Stanley vs. Rousseau Match, 1845


Charles Henry Stanley vs. Eugene Rousseau Match
December 1-26, 1845
New Orleans, LA

                            1                   2                   3
          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
Stanley   1 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1  15 (w/8 draws)
Rousseau  0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0   8 (w/8 draws)

The Stanley-Rousseau Match was the first event held for the general purpose of recognizing the best player in the United States, although the term "US Champion" did not exist at the time. A match for bragging rights between two of the top players in the country, Charles Henry Stanley (1819-1901), secretary of the New York Chess Club, and Eugene Rousseau (1810-1870), doyen of the New Orleans Chess Club (and distant relation of French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau; [you know, that guy who was always confessing?]), attracted a respectable amount of attention, due to the North-South conflict aspect of the contest. In a few years, everyone would get more North-South conflict than they could have wanted.

The match was to be won by the first player to win 15 games, draws not counting. Stanley was White in the odd-numbered games. Play was conducted at the Sazerac Coffee House in New Orleans, at no time limit (time limits being decades away also).

The prize fund was $1000, an enormous sum in those days, and was winner-take-all. Divided purses didn't come about until about 40 years later.

By the time of the 1st American Chess Congress in 1857, Stanley was a shell of his former self, due to personal demons (as they call it today in the sports world; I trust that everyone knows what it means when they say that an athlete is suffering from "personal demons"). Being knocked out in the first round by Theodor Lichtenheim, Stanley went on to play a match with Morphy, which he lost by a 4½-½ score, despite receiving Pawn and Move odds. Morphy generously sent the $100 stake to Stanley's wife. This may have something to do with Stanley's daughter later being named Pauline. (No, I'm not making this up, check Stanley's entry at wikipedia.org, if you don't believe it).

One highlight of this match is the first known occurrence in serious play of what later became known as The Morphy Defense, i.e. 3... a6 in the Ruy Lopez, used by Stanley in Games 6 and 16 of the match. Don't get too excited, and think it should be called The Stanley Defense, though. He may have played it, but he didn't really understand it, using it only to drive away the Bishop with an immediate b5. It was Morphy who understood the value of keeping that move in reserve and so made the defense playable. But since Rousseau's second in this match was none other than... (drumroll!) Ernest Morphy, this could very well be what got 8-year old Paul thinking about the move himself.

Career Highlights for Stanley: Defeating Howard Staunton in a Pawn-and-2-Move handicap match. Three match victories (and one loss) to John W. Schulten, match victory against Charles Vezin.

Career Highlights for Rousseau: Narrow loss in a 100 game match against Lionel Kieseritsky in 1839, offhand games with Adolph Anderssen, match victories against Benjamin Oliver and John W. Schulten.

Two foreign emigres fighting it out for the US Championship. Well, at least one thing about this match is like the modern day!

As for the quality of the games... erm... well, let's say that it may be an exciting and encouraging thought for the strong club player of today to consider that if he can ever get his hands on a time machine and go back to 1845 that he'd have an excellent shot at becoming US Champion.

Again on the quality of the games, Stanley himself had this to say in his book of the match (which had the distinction of having perhaps the worst title in chess history: Thirty-One Games at Chess, Comprising the Whole Number of Games Played in a Match Between Mr. Eugene Rousseau, of New Orleans, and Mr. C.H. Stanley, Secretary of the New York Chess Club): "It must be remembered... that the thirty-one games now published form the whole number occurring in the late match, and are not, as is usually the case with published games, a mere selection of the finest specimens of play. It must also be borne in mind that chess players, like the rest of mortality, are subject to occasional ailments, both bodily and mental, which, to a certain degree, will deteriorate from their capabilities of intellectual exertion."

Who says that excuses are only for losers, huh?

[Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.d3 Be6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Ne2 Qe7 9.Ng3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.c3 Bb6 12.O-O d5 13.Bg5 c6 14.Nh5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bxb3 16.Qf3 Bc4 17.Bxf6 Qe6 18.Nxg7 Be2 19.Nxe6 Bxf3 20.Nxf8 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.Bb5 Qf6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qxd4 Bxf3 9.Qxf6 Nxf6 10.gxf3 h6 11.Nc3 g5 12.Bd2 Nh5 13.Rae1 Bg7 14.b3 Be5 15.Ne2 Kd7 16.Ng3 Ng7 17.Ne2 Ne6 18.Kh1 Raf8 19.Ng3 Nd4 20.Kg2 Nxc2 21.Rd1 f6 22.Nf5 c5 23.Be3 Ke6 24.Rd2 Nb4 25.Rfd1 Nc6 26.Ng3 h5 27.Re2 Ne7 28.Bc1 Ng6 29.Rd3 Bf4 30.Bb2 Nh4+ 31.Kh1 g4 32.Nxh5 Rxh5 33.fxg4 Rh7 34.Rh3 Rfh8 35.Rc2 Nf3 36.Rxh7 Rxh7 37.Kg2 Ne1+ 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.05"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 Be6 7.Bb3 h6 8.Ne2 O-O 9.Ng3 d5 10.exd5 Bxd5 11.O-O Qd7 12.c3 Bd6 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Qf3 Nh7 15.Be3 Ne7 16.d4 exd4 17.Bxd4 c5 18.Be3 c4 19.Bc2 f5 20.Rad1 Ng5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Nhxf5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 Nxf5 24.Nxf5 Rxf5 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Qxf5 Qd3 27.Qxg5 Re8 28.Qg4 b5 29.Rd1 Qc2 30.Qh5 Qe2 31.Qxe2 Rxe2 32.Rb1 Rc2 33.a4 a6 34.axb5 axb5 35.f3 Kf7 36.Kf1 Ke6 37.Re1+ Kd5 38.Re2 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Kc5 40.Ke3 b4 41.cxb4 Kxb4 42.Kd2 Rf1 43.Kc2 Rg1 44.Rf2 g5 45.Re2 Rf1 46.b3 cxb3 47.Kb2 Rg1 48.Re4+ Kc5 49.Rg4 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.06"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "120"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.O-O Nd8 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.e5 c6 9.Bc4 d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Re1+ Be6 12.b3 Ne7 13.Ba3 Qc7 14.Nc3 Ba5 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.b4 Bb6 17.b5 O-O 18.Qb3 Rfe8 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nf7+ Kh7 23.Nd6 Rf8 24.Re1 Ng6 25.Re4 Rf6 26.Qg4 Rxd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.Re6 Qxd4 29.Qxg6+ Kh8 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Qxe8+ Kh7 32.Qe4+ Qxe4 33.Nxe4 cxb5 34.Nd6 a5 35.Nxb5 Bc5 36.Kf1 Kg6 37.Ke2 Kf5 38.f3 h5 39.Kd3 g5 40.Nd4+ Ke5 41.Nb3 Bb6 42.a4 g4 43.fxg4 hxg4 44.h3 gxh3 45.gxh3 Bd8 46.Kc4 Kf4 47.Nc5 Kg3 48.Nxb7 Bc7 49.Kb5 Kxh3 50.Kc6 Bg3 51.Nxa5 Be1 52.Kb5 Kg4 53.Nc6 Kf5 54.Nb4 Ke6 55.a5 Kd6 56.a6 Kc7 57.Nd3 Bd2 58.Nc5 Kb8 59.Nd7+ Ka7 60.Nb6 Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.07"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nxd4 14.Qg3 c6 15.Rad1 Nf5 16.Qb3 Nfe7 17.Qxb7 Qb6 18.Qd7 Rad8 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qg5 fxe4 21.Qxe7 Rfe8 22.Rxd5 cxd5 23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Qb7 e3 25.fxe3 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 Qe2 27.Qf7 Qe7 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.b3 Red7 30.Bc4 Rd1 31.