Philip W. Sergeant, Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916)
Game 67 of 136
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Event
Morphy blindfold sim +6-0=2
Site
Paris (Cafe de la Regence)
Date
1858.09.27
Round
1(6)
White
Black
Potier, M
Result
1-0
Game 114 in Philip W. Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916), printed pages 183–184. Commentary from this edition; named earlier annotators remain credited in the notes. The complete printed score matches the archive through 25.Bb3, “Resigns.”
- 4…Nf6 Avoiding the Boden–Kieseritsky, but giving himself a rather backward game. For 4..P—Q4, see Game VIII.
- 6…Be7 Inferior to P—B3, followed by B—Q3.
- 14…h4 If B×P, 15 Kt—Kt6ch, etc. But with the text-move Black falls into an ingenious trap. 14..K—Kt1 was imperative.
- 24…Nb6 If Black takes the KB he is mated on the move; and if the other B, then 25 R×Ktdis.ch., and mate in 3.