
Labourdonnais in 1834.} (7... Nge7 8. Bd6) 8. Bg3 Nge7 9. Bc4 {Looks very
logical.} O-O (9... a6 {Has to be considered}) {How to continue now? Where to
castle? What is a powerful idea?} 10. Nb5 $1 {Morphy finding a clear concept
plays for the weakness on d6.} a6 $2 {Not the best defence.} ({Black should try
} 10... Na5 $1 11. Nxa5 (11. Bd5 d6 12. Nxd6 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxe5 Nc4 15.
Nxc4 Bxc4 {With some compensation for the two pawns} 16. Rd1 (16. Qd6 Qg5 17.
Qf4 Qd8) 16... Qc8 17. Qc3 f5) 11... Bxa5+ 12. c3 d5 $5 13. Bxd5 Qb6 14. Qe2
Nxd5 15. exd5 a6 16. Na3 Qc5) 11. Nd6 $16 Bc7 12. a4 (12. O-O b5 13. Be2 f5) (
12. Qd2 b5 13. Be2 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 f5) 12... Ng6 13. Qd2 Qf6 {Black found a good
way for counterplay} 14. Rd1 (14. O-O-O {Looks risky}) 14... Nf4 (14... Nd4 $6
15. Nxf7 $1 (15. Nxd4 Qxd6 16. O-O Qf6 17. Nf5 d6 18. Ne3 $14) 15... d5 $1 (
15... Rxf7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Nxd4 $18 exd4 18. Bxc7) 16. Bxd5 Rxf7 17. Nxd4
exd4 18. Bxc7 Be6 19. Bg3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Re8+ 21. Kf1 Re4 22. d6 $16) (14...
Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 b5 $1 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Nd4 19. Be2 Nxb3 20.
cxb3 Ra1+ 21. Rd1 Ra2 22. O-O Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxd7 Rb6 25. Rd3 $14 {
Not easy to win}) (14... h5 15. h4 Nf4 (15... Nce7 16. O-O Nf4 (16... Nxh4 17.
f4) 17. Nc5 Neg6 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxd7 $16)) 15. O-O h5 16.
Nxc8 {This forcing move creates a small advantage only} (16. h4 {Waiting seems
to be more clever}) 16... Raxc8 17. Qxd7 {The White Queen is double edged
placed. She is observing f7, but she has not so many flightsquares.} Nd4 {
Paulsen is not the master of tactics} (17... g6 $1 {Would have caused more
problems for Morphy.} 18. c3 (18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qh3 Qxb2 $11) 18... Rfd8 19.
Bh4 Qxh4 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. g3 Qh3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. gxf4 Qg4+ 25.
Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 18. Nxd4 (18. Bxf4 $1 {Probably slightly better} Qxf4 19. Nxd4
exd4 20. g3 Qg4 (20... Qxe4 21. Bxf7+) (20... Qf6 21. Qd5 $18 (21. Bb3) 21...
Bb6 22. Bb3 Rce8 23. Qxb7 $18) 21. Qxd4 h4 22. Qd7 $16) 18... exd4 19. Qf5 (19.
Bxf4 $142 $1 Bxf4 (19... Qxf4 20. g3 Qxe4 $2 21. Bxf7+ $18) 20. b3 Rc7 21. Qxd4
$16) 19... Qxf5 {Demaging the White Pawn phalanx} 20. exf5 Be5 (20... d3 $1 {
Best chance} 21. cxd3 (21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Rfd8 23. d4 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Rc4 25.
d5 Rc5 26. d6 Rc6 27. Rfe1 Rcxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Re7 Rb6 31.
Rxf7 Rxb2 {With good drawing chances}) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Be5
24. b3 Rfd8 25. Rde1 Bf6) 21. Bxf4 $2 {Not a clever exchange} (21. b3 b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Rxc2 24. Rfe1 Rc5 25. Bc4 Bb8 26. Rxd4 Rxf5 {With both
Bishops on board White has a winning position}) 21... Bxf4 22. Rxd4 Be5 23. Re4
Bxb2 24. Rb1 Rfd8 25. g3 Rd4 26. Bd3 (26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Bd3 Rc7) 26... Rxe4 27.
Bxe4 Rc4 28. Bxb7 Rxc2 29. Bxa6 Bd4 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. Bb5 Kh7 32. Bc4 Rxa4 33.