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.a4 a5 34.h4 g6 35.Kh3 Kg7 36.g3 Kf6 37.Kg4 Rf2 38.Kh3 h5 39.Bg8 Ke5 40.Bc4 Kd4 41.Bf7 Rxf7 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.08"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.d3 h6 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.O-O d6 9.Be3 Ba7 10.h3 Ne7 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 c5 13.Nh2 g5 14.Ng3 Ng6 15.Nh5 Nf4 16.Bxf4 gxf4 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Bd5 Rb8 19.Bc6+ Ke7 20.Qh5 Rg8 21.Nf3 Be6 22.Kh2 Rg6 23.Rg1 c4 24.Raf1 Rbg8 25.Qh4 Rg5 26.g4 Kf8 27.Rg2 Bb6 28.Rd1 Bd8 29.d4 Be7 30.dxe5 dxe5 31.Bd7 Bxd7 32.Rxd7 Qe6 33.Rd5 Kg7 34.Rg1 Qg6 35.Re1 Rh8 36.Rd7 Qe6 37.Red1 Re8 38.R1d5 Rg6 39.Qh5 f6 40.Nh4 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.09"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] [Source "New York Spirit of the Times, 1846.01.03"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be6 7.Bb3 h6 8.Ne2 Ne7 9.Ng3 Qd7 10.c3 Ng6 11.Be3 Bb6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.O-O Rae8 14.Bc2 c5 15.a4 Bc7 16.c4 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qxh3 18.Qe2 Ng4 19.Rfd1 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Nf4 21.Ne1 Re6 22.Qf3 Rg6 23.Ng2 f5 24.d4 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Ne6 26.Bf5 Kh8 27.Bxh3 Rxf3 28.Nh4 Rfxg3+ 29.fxg3 Rxg3+ 30.Kh2 Rxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Nxd4 32.Rf1 Ne6 33.Kg4 Nf4 34.Rxf4 exf4 35.Ng6+ Kh7 36.Kf5 Ba5 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.10"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nxd4 Ne5 6.Bb3 c5 7.Nf3 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.Bxf6 Bxe4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qe3 Qe8 16.Rfe1 Bc6 17.Qg5 h6 18.Qf4 Qd7 19.Re3 Rae8 20.Rg3 Kh7 21.Bc4 f5 22.Qd2 b5 23.Bf1 d5 24.Rd1 Re7 25.h3 Rfe8 26.c3 c4 27.Re3 Rxe3 28.fxe3 Qe7 29.Kf2 Qd6 30.g3 a5 31.Bg2 b4 32.Bxd5 Rd8 33.Bg8+ Kxg8 34.Qxd6 Rxd6 35.Rxd6 Be4 36.Ra6 bxc3 37.bxc3 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.10"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] [Source "New York Spirit of the Times, 1846.01.03"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be6 7.Bb3 Qe7 8.Ne2 h6 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Rd8 11.Ng3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Rxd5 14.O-O O-O 15.Kh1 Rd7 16.Nh2 Nb4 17.a3 Nc6 18.Ng4 Bxg4 19.Qxg4 Qe6 20.Nf5 g6 21.Nxh6+ Kg7 22.Rxf7+ Rdxf7 23.Qxe6 Kxh6 24.c3 Rf6 25.Qg4 g5 26.e4 Rf4 27.Qg3 Ne7 28.d4 Ng6 29.b3 b6 30.d5 a5 31.c4 Ne7 32.Qc3 Ng6 33.Qe3 Kh5 34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 g4 36.hxg4 Rxg4 37.c5 Nf4 38.g3 Rfg8 39.Kh2 bxc5 40.bxc5 Kg6 41.d6 cxd6 42.cxd6 Rh8+ 43.Kg1 Rh3 44.Kf2 Rh2+ 45.Kf3 Kh6 46.Qa7 Kg5 47.Qe7+ Kg6 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.11"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nxd4 Ne5 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Bb5+ Nd7 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bg5 Rc8 11.O-O h6 12.Bf4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Re1 Be7 15.e5 dxe5 16.Qxd7+ Bxd7 17.Nxe5 Be6 18.Ng6 fxg6 19.Rxe6 Rc6 20.Rae1 Rxe6 21.Rxe6 Kd7 22.Rb6 Kc8 23.Kf1 Rd8 24.Ke2 g5 25.Be5 Re8 26.Re6 Kd7 27.Rb6 