The Last Emperor

Paul Charles Morphy – Thomas Wilson Barnes
London, July 1858
Philidor Defence C41

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d3? Correct was 5. ... Nf6 (6. cxd4 Nxe4). 6. Qb3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qxb7. Géza Maróczy prefers 8. Nd4 – a perfectly good move. 8. ... Nd7 9. Qb5 Ngf6 10. Ng5 Rb8 11. Qa4. Maróczy suggests 11. Qc4!?, but after 11. ... Ne5! 12. Qxe6 Nfd7! Black brilliantly  escapes from all his difficulties since 13. f4? is met by 13. ... Nc5! turning tables. 11. ... 0-0 12. Nxe6 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qc4+ Kh8 15. 0-0 Ng4 16. f4 d2? If 16. ... Rxb2 there follows 17. h3! (not 17. Bxb2? Ne3 18. Qe6 Nxf1 and Black is fine) with advantage to White (Maróczy’s analysis). Black’s best continuation is probably 16. ... Qd6 17. h3 Ne5! when after 18. Qd5 (not 18. fxe5? Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Qxe5 with an irresistible attack) White stands better. 17. Bxd2 Rxb2 18. h3 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Ne3 20. Qe2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qd7 22. Nc4 Qb5 23. e5 Bh4 24. f5 Be7 25. Qg4 Qd7

26. Rd1! Morphy shows his crystal-clear understanding of chess! 26. ... Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Rd7 Bf8. Or 28. ... Bh4 29. g3! and White wins. 29. e6 1 : 0.

Paul Charles Morphy

101真狗

[Event "The Grand Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barnes, Thomas Wilson"]
[Black "Dubois, Serafino"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qd5 Nc5 8.Be3 Ne6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qb3 d5 12.exd6 cxd6 13.Na4 d5 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.c4 Rb8 16.Qc2 dxc4 17.Qxc4 c5 18.b3 Rb4 19.Qc2 Bb7 20.Nd2 Bd6 21.g3 Rg4 22.f4 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Bxf4 24.Nf3 Bxg3 25.Kh1 Rh4 26.Rd2 Qf4 27.Qd3 Be4 28.Qc3 Be1 29.Rxe1 Bxf3+ 30.Kg1 Rg4+ 31.Kf1 Bg2+ 32.Ke2 Re8+ 33.Kd3 Rxe1 34.Qxc5 Be4+ 35.Kc3 Rc1+ 0-1

Thomas Wilson Barnes vs. Serafino Dubois

The Grand Tournament; London, 1862

Position after 22. f4

Thomas Wilson Barnes vs. Serafino Dubois
The Grand Tournament; London, 1862
Notes by Ignatz von Kolisch
La Nouvelle Régence, n. 1, January 1863, pp. 13-14

Simply Irresistible

Thomas Wilson Barnes – Paul Charles Morphy
Londra, 1858
Spagnola C77

1. e4 e5 2. Cf3 Cc6 3. Ab5 a6! La Variante Morphy. 4. Aa4 Cf6 5. Cc3 Ab4 (?! Čirić) 6. Cd5! b5. Se 6. ... Aa5 allora 7. 0-0 d6 8. d3 Ag4 9. c3 Cd7 10. Ce3 con preferenza per il Bianco, Tarrasch – Čigorin, San Pietroburgo, 7ª del match. 7. Ab3 d6. Oppure 7. ... 0-0 8. 0-0 Ab7 (8. ... Cxe4 9. Cxb4 Cxb4 10. Cxe5 Ab7 11. d3 Cf6 12. Ag5±) 9. d4! Cxd5 10. Axd5 exd4 11. Cxd4 Df6 12. Ae3 Tfe8 13. c3 Af8 14. f4± Ca5 15. Axb7 Cxb7 16. e5 Dd8 17. Df3 Dc8 18. Tad1 d6 19. e6!! fxe6 20. f5 exf5 (20. ... c5 21. Cxe6+-) 21. Cxf5 Cd8 22. Ad4 Ce6 23. Ch6+ Rh8 24. Df7 1 : 0 Janošević – Forintos, Titovo Užice 1966. Se infatti 24. ... Ae7 allora 25. Dg8+!! Txg8 26. Cf7 matto. 8. 0-0 Ag4 9. c3 Aa5 10. d4. L’alternativa è 10. d3 ove se 10. ... Ce7? (di prammatica 10. ... Cd7) allora 11. Cxe5! dxe5 (11. ... Axd1 12. Cxf6+ gxf6 13. Axf7+ Rf8 14. Ah6 matto) 12. Cxf6+ gxf6 13. Dxg4 Cg6 14. Ad5 Tb8 15. f4 c6 16. Axc6+ Re7 17. Ad5 b4 18. fxe5 Db6+ 19. Rh1 Cxe5 20. Dh5 Cg6 21. Txf6 Rxf6 22. Ag5+ Rg7 23. Dh6+ Rg8 24. Tf1 Tf8 25. Af6 Dxf6 26. Txf6 1 : 0 Tarrasch – Čigorin, San Pietroburgo, 5ª del match. 10. ... exd4 11. Cxf6+. Emanuel Lasker preferisce – con ragione – 11. cxd4 Axf3 12. gxf3 con sviluppo più armonioso e potente centro del Bianco. 11. ... Dxf6 12. Ad5

12. ... Ce5! Morphy impugna l’iniziativa! 13. Axa8? “Troppo avido...”, ammicca Karsten Müller. Dopo 13. Ag5! (Maróczy) 13. ... Dxg5 14. Cxg5 Axd1 15. Axa8 (15. cxd4 c6) 15. ... Ae2 16. cxd4 (controproducente 16. Tfe1? d3 17. Ch3 b4) 16. ... Axf1 17. Rxf1 h6 la posizione è più o meno equilibrata (analisi di Beim). 13. ... Cxf3+ 14. gxf3 Axf3-+ 15. Dd2 dxc3 16. Dg5. L’interpolazione di 16. Ac6+ Rf8! (ma non 16. ... Re7?? per via di 17. e5!) comporta conseguenze analoghe al testo. 16. ... cxb2 17. Ac6+ Re7. Oppure 17. ... Rf8! 18. Dxf6 gxf6 19. Ah6+ Re7-+ come poi nel testo. 18. Dxf6+ gxf6 19. Af4 Tg8+ 20. Ag3 bxa1=D 21. Txa1 f5 22. a4 Ab6 23. axb5 f4 24. bxa6 fxg3 25. hxg3 Txg3+ 26. Rh2 (26. Rf1 Th3-+) 26. ... Tg6 27. Tf1. Se 27. Ta3 Tg2+ 28. Rh3 Txf2 29. a7 Axa7 30. Txa7 allora 30. ... Tc2! (Adriano Coppo) 31. Txc7+ Rf6-+. 27. ... Ad4 28. Rh3 Ae5 29. Rh4 Af4 30. a7 Th6 matto.

Engraving of Paul Charles Morphy by Winslow Homer
Ballou’s Pictorial, Saturday, July 2, 1859