Bxf7 h4 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Bg6+ Kg8 36. Rxa1 Bxa1 {Maroczy: "Obschon um zwei
Bauern stärker, kann Weiß bei Läufern von ubgleicher Farbe nur Remis
erreichen." Time 6 hours} 1/2-1/2
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.11.06"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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"]
1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 248}
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Nb5 {[#]} Nf6 (6... Bxe3 7.
fxe3 Qxe3+ (7... Nc6) 8. Be2 Na6 9. N1c3 Nf6 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nc4 Qc5 12. e5
Ne8 13. Qd2 b5 14. Ne4 Qd5 15. Qg5+ f6 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. exf6+ Kd8 18. Ne5 $18)
7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nd6+ $2 (8. N1c3 $16) 8... Ke7 9. Nxc8+ Rxc8 10. Bd3 Nc6 11.
O-O h5 12. Nd2 h4 13. h3 g5 14. a3 Rg8 15. b4 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. f3 Ne5 18.
Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Rg7 (19... d6) 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Qf2 b6 22. f4 gxf4 23. Qxf4
Qg5 24. Rf2 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 $11 Rdg8 26. Rd2 Rh8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Rd4 f6 29. exf6+
Nxf6 30. Rc4 Kd8 31. a4 Nd5 32. Be4 Nc7 (32... Nf4 33. Bb7 Ng6 $11) 33. Bf3 $14
d5 34. Rc6 Rd7 (34... Rf8) 35. Bg4 Rh6 36. Re2 Ke7 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. g3 hxg3+ 39.
Kxg3 Re7 40. h4 Ne8 41. h5 Nf6 42. Rcxe6 Rxe6 43. Bxe6+ $14 Kg7 (43... Kf8) 44.
Bg4 $16 {[#]} Nxh5+ $2 (44... a5) (44... Ne4+) 45. Bxh5 Rxh5 46. Re7+ $18 Kf6
47. Rxa7 Ke5 48. Ra6 Rg5+ 49. Kf3 Rf5+ 50. Ke2 b5 51. axb5 Rf4 52. c3 d4 53. c4
Rh4 54. c5 Rh2+ 55. Kd3 Rh3+ 56. Kc2 Rh2+ 57. Kb3 Rh3+ 58. Ka4 Kd5 59. Rd6+ Kc4
60. c6 Rh1 61. Rxd4+ Kxd4 62. c7 Rh8 63. b6 Kc4 64. b7 {Time 10 hours} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.11.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 (4... Bb4) (4... Nd4) 5. O-O (5. Nxe5
Nxe5 (5... Nd4 {Marshall}) 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Nxc3 (8... Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Ng5 10. Ba3 Ne6 11. Qe4 Qg5 12. g3 $14) 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bf4 $1 $14) 5...
O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 (6... Nxe5 7. d4) (6... Nxe5 7. d4 $14) 7. Nxc6 (7. Nf3 $1 Nxe4
8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf8 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 $14) 7... dxc6 8. Bc4 {
[#]} b5 (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qf3+) (8... Ng4 9. d4 (9.
h3 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Qd4+ $16) 9... Qd6 10. g3 Bxd4 11. Be2 h5 $17)
9. Be2 (9. Bb3 $2 Bg4 10. Qe1 b4) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. Bf3 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Qd4
12. Ne4 (12. Qf1 Qxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Re1#) 12... Rxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bg4 15.
Bf3 Re8 $19) 10... Rxe4 11. Bf3 (11. d3 Re6 12. Bf4) (11. c3 Qh4 12. g3 (12. d4
Bd6 13. g3 Qh3 14. f4 Bd7 15. Bf3 Re7 {/\Rae8->}) 12... Qh3 13. Bf3 Rh4 14.
gxh4 Bd6) 11... Re6 12. c3 $2 (12. d3 $142 $14 b4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Rxe3
15. Qd2) 12... Qd3 13. b4 (13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bf5 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Qxd3 Bxd3
) 13... Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Bd7 (15... Bb7 $142 16. Ra2 Rae8 17. Qd1 Ba6
$1) (15... a5 16. Bxc6 Ba6 17. b5 Rxc6 18. bxa6 Re6 19. c4 Rae8 20. Ba3) 16.
Ra2 $2 (16. Qa6 Qf5 (16... Qg6) (16... Qxa6 17. Rxa6 Rae8 18. Bg4 R6e7 19. Bxd7
Rxd7 20. d4) 17. d4 Rae8 18. Be3 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qb7 (20. Qe2 Bb6 21. Bg4
Rxe3 22. Bxf5 Rxe2 23. Bxd7 $10) (20. Qa5 $2 Rg6 21. Kh1 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bc6 $19)
20... Bd6 21. c4 $14) 16... Rae8 17. Qa6 {[#]} (17. Qd1 c5 {/\Bd7-b5}) {
Johnson,C.F.: "Morphy deliberated half an hour" (Sergeant: Morphy Gleanings,p.
