Board 1 of Morphy's eight-board blindfold display at Birmingham, 27 August 1858, during the British Chess Association meeting; an Allgaier Gambit against Lord Lyttelton.

1. 5…d6 A favourite defence of Kieseritzky's, but one which, according to Jaenisch, renders the maintenance of the Gambit Pawn an impossibility.
2. 8…Bxf2+ This is a deviation from the ordinary line of defence, which is Q. to K. Kt's 4th, with the following usual continuation:— 9. Q. to B's 3rd, B. to Kt's 6th; 10. Kt. to B's 3rd, Kt. to K. B's 3rd; 11. B. to Q's 2nd, Kt. to Q. B's 3rd; 12. B. to Q. Kt's 5th, B. to Q's 2nd; 13. R. takes Kt., P. takes B.; 14. Castles (Q. B.), and the game is an even one.
3. 12…Qxe4 We give a diagram, from which it will be seen how simply and expeditiously Mr. Morphy finished off the game.