1.
e4
e5
2.
Nf3
Nc6
3.
Bc4
Bc5
4.
b4
Bxb4
5.
c3
Ba5
6.
d4
exd4
7.
O-O
dxc3
8.
Ba3
d6
9.
Qb3
Nh6
10.
Nxc3
Bxc3
11.
Qxc3
O-O
12.
Rad1
Ng4
13.
h3
Nge5
14.
Nxe5
Nxe5
15.
Be2
f5
16.
f4
Nc6
17.
Bc4+
Kh8
18.
Bb2
Qe7
19.
Rde1
Rf6
20.
exf5
Qf8
21.
Re8
Qxe8
22.
Qxf6
Qe7
23.
Qxg7+
Qxg7
24.
f6
Qxg2+
25.
Kxg2
Bxh3+
26.
Kxh3
h5
27.
Rg1
1-0
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Event
Morphy blindfold sim
Site
New Orleans
Date
1858.03.24
White
Black
Bonford, PE
Result
1-0
Score
Game No. 2 of the New Orleans simultaneous blindfold display (six amateurs, Feb.–Mar. 1858). An Evans's Gambit; Löwenthal flags the chosen defence as inferior.
- 7…dxc3 We have elsewhere called attention to the inferiority of this line of defence in the Evans's Gambit.
- 12…Ng4 To stop the advance of the King's Pawn.
- 15.Be2 Intending to advance the Bishop's Pawn, which, after this move of the Bishop, will be of greater force.
- 20.exf5 We give a diagram of the position here: let the reader, before looking at the move really adopted, endeavour to determine for himself the line of play that should be selected.
- 24…Qxg2+ Black might have played Kt. to K's 4th, but the game in that case would equally have been lost.
[Event "Morphy blindfold sim"] [Site "New Orleans"] [Date "1858.03.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy, Paul"] [Black "Bonford, PE"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Ba3 d6 9. Qb3 Nh6 10. Nxc3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Rad1 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 f5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. Rde1 Rf6 20. exf5 Qf8 21. Re8 Qxe8 22. Qxf6 Qe7 23. Qxg7+ Qxg7 24. f6 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 26. Kxh3 h5 27. Rg1 1-0