Bd8 28.Rxb7+ Kc6 29.Rxg7 Rxe5+ 30.Kd3 Re6 31.Rg6 Rd6+ 32.Ke2 Ne4 33.Rxd6+ Nxd6 34.Nd1 Nf5 35.c3 h5 36.Kf3 Nh4+ 37.Kg3 Bc7+ 38.Kh3 Ng6 39.g3 Kd5 40.f3 Kc4 41.Nf2 Ne5 42.Kg2 Nd3 43.Nxd3 Kxd3 44.h4 gxh4 45.g4 hxg4 46.fxg4 Kc2 47.b4 c4 48.a4 Kxc3 49.b5 axb5 50.axb5 Kd4 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.12"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.O-O f5 9.Ne5 Qf6 10.Be3 c4 11.Bxe4 fxe4 12.b3 cxb3 13.axb3 Be7 14.c4 Be6 15.Nc3 Rd8 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Rxa7 Bc5 19.Qh5+ 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.12"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "132"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Be6 5.Qb3 b6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Bg5 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nfd5 12.O-O f6 13.Rfe1 Kf7 14.a4 h6 15.Bd2 Qd7 16.Re2 Kg8 17.Rae1 Bf7 18.h3 Rd8 19.Nh2 Nf5 20.Be3 Bd6 21.Nf1 Bc7 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5+ Qxd5 24.Qxd5+ Rxd5 25.Rc2 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.Re7 Be5 28.Rxa7 c5 29.Ne3 Kh7 30.g3 Rhd8 31.Nc4 Rb8 32.f4 Rd1+ 33.Kg2 Bd4 34.Re2 b5 35.axb5 Rxb5 36.Nd6 Rxb2 37.Rxb2 Bxb2 38.Nf5 c4 39.Rxg7+ Kh8 40.Rc7 c3 41.Ne3 Rd3 42.Kf2 Kg8 43.Nf1 Kf8 44.Ke2 Rd6 45.Ne3 Rd2+ 46.Kf3 Ke8 47.h4 Kd8 48.Rc4 h5 49.g4 hxg4 50.Kxg4 Kd7 51.h5 Kd6 52.Rc8 Kd7 53.Rc4 Kd8 54.f5 Kd7 55.Kg3 Rd3 56.Kf2 Bc1 57.Re4 Rd2+ 58.Kg3 c2 59.Kg4 Rh2 60.Rd4+ Ke8 61.Nxc2 Rxc2 62.Rd1 Rc4+ 63.Kg3 Bg5 64.Rh1 Kf7 65.h6 Kg8 66.h7+ Kh8 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "131"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 f6 8.O-O Nh6 9.h3 O-O 10.Qc2 f5 11.Be3 b6 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Nd2 g6 14.Ndf3 Nf7 15.a3 Be6 16.b3 Rac8 17.Ra2 Qd6 18.Qf2 cxd4 19.cxd4 Qd8 20.Rc1 Ncxe5 21.dxe5 Qd7 22.b4 Rxc1+ 23.Bxc1 Rc8 24.Rc2 Nd8 25.Nd4 Kf7 26.Bb5 Rxc2 27.Qxc2 Qc8 28.Bc6 a6 29.Bxd5 Qxc2 30.Bxe6+ Nxe6 31.Nxc2 g5 32.g3 gxf4 33.gxf4 Bf8 34.Kf2 a5 35.bxa5 bxa5 36.Be3 a4 37.Bd2 Bc5+ 38.Kg3 Nc7 39.Bb4 Bg1 40.Bd6 Nb5 41.Kh4 Ke6 42.Bb4 Bh2 43.Bd2 Bg1 44.Kg5 Bc5 45.Bc1 Bf8 46.h4 Be7+ 47.Kh6 Bxh4 48.Kxh7 Bf2 49.Kg6 Bc5 50.Kh5 Be7 51.Bb2 Bc5 52.Kh4 Kd5 53.Kg5 Ke6 54.Bc1 Be7+ 55.Kh5 Bc5 56.Kg6 Bf8 57.Ne3 Bxa3 58.Bxa3 Nxa3 59.Nxf5 Nc2 60.Ng3 a3 61.Ne4 a2 62.Nc5+ Kd5 63.Nb3 Kc4 64.e6 Kxb3 65.e7 a1=Q 66.e8=Q 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "96"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Ng5 Ne5 6.Qxd4 Nxc4 7.Qxc4 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Qe2+ Be6 10.O-O Bc5 11.Nc3 Qc6 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Qxe6+ Qxe6 15.Rxe6 Ng4 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Re1 Rxe3 20.Rxe3 Bxe3+ 21.Kf1 Bd4 22.Nd1 Kf7 23.Ke2 Ke6 24.Kd3 c5 25.Ke4 b5 26.c3 Bg1 27.h3 a5 28.b3 b4 29.cxb4 axb4 30.Nb2 g5 31.g4 h6 32.Nd3 Bd4 33.Nc1 Bg7 34.Nd3 Kd6 35.Ne1 Ke6 36.Nd3 Bf8 37.Nf2 Bg7 38.Nd3 Bf8 39.Ne1 Bd6 40.Ng2 Be7 41.Ne3 Bd6 42.Nf5 Bf8 43.h4 gxh4 44.Nxh4 Be7 45.Ng6 Bd6 46.Nf4+ Bxf4 47.Kxf4 Kf6 48.Kg3 Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] [Source "Thirty-One Games at Chess, Stanley 1846, pp23-24"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 