Game 89 in Philip W. Sergeant’s Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916), printed pages 162–162. Commentary from this edition; named earlier annotators remain credited in the notes. Blindfold game from New York, October 10, 1857; both players were blindfolded, while Paulsen simultaneously conducted three other blindfold games.

1. 8…Qf6 Some three weeks later, in a tournament game against Paulsen, Morphy played here the rash Q—R5. See Game XIII.
2. 23.Qxc7 Morphy now announced mate in 5. It may be noted that this is the only occasion in his life on which Morphy is known to have received any odds; for undoubtedly Paulsen was handicapped by having three other blindfold games to conduct.