The eighth game, again opened by Anderssen with 1. P. to Q. R's 3rd. After much manoeuvring Morphy secured the draw by an ingenious device his opponent could not obviate.
11.f4Taking means to stop the further advance of the King's Bishop's Pawn, from which White evidently apprehended danger; the range of the adverse King's Bishop is moreover restricted by this move.
36…Nxe3Very prettily played.
38.Ke2If K. to Q's sq., Black would equally have pushed on his K's P.
43…Ra4This mode of securing the draw is highly ingenious, and leads to a result which his opponent cannot obviate, play as he may.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source