Philip W. Sergeant, Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916)
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Game 94 in Philip W. Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916), printed pages 167–167. Commentary from this edition; named earlier annotators remain credited in the notes. New Orleans blindfold exhibition game from January 1858. The exact complete printed score matches the archive entry, whose opponent is recorded as NN.
- 7…exd4 Inferior alike to B—Q2 and to Lasker’s B—Kt3. Morphy continues with the genuine Waller’s Attack, of which he had an imitation in the previous game.
- 10…Nge7 Kt—R3 is better.
- 13.Nxe5 White could win a piece with 13 Q—R4ch, Kt—B3; 14 Kt×KP, but prefers the prettier continuation in the text, still threatening to win the Bishop.
- 19…Bxe1 If R—B1, 20 R—K5.
- 21.Qxh7+ If K×B, 22 Q—K4ch, etc.
- 24…Bxc3 Black might have played 24..B×Pch; 25 K—R1, Q×Kt. But then follows 26 R—QKt1, and if QR—R1; 27 B—K2dis.ch, K—B3 (K—B4; 28 Q—B7ch, and wins the Q); 28 Q×Pch, K—Q3; 29 R—Q1ch, B—Q5 (K—K3; 30 Q—Q7ch, and mates in a few moves); 30 Q×P, etc.
- 26.Ba6+ White announced mate in 3.