13)} 17... Qxf3 $1 $19 (17... Qxa6 18. Rxa6 c5 $15) 18. gxf3 Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bh3
20. Rd1 (20. Rg1 Rxg1+ (20... Bg2+ 21. Rxg2 Re1+ 22. Qf1 Rxf1+ 23. Rg1 Rfxg1#)
21. Kxg1 Re1+) (20. Qd3 f5 $1 {Protecting the Rg6 against the attacking Qd3.} (
20... Bg2+ $2 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. d4 $14) 21. Qc4+ Kf8 (21... Kh8
22. Qf7) 22. Rd1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bxf3+ 24. Kf1 Bg2+ 25. Kg1 Bd5+ 26. Kf1 Bxc4+ 27.
d3 Bxa2 $19) 20... Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ (22... Rg2 $1 23. Qd3 Rxf2+
24. Kg1 Rg2+ 25. Kh1 Rg1#) 23. Kg1 Bh3+ $19 {Winning} (23... Be4+ $1 {
Checkmating} 24. Kf1 Bf5 $1 25. Qe2 Bh3+ 26. Ke1 Rg1#) 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qf1
Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6 28. d4 (28. Kg2 Bb6+ 29. Kf3 Rexh2 $19) 28... Be3
$19 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.11.08"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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"]
1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 255}
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Nc3 Qxb2 $2 {[#]} (6... Nc6
7. Ndb5 (7. Na4 Qa5+ 8. c3 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qb4 Qxb4 12. cxb4
Nf6 $11) 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 Qxe3+ 9. Be2 Kf8 10. Qd6+ Nge7 11. Rd1 $44) 7. Ndb5
$18 Bxe3 8. Rb1 Qxb1 9. Nxb1 $18 Bf4 10. g3 a6 11. gxf4 axb5 12. Nc3 Ne7 13.
Nxb5 O-O 14. Nd6 Nbc6 15. Rg1 Rxa2 16. f5 f6 17. Bc4 Ra4 18. f4 b6 19. fxe6
dxe6 20. Nxc8 Nxc8 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd7 Ne7 24. Qxe7 Ra1+ 25.
Kf2 Rxc2+ 26. Ke3 {Time 4½ hours} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.11.10"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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"]
1. e4 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 257}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bb5 (5. Nxe5) 5... Nxe4 $1 6. Qd3 d5 7.
Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c6 11. Ba4 Qa5 12. Bb3 Qxc3 13. Bf4
Bf5 14. Rac1 g5 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Bxg5 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Rfe8 19. Bf6
b5 20. f3 a5 21. a3 Be6 22. Rd1 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. h3 c5 25. c3 bxc3 26. Bc2
Ra2 27. Rc1 Rea8 28. Bg5 Ra1 29. Bb1 c2 30. Bxc2 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Ra1 {Time 6
hours} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament plof 3"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1857.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qf3 c5 12. Nde2 f6 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. e6 c6 15.
Qf5 Bc8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe4 d5 18. Qa4 Qd6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Nxf5 Qc7
22. Rae1 d4 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Ne4 Qg7 26. Bg3 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 h6 28.
Rxf6 Kh7 29. Rf7 {Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York
1857, p. 235} 1-0
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament plof 3"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1857.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 O-O 7. Bxf4 Nxe4
8. Bxc7 Qxc7 9. Qxe4 d6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Rf1 Ne5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Nf3 Bxb3 14.
cxb3 Rae8 15. h4 Nxf3 16. Qxf3 Re6 17. g4 Rfe8 18. h5 Re3 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. h6
Re2 21. Qf4 Re4 22. Qd2 Re3 23. Qf2 Qe6 24. g5 Re2 25. Qf4 Qg6 26. Qf5 Qxf5 27.
Rxf5 gxh6 28. Rxh6 Re1+ 29. Kc2 R1e2+ 30. Kd3 Rxb2 31. Rhf6 Re7 32. Rxd6 Rxa2 {
Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 237} 0-1
[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament plof 3"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1857.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Black "Raphael, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1857.10.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 fxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Ng5
O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Nf3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. O-O Na6 14. Nh4 Rf6 15.
Ngxf5 gxf5 16. Bd2 Rf7 17. Bc3 Kh7 18. Qh5 Raf8 19. Qg6+ Kg8 20. Rf3 Nc7 21.
Rg3 e5 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxg7+ Rxg7 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ {Daniel Fiske: The
First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 238} 1-0