Be6 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Qe7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Ne2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bxd5 13.e4 Be6 14.Ng3 f6 15.Nh4 g6 16.Kh1 Qg7 17.Qd2 Rf7 18.Rf2 Raf8 19.Raf1 a6 20.h3 Kh8 21.Rf3 Ne7 22.Qf2 f5 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Ngxf5 Bxf5 25.Nxf5 Rxf5 26.Qe3 Rxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.Qxf3 c6 29.c4 Ng6 30.Qh5 Qf6 31.Kg1 Kg7 32.Qg4 Qf4 33.Qd7+ Qf7 34.Qg4 b5 35.cxb5 axb5 36.b3 Qa7+ 37.Kh2 Qxa2 38.h4 Qxb3 39.h5 Qxd3 40.hxg6 Qxg6 41.Qd7+ Kh6 42.g3 e4 43.Qd2+ Kh5 44.Kh1 Kg4 45.Qf4+ Kh3 46.Qh4# 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "16"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "137"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.d3 Bc5 7.O-O d6 8.Be3 Ba7 9.h3 h6 10.c3 O-O 11.Qe2 Ne7 12.Nbd2 Ng6 13.Nh2 Be6 14.Kh1 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Ndf3 e4 18.dxe4 Bc4 19.Qd2 Bxf1 20.Nxf1 Qxd2 21.N3xd2 f5 22.Bxa7 Rxa7 23.f3 c5 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Ne4 Rd7 26.Ne3 Re5 27.Re1 h5 28.c4 b4 29.Nd5 Rd8 30.Rd1 Rc8 31.Kg1 Nf8 32.Kf2 Nh7 33.Nd6 Rc6 34.f4 Re6 35.Nf5 Kf7 36.g4 g6 37.Ng3 h4 38.Nf1 Re4 39.b3 Rce6 40.Nfe3 Nf6 41.f5 gxf5 42.Nxf5 Re2+ 43.Kf3 Nh7 44.Nxh4 Ng5+ 45.Kg3 Ne4+ 46.Kf4 Rf2+ 47.Nf3 Nc3 48.Rd3 Ne2+ 49.Kg5 Kg7 50.Nh4 Nd4 51.Nf4 Re5+ 52.Nf5+ Kf7 53.Rxd4 cxd4 54.Nd3 Rexf5+ 55.gxf5 a5 56.c5 Rg2+ 57.Kf4 Rxa2 58.c6 Rc2 59.Ne5+ Ke7 60.Nc4 a4 61.f6+ Kd8 62.Ke5 a3 63.Kd6 a2 64.f7 Rf2 65.c7 Kc8 66.Nb6+ Kb7 67.c8=Q+ Kxb6 68.f8=Q Rxf8 69.Qxf8 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "17"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 Be6 8.Bb3 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nh4 Qd7 11.Ne2 d5 12.exd5 Nfxd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Qd2 f6 15.e4 Ne7 16.Ng3 Rf7 17.Rf2 Raf8 18.Raf1 g6 19.a3 c5 20.c3 a5 21.Nf3 Nc6 22.Ne2 Rd8 23.Nc1 c4 24.Qe3 cxd3 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Rfd2 Rfd7 27.Nxd3 f5 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Nf2 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 Qd7 32.Qe3 Qd5 33.g4 Bc8 34.Qe4 Be6 35.Ng5 Kg7 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 b5 38.Nxe6+ Qxe6 39.Nd3 h5 40.h3 hxg4 41.hxg4 g5 42.Kh1 Qg6 43.Qd5 e4 44.Nc5 e3+ 45.Ne6+ Kf6 46.Qxc6 Qb1+ 47.Kg2 Qa2+ 48.Kh3 Qxe6 49.Qf3+ Ke7 50.Qb7+ Kf6 51.Qf3+ Kg6 52.Qe2 Qe5 53.c4 bxc4 54.Qxc4 e2 55.Qg8+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "18"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bh4 Bg4 11.Qc2 Rd8 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Bg3 Nd7 15.h3 Bh5 16.Bh2 f6 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nh4 Bh7 19.Kh1 Nc5 20.Rg1 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 Nxe4 22.Qe2 Nxf2+ 23.Kg2 Be4+ 24.Kg3 f5 25.Nxf5 Rxf5 26.Rgf1 Qg5 27.Bg1 Qf4+ 28.Kh4 Rh5+ 29.Kxh5 Qg5# 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "19"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bc2 Ba6 12.Rf2 Rfe8 13.h3 Rac8 14.Be3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 c5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qxd5 