Notes by Paul Charles Morphy
Serafino Dubois – S. Lécrivain
Paris, July 23, 1855
Bishop’s Opening C23
Paris, July 23, 1855
Bishop’s Opening C23
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4 exf4. The proper play is 4. ... d5. (See Staunton’s Handbook p. 208). 5. Nf3 Nc6. Staunton here makes Black play 5. ... Qe7. 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 Bb6 8.
Bxf4 d6 9. 0-0 Nge7. This is fatal. 10. Ng5 0-0 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7
13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxf7+ Kh8 15. Rf6 Ng8 16. Rg6. And Black resigns. 1 : 0. The above game was played at Paris July 23, 1855. (Paul Charles Morphy, The Chess Monthly, Vol. ii, 1858, pages 239-240).
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