Game 143 in Philip W. Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916), printed pages 208. Commentary from this edition; named earlier annotators remain credited in the notes.

1. 10…Re8 Black misses a chance here of 10…KKt×P; 11 Kt×Kt, P—Q4—to prevent which White should have played 10 B—Kt3.
2. 18…Ba6 Black’s best course is 18…Kt—K5; 19 Kt×R, Q×Kt; 20 Q×Qch, K×Q; 21 Kt×Kt, B—R3.
3. 20.Re7 M.L. states, on the authority of “Dr. Ford,” an eye-witness of the game, that it was played by Paul Morphy blindfolded, on his 12th birthday. The account of the performance is circumstantial, but it would be satisfactory to have confirmation, especially as the game is not included in the blindfold section in the collection made by Löwenthal under Morphy’s supervision. (See also the introductory remarks to Part III above.) From the game one would rather imagine that it was Ernest Morphy who was blindfolded, as he plays much below his usual strength.