Game 136 in Philip W. Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916), printed pages 200–201. Commentary from this edition; named earlier annotators remain credited in the notes. The complete printed score matches the archive through 25.Qxg5, “Resigns.”

1. 9…Bc8 Black’s Fianchetto development of the QB thus comes to an end, while his game remains backward.
2. 14…h6 P—Kt3 loses because of 15 Q—R6, Kt—B4; 16 R×Kt.
3. 21…Rg8 Forced. He must prevent R×Pch, etc.; and if 21..P—Kt3; 22 Kt×KtP, P×Kt; 23 R×P.
4. 24…Kh8 If R—Kt2, then 25 R×Rch, K×R; 26 R×Q.