Re1+ 18.Kh2 c4 19.Qd2 Rce8 20.a4 Bh4 21.g3 Bxg3+ 22.Kxg3 R8e3+ 23.Kh2 Bb7 24.Na3 Rxh3+ 25.Kxh3 Re3+ 26.Kg4 Bc8+ 27.f5 Qg6+ 28.Kh4 Qg3+ 29.Kh5 g6 30.fxg6 Qg4+ 31.Kh6 Qh4# 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "20"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.b4 Bg4 9.a5 Ba7 10.b5 Nb8 11.Ba3 axb5 12.Bxb5+ c6 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 c5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Nc4 O-O 18.Qd6 Qxd6 19.Nxd6 b6 20.axb6 Bxb6 21.Nc4 Ba5 22.Bxc5 Rc8 23.Nxa5 Rxc5 24.Nb7 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Rxc3 26.h3 Rc8 27.Ra8 Rf8 28.g4 Nc6 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Nd6 Nd4 31.Bg2 Ke7 32.Nc4 Nd7 33.f3 g5 34.Kf2 f6 35.Bf1 Nc5 36.Ne3 Nce6 37.Bc4 Nf4 38.Kg3 Kf8 39.Nf5 Nxf5+ 40.exf5 h5 41.h4 gxh4 42.Kxh4 hxg4 43.fxg4 Ng2+ 44.Kh5 Kg7 45.g5 Nf4+ 46.Kg4 fxg5 47.Kxg5 Nh3+ 48.Kg4 Nf2+ 49.Kf3 Nd1 50.Ke4 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "21"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] [Source "Thirty-One Games at Chess, Stanley 1846, pp32-33"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bb5 Bb7 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rb1 Rc8 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.b4 cxb4 15.Bxc6 Bxc6 16.axb4 Re8 17.b5 Bb7 18.Ned4 Ne4 19.Bb2 Qd7 20.h3 f5 21.Nh4 Rf8 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qh6 Rf6 24.Ndf3 Rcf8 25.Rfd1 g5 26.Qh5 gxh4 27.Nxh4 Qf7 28.Qe2 Rh6 29.Nf3 Qg6 30.Be5 Bxe5 31.Nxe5 Qg7 32.Nd3 Nc3 33.Qc2 d4 34.Nf4 Nxb1 35.Qxb1 dxe3 36.fxe3 Kh8 37.Qa2 Be4 38.Qa5 Rxh3 39.Rd8 Rg3 40.Rxf8+ Qxf8 41.Qc3+ Kg8 42.Qc4+ Qf7 43.Qc8+ Kg7 44.Qc3+ Kh6 45.Qe5 Qg7 46.Qd6+ Rg6 47.Nxg6 Qxg6 48.Qh2+ Kg7 49.Qe5+ Qf6 50.Qc7+ Qf7 51.Qe5+ Kf8 52.Qb8+ Qe8 53.Qxa7 Qxb5 54.Qxh7 Qe2 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "22"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "116"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Be2 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.Rc1 Bb4 13.a3 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 Rfe8 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Re1 Qd7 17.h3 Ne4 18.Qc2 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Qxh3 20.Bf1 Qxf3 21.Bg2 Qf5 22.Re2 Re6 23.Rce1 Rg6 24.Bc1 Rxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Qg4+ 26.Kf1 Qh3+ 27.Kg1 Rd6 28.Bf4 Rg6+ 29.Bg3 f5 30.Rxe4 fxe4 31.Qxe4 Qd7 32.d5 Na5 33.b4 Nb3 34.Qc4 Nd2 35.Qd3 Qh3 36.Qe3 h5 37.Qxd2 h4 38.Re6 hxg3 39.Rxg6 Qh2+ 40.Kf1 Qh1+ 41.Ke2 Qe4+ 42.Qe3 Qc2+ 43.Kf3 Qxg6 44.fxg3 Qf5+ 45.Ke2 a6 46.Qf3 Qxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Kf7 48.Kf4 Kf6 49.a4 Ke7 50.Ke5 Kd7 51.g4 Ke7 52.g5 g6 53.a5 b5 54.axb6 cxb6 55.d6 Kd7 56.Kf6 a5 57.bxa5 bxa5 58.Kxg6 a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "23"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.O-O d6 8.h3 Be6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nh4 Kh8 13.Kh2 Ng6 14.Nf5 Rg8 15.g3 Ne7 16.f4 Qf8 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.f5 Bd7 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Qh5 Kg7 21.b4 Bb6 22.a4 Bc6 23.a5 Bxd5 24.axb6 Bc6 25.Bc4 Qd7 26.Rxa7 Rxa7 27.bxa7 b5 28.Bxb5 Ra8 29.Bxc6 Qxc6 30.Qg4+ Kf8 31.Ra1 Qxc2+ 32.Kh1 Qb2 33.Qd1 Qxb4 34.Qd5 Rxa7 35.Rxa7 Qe1+ 36.Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "24"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] [Source "Thirty-One Games at Chess, Stanley 1846, pp36-37"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 a5 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Qc2 f5 13.Rad1 f4 14.Bc1 Rb8 15.Qe4 Kh8 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Qxd5 Bg4 18.Rd3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Bd6 20.Ne4 Bc7 21.Qxd8 Rbxd8 22.Rfd1 Rf5 23.b3 Rfd5 24.Bb2 Bb6 25.Kf1 h6 26.Ke2 Bxd4 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 b5 29.Nc5 Rxc5 30.Bxd4 Re8+ 31.Kf1 Rc4 32.Ba1 Re7 33.Bb2 Nxb4 34.Rd7 Nc6 35.Rxe7 Nxe7 36.Rd7 Nf5 37.Rd5 Rb4 38.Bc3 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 Nh4+ 40.Kh3 Nxf3 41.Rd7 Rg1 42.Rd3 Ng5+ 43.Kh4 Ne4 44.f3 Ng5 45.Kh5 Kh7 46.Be5 Ne6 47.Rd7 Rg5+ 48.Kh4 Rxe5 49.h3 Rg5 50.Rd6 Rg6 51.Kh5 Nf8 52.Rd8 {(# in 2)} 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "25"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "96"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.cxd5 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Ne7 11.dxc6 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Nxc6 13.Bb5 Bb7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.O-O O-O 16.a3 Nd4 17.Bc4 Rc7 18.Rc3 Rfc8 19.Kh1 Kf8 20.h3 Rc5 21.Kh2 Rg5 22.Rg3 Rgc5 23.b3 Nf5 24.Rd3 R5c6 25.Rd1 Rg6 26.Nf3 Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Nd6 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Rxf7+ Ke8 30.Rxa7 g5 31.Rxh7 Rc5 32.Rh5 Rd4 33.a4 Rf5 34.Kg3 Ke7 35.h4 gxh4 36.Rxh4 Rg5+ 37.Kh3 Rxh4+ 38.Kxh4 Rxg2 39.f4 Kf6 40.a5 Kf5 41.Kh3 Ra2 42.a6 Kxf4 43.b4 Ra3+ 44.Kh2 Ke5 45.b5 Kd6 46.b6 Kc6 47.b7 Kc7 48.Kg2 Kb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "26"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 a5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Rd2 Rc7 14.Rfd1 cxd4 15.exd4 Kh8 16.Nb5 Rc8 17.Re2 Ba6 18.Qd2 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Nb8 20.Ne5 Nfd7 21.Ng4 Bd6 22.g3 Qg5 23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Kg2 Rce8 25.Rh1 f5 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Nc5 28.Bc2 g6 29.f3 Kg7 30.Bc1 f4 31.g4 Rc8 32.Bb2 Ne4 33.Rd1 Nc3 34.Bxc3 Rxc3 35.Rd4 Rfc8 36.Bd1 Nd7 37.Kf2 Nc5 38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 Rd3 40.Rd2 Rxd4 41.Rxd4 Nd7 42.Rd3 Nxe5 43.Ra3 Kf6 44.Ra6 Rb8 45.Ke2 Rh8 46.Rxb6 Rxh2+ 47.Kf1 Nc4 48.Ra6 Rb2 49.Be2 Ne3+ 50.Kf2 Rxb4 51.Ke1 Rb1+ 52.Kd2 Rb2+ 53.Kd3 Nc4 54.Bf1 Rxb5 55.Kd4 Rb3 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "27"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 c5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O Qb6 10.Kh2 Re8 11.a3 Bd7 12.b4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rac8 14.Be3 Bxb4 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Nc3 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Bxe5+ 18.dxe5 Qxe3 19.exf6 Rxc3 20.Rf3 Qe5+ 21.Kh1 Re6 22.fxg7 Rf6 23.Rb1 Rxf3 