Morphy against Anderssen — a casual game in the King's Knight's Gambit.

1. 5.O-O The 'Handbook' remarks that it is a matter of no moment whether White Castle here, or play P. to Q's 4th, for the transposition of these moves produces the same result; but Mr. Morphy has expressed to us his opinion that 5. Castles, followed by P. to Q. B's 3rd, is decidedly to be preferred.
2. 6.c3 We like 6. P. to K. R's 3rd better.
3. 8…Nf6 Here, again, P. to K. R's 3rd would have been better play.
4. 12…Bh3 Ingenious; but Mr. Anderssen evidently overlooked the powerful defence which Mr. Morphy had in reserve. We give a diagram of the position here, which is highly instructive.
5. 14.Nd2 One very remarkable feature in Mr. Morphy's play is, that no matter how intricate the position, he almost invariably discovers the most forcible move: this is very observable in the present instance.
6. 19.Kd1 And wins.