Game info
TOURNAMENT LOG
Morphy, Paul VS Catley, HG
1859.04.20
Morphy blindfold sim +5-0=3
Annotations
Board 3 of the St. George's Chess Club blindfold display (20 April 1859); a Ruy Lopez against Mr. H. G. Catley.
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6.Nc3
This prevents the adverse Pawn from being advanced to Queen's 4th, and is White's proper move.
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10.Be3
We should rather have taken Knight with Knight.
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22…d5
Great care and accuracy on both sides are required at this stage of the game. We represent the position after Black's 22nd move.
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29…Ra4
An error; but the game was previously lost, White having a Pawn ahead and a better position.
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31.Nxa6
And wins.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source
[Event "Morphy blindfold sim +5-0=3"]
[Site "London (St George's CC)"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[Round "1(3)"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Catley, HG"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. d5
Nd4 10. Be3 Nxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. b4 Qd7 14. Kh2 c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qd3 Be7 20. Rfd1 Rec8 21. Ra3 Qc4 22. Rda1 d5 23. Nxd5 Bxb4
24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 h6 27. c3 Bc5 28. Nxe5 Rxe4 29. Nd7 Ra4 30. Nxc5 Rxa6
31. Nxa6 1-0