24.Qxf3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Bf5 26.Qb3 Bxb1 27.Qxb1 b6 28.Qc2 d4 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "28"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.Bd3 a6 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.Be3 b5 12.Bd3 h6 13.Qd2 Nh7 14.Nxb5 Ng5 15.Nxg5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Qxg5 hxg5 18.Be4 Bd7 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Nc3 Rad8 21.Rad1 Rd7 22.Rd2 Rfd8 23.Rfd1 Bd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Kf1 e5 26.Ke2 exd4 27.Kd3 R5d6 28.Re1 Rd5 29.g4 g6 30.Rc2 Rb5 31.b4 a5 32.Rc4 axb4 33.axb4 f5 34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Rg1 g4 36.h3 Rdb8 37.Kxd4 Rxb4 38.Rxb4 Rxb4+ 39.Ke5 Kf7 40.hxg4 fxg4 41.Kf5 Rb2 42.Rf1 Rb4 43.Ra1 Rb2 44.Rf1 Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "29"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.d4 d6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Bg5+ Be7 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.exf5 h6 12.Bxf6+ gxf6 13.Ne4 Rf8 14.Nc5 Rf7 15.g4 b6 16.Ne4 Ke7 17.Nh4 Nd4 18.Ng6+ Ke8 19.Rhe1 Nf3 20.Re3 Nxh2 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.Nxe5 Bxf5 23.gxf5 Rxf5 24.Ng4 Kf8 25.Nxh2 Rxf2 26.Ng4 Rf4 27.Nxh6 Re8 28.Rg3 Re6 29.Rg8+ Ke7 30.Rg7+ Kf8 31.Rxc7 a5 32.Rh7 Rh4 33.Rd8+ Re8 34.Rf7# 1-0 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "30"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Eugene Rousseau"] [Black "Charles Henry Stanley"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "36"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Bd3 Ng6 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 Bd6 9.a3 O-O 10.c5 Bc7 11.b4 e5 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.f3 Qh4 16.fxg4 Qf2+ 17.Kh1 Bxg4 18.Ne2 Bxe2 0-1 [Event "Rousseau - Stanley Match"] [Site "New Orleans, LA USA"] [Date "1845.12.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "31"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Charles Henry Stanley"] [Black "Eugene Rousseau"] [ECO "C20"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "125"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.d3 Be6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Be3 Bb6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Nf1 Qe7 10.Ng3 c6 11.Nh4 g6 12.Qd2 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 d5 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.Ng3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 d4 17.Qe4 Rg8 18.O-O g5 19.f3 O-O-O 20.Rfe1 Rdf8 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qg4 Re8 23.Re2 Kc7 24.a3 Rg6 25.Rae1 c5 26.Qe4 Qc6 27.Nf1 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 Kd6 29.Nd2 Rge6 30.c3 Nf6 31.R4e2 b5 32.a4 a6 33.axb5 axb5 34.Ra1 Kc7 35.c4 b4 36.Ra5 Rc6 37.Re1 Kd6 38.Rea1 Rec8 39.Rb5 h5 40.Nb3 h4 41.Na5 R6c7 42.Nb7+ Ke7 43.Raa5 Nd7 44.Kf2 Rg8 45.Ra7 Rgc8 46.Ke2 Ke6 47.Ra6+ Ke7 48.Kd2 Rc6 49.Ra7 R8c7 50.Na5 Kd6 51.Nxc6 Rxc6 52.Rbb7 Nf6 53.Rf7 Ke6 54.Ke2 Kf5 55.Rac7 Rxc7 56.Rxc7 Nh5 57.Rxc5 Nf4+ 58.Kd2 Nxg2 59.Rc8 Nf4 60.c5 Nxh3 61.c6 Nf4 62.Rf8+ Ke6 63.c7 1-0

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