Answers.Body: <p>The five games mentioned might be the only games between Morphy and Bird that are preserved. Collections that claim to include all known Morphy games, only contain those five between the two, see for instance <a href="http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/ChessTutor/morphy.htm" rel="nofollow">The full Morphy</a>. Also, written accounts seem to suggest that the games they played were not part of an official match, they just played some games while Morphy was waiting for a reply from Staunton <a href="http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/morphybio7.html" rel="nofollow">(Link)</a>. </p>
  
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Body: <p>The Historical Chess Ratings <a href="http://www.edochess.ca/players/p23.html" rel="nofollow">page</a> claims that Paul Morphy played 12 games with Henry Bird, with a final score of <code>10.5 - 1.5</code> (Kasparov's book My Great Predecessors Part I also mentions this (page 55), claiming Morphy won 10, lost 1 and drew 1). However, I was able to find only <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?pid=16002&amp;pid2=10411" rel="nofollow">5</a> of these games online. Do we have a record anywhere of the moves of the other 7 games?   </p>
  
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Comments.Text: Those five might be the only games between Morphy and Bird that have survived, see for instance http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/ChessTutor/morphy.htm
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Title: Paul Morphy vs Henry Bird missing games.
ThreadText: # Paul Morphy vs Henry Bird missing games.
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-24)
  
  The Historical Chess Ratings [page](http://www.edochess.ca/players/p23.html) claims that Paul Morphy played 12 games with Henry Bird, with a final score of `10.5 - 1.5` (Kasparov's book My Great Predecessors Part I also mentions this (page 55), claiming Morphy won 10, lost 1 and drew 1). However, I was able to find only [5](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?pid=16002&pid2=10411) of these games online. Do we have a record anywhere of the moves of the other 7 games?
  
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  > **username_1**: Those five might be the only games between Morphy and Bird that have survived, see for instance http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/ChessTutor/morphy.htm  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-02-28. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  The five games mentioned might be the only games between Morphy and Bird that are preserved. Collections that claim to include all known Morphy games, only contain those five between the two, see for instance [The full Morphy](http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/ChessTutor/morphy.htm). Also, written accounts seem to suggest that the games they played were not part of an official match, they just played some games while Morphy was waiting for a reply from Staunton [(Link)](http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/morphybio7.html).
  
  
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