Game 293 in Philip W. Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916), printed pages 341. Commentary from this edition; named earlier annotators remain credited in the notes.

1. 5…Qe6+ Neither of Black’s last two moves was good. 4…B—Q3 is usual. And 5…Q—K3 leads to more waste of time, as White with K—B2 threatens B—Kt5ch and R—K1.
2. 9…Be6 Black’s first piece, apart from the Queen, comes out on move 9!
3. 12…Ngf6 “In his bewilderment Black selects one of the worst of many bad moves,” comments Steinitz. 12…B×Kt clearly loses the Queen. If 12…K×Kt; 13 B×Bch, Q×B; 14 Kt—Kt5ch, B×Kt; 15 R×Q, K×R; 16 Q—Kt4ch, the position is one which may be won against a Rook class player. But, if Black simply plays 12…Q×Kt(B2), there seems little left for White, e.g. 13 Kt—Q6ch, B×Kt; 14 R×Bch, Kt—K2. Or 14 B×B, Q—B3. Morphy’s 12 Kt×BP is an example of his method of playing to puzzle an opponent whom he knows to be much weaker than himself and so obtaining a brilliant finish.