Boden against Morphy, London 1858 — a casual Ruy Lopez in which Boden, after a finely opened game, blundered a piece and lost. Notes by Löwenthal.

1. 12.Bh4 Up to this point White's game is opened with much judgment; here, however, we should have played somewhat differently. By taking the Kt. with Q's B., and following that move up with Kt. to R's 4th, we believe that the game would have been turned still more in White's favour.
2. 12…Nf4 A good move.
3. 15.Ne4 All very finely played, but perhaps moving this Kt. to Q's 5th would have been still stronger, as it would have prevented Black's reply of P. to Q's 4th.
4. 15…d5 The best reply, for if Black had attempted to win the piece by Kt. takes B., &c., the rejoinder of Kt. to B's 6th (ch.) would have proved a fatal one.
5. 17.Ne5 A sad oversight, losing a clear piece at once; Q. B. to K's 7th looks much better.
6. 20.e6 This portion of the game is exceedingly well played by Mr. Boden, and shews him to be the master that he is considered.
7. 22.Bxe6 White, annoyed by the oversight of losing a piece, evidently plays without due consideration: here he should have moved the R. to K's 4th, which, if we are not mistaken, would even now have given White the chance of a draw.