Game info
TOURNAMENT LOG
Morphy, Paul VS Bird, Henry Edward
1858.??.??
Casuals Morphy-Bird +10-1=1
Annotations
Morphy against Bird, London 1858 — one of their casual games (King's Gambit evaded). Notes by Löwenthal.
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14.Nf1
The Knight can now be brought to aid strongly in the attack which White has in preparation.
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18…Nxh5
K. to R's sq. would in some degree have diminished the strength of White's attack.
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27.f6
A clever termination.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source
[Event "Casuals Morphy-Bird +10-1=1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3
Nf6 10. d3 Qe7 11. f5 Rd8 12. Bg5 Nb8 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bb3 Qd6 16. Ng3 O-O 17.
Nh5 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nxh5 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qxh5 Be3 23. Qd1 Qh4+
24. Ke2 Bb6 25. Kd3 Nd7 26. Qg4 Qf2 27. f6 1-0