Owen, John VS Morphy, Paul 1858.??.??

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Game IV of the Pawn-and-move odds match; Black wins.

1. 11…Nf7 If this Knight had been left to be captured by White, the adverse Queen's Knight might have been brought into the game at Q's 6th, with annoying effect.
2. 14.Re1 P. to Q. B's 4th would perhaps have been stronger play.
3. 21…Bf5 The best move.
4. 35…Ne5 An effective mode of continuing the game, as shortly becomes apparent.
5. 36…Nxf3 Finely played; whether the Knight be captured or not, White must remain in a greatly inferior position.
6. 44…Qf6 Black judiciously offered to exchange Queens; for if his adversary had accepted the challenge, his isolated Queen's Pawn would immediately have been lost, and with it the game.

J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source