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===McConnell game=== {{Chess diagram |tright |Morphy vs. McConnell, 1849 |rd|nd|bd| |kd|bd|nd|rd |pd|pd| |pd| |pd|pd|pd | | |pd| |qd| | | | | | | |pl| |rl| | | | |nl| | | | | | |nl| | | | | |pl|pl|pl| | |pl| |pl |rl| |bl|ql|kl|bl| | |Position after 11.Nxd4 }} [[Paul Morphy|Morphy]] vs. McConnell, New Orleans 1849:<ref>{{cite book | last1=Benjamin | first1=Joel | authorlink1=Joel Benjamin | last2=Schiller | first2=Eric | authorlink2=Eric Schiller | title=Unorthodox Openings | publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers (United States)|Macmillan Publishing Company]] | contribution=Greco Defence | pages=91β92 | year=1987 | isbn=0-02-016590-0}}</ref> '''1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Qg6 6. Bd3''' :6.Qxd4{{chesspunc|!}} gives White a big lead in development. '''6... Qxg2 7. Rg1 Qh3 8. Rg3 Qh5 9. Rg5 Qh3 10. Bf1 Qe6 11. Nxd4''' (diagram) :... and Morphy was better.
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